Do people still say that there is little common ground between science and religion? Or even that one has to choose between the two? Apparently they do. A Pew Research Center study on religion and views of science last year…
Veteran political scientist / author John Redekop just launched a timely book – Politics: God’s Other Arena. The Abbotsford resident said in a recent article posted on The News site, that this book is “his most important . . .…
Women were major players in the missionary movement, and several recent books tell their stories. Here I look at nine such books – biographies, academic studies and more. This is the 16th part in the ‘Christianity: a missionary religion’ series.…
Fifty years ago, we had only a vague idea of what Canadians thought and believed – because hardly anyone had asked them. We just assumed, wrongly, that we were much like Americans, who had been studied more thoroughly. Then, in…
Rick Goossen founded the Entrepreneurial Leaders Organization and now chairs the ELO Group. The network will hold its annual ELO Forum at Paradox Hotel Vancouver November 4. He wrote this appreciation of Peter Legge, who passed away last week. Peter…
This is my third local books round-up of 2026, covering 10 recent books from the Christian community. As always, there is a wide range of topics. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher / author sites. Karl Petersen: Left…
Peter Ash is recognized by the UN Human Rights Council as one of the “champions of the albinism cause.” Ash, whose Under the Same Sun (UTSS) group is based in Surrey, has been active in dispelling myths about albinism since…
When asked about tips for child-rearing (as we are, from time to time, when people hear that we have five children and 12 grandchildren), I sometimes say that we had just two rules – that everyone should treat each other…
Job 14:1–14; Lamentations 3:1–9,19–24; Psalm 31:1–4, 15–16; 1 Peter 4:1–8; Matthew 27:57–66; John 19:38–42 Saturday, April 4 I posted an overview of Union Gospel Mission’s 2026 Lent Devotional February 4 and am including several pieces during this season. This final entry is by Archbishop Richard…
Psalm 31:9–16; Lamentations 3:55–66; Mark 10:32–34 Saturday, March 28 I posted an overview of Union Gospel Mission’s 2026 Lent Devotional February 4 and am including several pieces during this season. This week’s entry is by Matthew Johnson, Street Outreach Priest in Vancouver with the Anglican…