Jenny Hawkinson is a longtime resident of the Downtown Eastside (DTES) who works for 24-7 Prayer Vancouver and does pastoral street outreach and advocacy in the neighborhood. She sent out an email March 24 under this heading: ‘URGENT! DTES response… Read more →
Twenty-seven pastors and network leaders met on a Zoom prayer call March 24 to firm up plans for a Day of Prayer and Fasting Across Metro Vancouver tomorrow (Wednesday, March 25), and for every Wednesday thereafter until further notice. The… Read more →
Restrictions, closures and social distancing affect all of us – but none more than vulnerable populations clustered in the Downtown Eastside but increasingly found throughout Metro Vancouver. Groups like The Salvation Army, Union Gospel Mission and community meal hosts are… Read more →
Normally I write about upcoming events in ‘Around Town,’ but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, most have been cancelled, postponed or moved online. Among them, just in the next week: Pacific Theatre: Best of Enemies GMA Week: Covenant Awards Praise… Read more →
Both Trinity Western University (TWU) volleyball teams won Canada West championships last week – and are looking forward to national championships this weekend. Canada West – one of four conferences within the national university sports body U SPORTS – wrote… Read more →
Earthkeepers: Christians for Climate Justice launched its prayer campaign last week, in time for the beginning of Lent. Here why they feel the need for a Year of Prayer for Bold Climate Action: ‘The most important thing Christians can pray… Read more →
We live in divisive times – conversations across political and cultural gulfs seem tougher than ever. Maybe we can learn something from Pacific Theatre’s new offering, Best of Enemies. Here’s how they describe the play: Civil rights activist Ann Atwater… Read more →
Philip Yancey is one of a relatively small number of writers who have been very successful within the Christian community while also being well-respected in the broader community. When New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof asked Yancey to “respond to… Read more →
Tony Campolo hasn’t been around these parts for a while, as far as I know, so when I heard he would be speaking last Sunday on behalf of Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ), I thought I’d make the trek out… Read more →
NDP MLA Bowinn Ma tweeted her support for a deal in which the provincial government will provide more than $100 million in financing to help Baptist Housing purchase a large seniors’ home in West Vancouver. She wrote: One of the… Read more →
