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…
Union Gospel Mission (UGM) is raising money for a Mobile Mission van for the Fraser Valley – where the most recent Homelessness Count reveals a 75 percent increase in men and women facing homelessness – to match the one they’ve…
Last week I had three opportunities to mull over what it means to be a non-partisan Christian who wants to work for the common good. I took part in the launch of the Metro Vancouver Alliance’s Faith Caucus February 19…
Organizers of the Apologetics Conference next weekend (March 1 – 2) point out that apologetics “is not about apologizing,” but instead is about “giving an answer for the hope we have in Jesus Christ.” Several keynote speakers will make the…
Yes, Nora Hendrix is Jimi Hendrix’s grandmother. But that’s not why the City of Vancouver announced February 1 that a new temporary modular housing development at 258 Union Street will be named after her. Hendrix was a key figure in the Hogan’s Alley…
James Grunau and Loren Balisky have created thriving communities locally (Journey Home and Kinbrace), which share housing – and lives – with refugee claimants. Last week they travelled to Ottawa to appear before the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration,…
Family and friends celebrated the life of a key figure in the history of United Church medical missions in Abbotsford February 2. Dr. Donald Watt (November 14, 1924 – December 29, 2018) passed away in his sleep at the age…
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced a win for freedom of speech in its January 17 report: “Victory for Charter rights as City of Port Moody drops charges over ‘gathering without permission.’” The Calgary-based Justice Centre – which describes…
Nadia Stewart is a videojournalist / reporter for Global BC, and a former anchor / reporter for CBC and CTV. She attends Calvary Worship Centre in Surrey. I don’t remember too many of the guest speakers who came to speak…