Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced June 20 that recreational marijuana will become legal in Canada on October 17. “A toast to the wee fella.” That’s how my Irish Presbyterian grandfather would test the limits of his temperance commitment once a year… Read more →
Clean from hard drugs for two years and living in the brand new Co:Here Housing Community, Todd K’s[i] journey of recovery has been long. He began drinking heavily at 15, and was living on the streets of Vancouver with a crack cocaine… Read more →
Churches all over Metro Vancouver are hosting the Watoto Children’s Choir for their Signs & Wonders tour. They visited several churches earlier this month before going to Vancouver Island, but they will still make several local stops over the next week… Read more →
Peter Biggs of The Light Magazine is researching one Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley municipality each month, and producing a focus on each one. The June issue features the Tri-Cities. The Coast Salish people were the first to live in this area, and… Read more →
Journey Home Community serves refugee claimants by providing housing, resettlement assistance and relational support. Following is the story of how Marleni Curi Gomez and her family were welcomed by Journey Home and how she is now helping with their ministry… Read more →
The role of churches and other faith-based ministries in the social, economic, governance and health of Surrey and White Rock is the focus of a now-launched book co-authored by several long-time observers of life in the two cities. The Church… Read more →
I didn’t grow up in the grocery business and was shocked by the readiness at which perfectly good food was thrown away without a second thought. It seemed to be morally outrageous as well as bad business. I’d been raised… Read more →
Pastor Jonathan Chan and Crucible Church are heavily involved in preparing for Richmond Community Day, July 7 at Richmond Olympic Oval. Graeme Wood wrote about their participation in Richmond News June 8. Here is a portion of the article: “Community days facilitated… Read more →
Jazz is all around us this month. Marion Van Driel writes about the jazz vespers phenomenon. After her article, I point to several free concerts at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church during the Vancouver International Jazz Festival and to the not-to-be-missed Laila Biali… Read more →
Dave Jonsson is a pastor in Coquitlam, but he is now focused on the broader Tri-Cities community. He has initiated Love My City Week (July 14 – 21), which he hopes will “unify communities by facilitating a week of events… Read more →
