Karen Giesbrecht coordinates several community meals at churches around Vancouver. Some of the participants struggle with addictions, and she is concerned with the implications of easier access to marijuana promised by all levels of government. On a recent Monday evening,I…
Did you know that Canada’s Criminal Code (Section 176) prohibits obstructing a “clergyman or minister” from “celebrating divine service or performing any other function in connection with his calling” or disturbing “an assemblage of persons met for religious worship?” That prohibition might…
Karl Przywala is taking the lead, locally, in celebrating Martin Luther, and the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The rector of Holy Trinity Anglican Church (at 12th and Hemlock) is hosting several events and also visited Germany recently. As well…
This profile is from the Faith in Canada 150 Thread of 1000 Stories. Faith in Canada 150 exists to celebrate the role of faith in our life together during Canada’s anniversary celebrations in 2017. Throughout his life Peter Foggin has been motivated by…
This profile is from the Faith in Canada 150 Thread of 1000 Stories. Faith in Canada 150 exists to celebrate the role of faith in our life together during Canada’s anniversary celebrations in 2017. The life story of James Innell Packer is the…
This Youth Unlimited profile is timely both because this is Mental Health Week and because we are coming up on CityFEST, North Vancouver’s celebration of Youth Week. Four thousand on-lookers watched as Derian Moffitt stepped on to centre ice. Donned head-to-toe in a…
Humility, repentance, brokenness – those are the hallmarks of revival. And those are the words I heard repeatedly from Bishop Fred Sheldon Mwesigwa when I met with him last week to discuss the purpose of his visit. He was in…
Last Tuesday evening (March 7), the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver (JCC) was targeted. After an emailed bomb threat, the building was evacuated. A few hundred adults attending a concert and a few dozen teens playing sports were inconvenienced.…
At first glance, it seems that Trinity Western University is planning to celebrate Pessimism Day next week. On Thursday (March 23), Dr. Sam Reimer will be discussing Why Canadians aren’t Going to Church and What that Means for Evangelical Churches in…
Canada will celebrate its 150th year as one of the world’s most blessed countries. An incredibly diverse and hard-working population has transformed our expansive geography of plentiful natural resources into one of the world’s most wealthy societies. But our forbearers…