Our church is in the middle of a library renaissance. It began when my wife and I were going through its books and found that 80 percent no longer served our congregation. After much sorting and recycling, we are learning…
Christian Smith: Why Religion Went Obsolete: the Demise of Traditional Faith in America (Oxford University Press, 2025) The purpose of this review is to extract a few nuggets and narrative strands from the massive surrounding overburden of numeric ore that…
Jonathan Anderson leads the Christianity and the Arts concentration at Regent College – but his new book is making an impact well beyond the school. A book launch for The Invisibility of Religion in Contemporary Art (University of Notre Dame…
As I have pointed out earlier in this series, missions and missionaries have not, in recent years, received the amount of attention they warrant. The good news, though, is that many new books are considering the missionary enterprise. Some authors…
This is my fourth local books round-up of 2025, covering seven recent books from the local Christian community. Again there is a range of topics. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher / author sites. Jodi Spargur: Mend: An Invitation from…
This is my third local books round-up of 2025, covering 11 new books from the local Christian community. Again there is a range of topics. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher / author sites. Mariam Kamell Kovalishyn: The New Testament…
Bernice Gerard (1923 – 2008) was one of a kind – a Pentecostal preacher, a feminist, a talk show host, a politician and an ecumenist. Vancouver Sun religion (and more) columnist Douglas Todd put her right at the top of…
As we move through ‘June-uary,’ many Vancouverites are looking forward to heading out on vacation – to one of our many islands or simply to a local beach. If you’re like me, one of the most important accessories on these…
C.S. Lewis contended that shame prevents us from doing good – perhaps even more so than vice. Shame causes us to shrink back and go small. Shame can also cause us to try and go big to validate ourselves –…
As I have pointed out earlier in this series, missions and missionaries have not received the amount of attention they warrant. The good news, though, is that many new books are considering the missionary enterprise. Some authors are still writing…