Whenever someone asks me what Church for Vancouver is all about, I say, “My purpose is to link Christians and to highlight ways in which churches and Christians are working for the good of the broader community.” Tim Day presented…
BAM, Business as Mission. The acronym and the term are becoming familiar, but many are still not quite sure what to make of the movement. How well do business and mission really mix? Anyone who cares about either would do…
Regent College is offering two opportunities to learn from poet, priest and scholar Malcolm Guite. Over three evenings next week (April 9 – 11), he will be the Laing Lecturer, delivering a series titled Imagining the Kingdom. And from July 29…
Archives preserve memory and two very current actions are demonstrating that truth. The United Church of Canada recently paid $500,000 in compensation to Vancouver Japanese United Church for the loss of its property 66 years ago – and much of…
These ‘Journey Through Lent’ scripture readings are powerful in themselves – but they are even more resonant in the wake of the mass murder of Muslims attending two mosques in New Zealand. And they are attached to actions which allow…
George Verwer is a man on a mission – and has been from the time he became a Christian at a Billy Graham Crusade when he was 14 until today, as he travels from city to city around the world…
An installation by Metro Vancouver artist Erica Grimm is part of a stations of the cross art exhibition in Amsterdam. Following is an article about her work and the ‘Troubled Waters’ exhibition from ArtWay, an impressive and extensive website whose…
Ken Shigematsu has been chosen as the speaker for World Vision’s annual ‘Church Leaders Forum,’ which will take place in 14 cities across Canada this spring. He will address the topic From Surviving to Thriving April 25 at Cariboo Road…
Our tax-funded broadcaster is going after tax-funded independent schools again. Throughout the day Monday (March 4), CBC radio hosts and news broadcasters highlighted a critical CBC report by Erica Johnson. Go Public had just posted “Teacher shown door after Christian school discovers she…
It’s an excellent time to be pondering faith and technology at Regent College. In December, professor Craig Gay published Modern Technology and the Human Future. And this summer, Andy Crouch will be teaching Rebuilding the Household: Family and Church in the Technological…