Surrey RCMP have arrested a woman in connection with a fire which burned St. George Coptic Orthodox Church to the ground July 19. Kathleen Panek, 35, of no fixed address, has been charged with two counts of arson. She is…
The comment opposing “heavily subsidized and regulated daycare” first appeared on the ARPA Canada site and is re-posted by permission. Orthodox Christians are champions of the family. And rightly so. Stretching back to the beginning of history and the creation…
August 30 update: Surrey RCMP have arrested a 35-year-old woman following their investigation into a fire that destroyed St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Whalley last month. A member of St. George Coptic Orthodox Church has raised thousands of dollars…
Alicia Ambrosio, Communications Director at Christ Church Cathedral, recently posted a comment which illustrates both creative inter-church cooperation and care for neighbours in the downtown core. It is re-posted here by permission. The power of a subversive Creator This blog…
July 1 is a big day: 1. Step 3: BC congregations can finally meet again in person, without restrictions; 2. Canada Day ‘celebrations’ are overshadowed by residential school revelations; 3. On a personal (and arguably less significant) note, my summer…
Anthony Diehl is a media/technology specialist. He reflects back on his experience during the pandemic with a church made up primarily of 70 years olds, pointing to some creative practices which helped to include them and which may still have…
I realized very early on in my Christian life, way back in 1977, just how international a reputation Regent College had already developed. The school had only been running for a few years when missionary farmers in Zambia (where I…
This weekly editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We asked Andria Irwin (see accompanying article, ‘Communion online – it’s not ideal, but it’s faithful’) to respond to this…
Our weekly Creating Conversation editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We asked Andria Irwin to respond to Jason Byassee’s accompanying comment (‘We probably shouldn’t have communion online’),…
“[We] tell our own stories of the significant places . . . so that we have not just a Trinity Western history, but also the Indigenous history of the land where we’re located.” – Patricia Victor, University Siya:m Patricia Victor,…