A funny thing happened on Sunday at church. I had been scheduled for a month to read the scriptures, and I felt a slight chill when I discovered the passage was John 12:1-11. This is the story of Mary anointing…
Apologetics Canada has stepped in at the right time to fill a need. Their fourth annual conference, March 7 – 8, drew about 2,000 people to two local churches – Willingdon in Burnaby and Northview in Abbotsford. There were people…
Dr. Linda Ambrose points out that influential Vancouver pastor and politician Bernice Gerard was a convinced feminist. This article is excerpted from her public lecture at Trinity Western University February 17. In the year 2000 The Vancouver Sun named the…
Most of us will be sticking pretty close to home – or the homes of family and close friends –over the next few days, and the relative lack of public events underlines that reality. Of course, almost every church in…
There are a few churches around Vancouver where you could turn up just about any evening in December and find a Christmas concert underway. St. Andrew’s-Wesley, Christ Church, Ryerson and a handful of others really open their doors for the…
Daughters in the City tells the remarkable story of ‘Mennonite Maids in Vancouver, 1931 – 1961.’ Sitting elbow to elbow in every available space and stitching patterns onto small individual squares of pre-used cotton flour sacks, a group of young…
Guitar genius Phil Keaggy is in town for two nights this week, and his concerts are well worth leaving the comforts of home for. And the ‘Boundaries for Today’ simulcast with Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend will be…
Mark Burnett is a creative man who also knows how to market what he has created. Best known for producing the hit reality show Survivor, he is also behind several other television franchises including The Apprentice and Shark Tank. He was named by Time Magazine…
Our first week back living in Surrey, after 15 years in Ottawa, brought a trip down Billy Graham memory lane. The occasion was a pastors’ luncheon at Cedar Grove Church, during which attenders were given a joint presentation about a…
“Youth pastors in Vancouver and area: Bring your gang and let me do the awkward talking for you!” That tempting tweet from Regent College prof John Stackhouse refers to Love Conference 2013, taking place this weekend (November 1 – 2)…