As our celebrations of the birth of Christ draw near, the stores are filled with toys and books, gadgets and bright lights, ribbons and bows. We are bombarded with messages to ‘buy more’ and ‘buy now’ because we’ve convinced ourselves… Read more →
People all over the world will take part in the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church this Sunday (November 10). Local author and advocate Reg Reimer tells how he became part of the movement to protect believers whose… Read more →
“I’m a feminist. Even now, all these years later, when I say the word in my ‘of-course’ tone of voice, it can be met with disbelief or nervous laughter or raised eyebrows and, almost always, surprise.” So said Sarah Bessey in… Read more →
Jessie McDonald began tutoring Chinese immigrants in Vancouver when she was just seven years old. In her mid-twenties (in 1913), she sailed for China to serve with China Inland Mission as a surgeon; she worked there faithfully until 1951, when… Read more →
C.S. Lewis was eclipsed at the time of his death (November 22, 1963) by the fact that John F. Kennedy and Aldous Huxley died on exactly the same day. However, he has retained a solid perch in the public consciousness,… Read more →
Alvin Plantinga will make the case during his lecture at UBC this Wednesday (October 2) “that there is no real conflict between science and Christian belief.” Plantinga, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, will draw particularly from his ‘Where the… Read more →
It sounds like a bad joke: what do you get when a Buddhist, a Christian and a Wiccan sit down for a meal together? Actually, it was one Buddhist, three Christians, one Wiccan and three agnostics and what you got was some… Read more →
Dr. Janet Epp-Buckingham read from her new book Fighting over God: A Legal and Political History of Religious Freedom in Canada (McGill-Queen’s University Press) when she spoke at Trinity Western University last week (March 12). Following is one excerpt. Current… Read more →
Originally I’d intended to devote a couple of short articles to locally-written books, in the hopes that a few of those books would find their way under Vancouver Christmas trees (here are parts one and two). But as I started… Read more →
In the story of the Annunciation, Mary’s faithful reply, “Let it be unto me, according to your word,” has long been heralded as the epitome of trusting God. Without any real understanding of what the Lord is asking of her, Mary nevertheless gives… Read more →
