Clay Imoo’s day job is Associate Director of the Ministries and Outreach Office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver. But he has become increasingly well known about town as a a Vancouver Canucks superfan – and he is glorying…
When I was a university student, a cleverly engineered carillon warned me I might be late as I biked past it on my way to class. The bells played different tunes at each quarter hour, and at noon a small…
Vancouver Christian School has really taken to the Vancouver Sun Run, and this year they came away with a prize which shows that the appreciation goes both ways. Julia Vanderveen, high school campus pastor and teacher at VCS, wrote about…
Daniel Francis: Becoming Vancouver: A History (Harbour Publishing, 2021) I should have written this long ago – but fortunately everything in this book is old news anyway. And they say you can learn from history. For example, it may soon…
Two of our major schools will soon have new leaders. An April 9 release from Trinity Western University (TWU) announced that Mark Husbands will leave following the completion of his five-year term as President and Vice-Chancellor at the end of…
‘Bloom Where You’re Planted.’ Regent College has always made a point of teaching, training and equipping people to live out their faith in their daily lives. Sometimes the talk has been stronger than the walk. But my impression is that…
Provincial and municipal politicians were on hand to cut the ribbon for a new housing development in Langley March 26. The project is named after Christian Life Assembly’s founding pastor, Jennie Gaglardi. Heather Colpitts wrote about the project for the…
A unique Good Friday art exhibit at St. Catherine’s Anglican Church in North Vancouver will feature the work of Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel. The 15 prints covering The Stations of the Cross, were originally created in 1992…
Ron Reed is back, finally having the opportunity to direct a play that Covid prevented him from presenting during his final year with Pacific Theatre. The Trip to Bountiful will run from March 22 to April 14 at the Jericho Arts…
How should we use our church properties? The opportunity to consider that issue drew 150 people together March 12 – 13 at First Christian Reformed Church of Vancouver. A rich combination of story-telling, expert advice and round-table discussions meant that…