This weekly editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We asked Andria Irwin (see accompanying article, ‘Communion online – it’s not ideal, but it’s faithful’) to respond to this…
Our weekly Creating Conversation editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We asked Andria Irwin to respond to Jason Byassee’s accompanying comment (‘We probably shouldn’t have communion online’),…
Tim Dickau: Forming Christian Communities in a Secular Age: Recovering Humility and Hope (Tyndale Academic Press, 2021) Tim Dickau has written an important, wide-ranging book about what it means to be God’s people in this time of unraveling and ferment. The…
Vincent van Gogh could never have imagined the art extravaganza now making its way from city to city. Imagine Van Gogh: The Immersive Exhibition, “after a tremendous success in Paris,” has travelled across North America, setting up shop at the Vancouver…
Dave Jeffery influenced many people, even as he suffered with a debilitating neuromuscular disease. And his life will be remembered, and celebrated widely during a funeral which will be live-streamed from Sevenoaks Alliance Church this weekend. Jeffery retired in May…
One day spent in your house, this beautiful place of worship, beats thousands spent on Greek island beaches. I’d rather scrub floors in the house of my God than be honored as a guest in the palace of sin. All…
One of the major religion-related news headlines today revolves around the decline of Christianity in North America. Western Europe is now considered post-Christian and surveys consistently report declines in religious belief, attendance and self-identification. Yet, over the last century, there…
Will Wilding spent 40 years as an influential architect in Vancouver, putting his stamp on the design and construction of churches throughout the province (see the accompanying story). But that future was surely never imagined by him or his family…
Joel Thiessen wrote this piece for The Christian and Missionary Alliance in Canada, building on his recent book None of the Above. ‘Religious nones’ – those who say they have no religion – are the fastest growing ‘religious group’ in…
Regent College Bookstore will be hosting an event focusing on Refuge Reimagined – co-authored by faculty member Mark Glanville – next month, but in the meantime here is an excerpt from the book, which will be published February 16. One…