Paul Johnson is lead pastor at South Delta Baptist Church in Tsawwassen. Close to two years ago, a family tragedy made headlines in British Columbia media. Recently, in a radio interview with Ben Lowell of Back to the Bible (Canada),… Read more →
Culture
The Laing Lectures: Settling in to a decadent decline
by Ross Douthat • • 0 Comments
Ross Douthat is young (34), influential (a columnist for the New York Times), Roman Catholic and conservative. He should be ideal to deliver Regent College’s 2014 Laing Lectures. “I am an idiosyncratic conservative writing a column for a majority-liberal readership,”… Read more →
Thanksgiving: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’
by Randy Barnetson • • 0 Comments
A discontented person thinks about what they don’t have and is miserable. A contented person thinks about what they do have and is thankful. But a truly blessed person thinks about how they can share what God has given them… Read more →
God’s Little Acre is the fulfillment of Jas Singh’s boyhood dream
by Lloyd Mackey • • 1 Comment
A few hundred students received some hands-on farm gardening education during the two weeks leading up to the settlement of the British Columbia teachers’ strike, at God’s Little Acre (GLA) near Cloverdale in Surrey. And striking teachers, some of whom… Read more →
Sept 8 – 14: Urban Landscape, Graydon Nicholas, Ministry Leadership . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Regent College wants to introduce its community to the work of Richard Tetrault; thus the Lookout Gallery’s From the Urban Landscape show, running from September 10 to October 3 (an opening reception runs from 4:30 – 7:30 pm on the… Read more →
Ron Reed, and upcoming movies, take on the Tolkien-Lewis Project
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
“It is still one of the finest jests of the modern muses that this fogged-in English don was going home nights to work on perhaps the most popular adventure story ever written, thereby inventing one of the most successful commercial… Read more →
The art of seeing: A conversation with Makoto Fujimura
by Charlene Kwiatkowski • • 0 Comments
Makoto Fujimura is an artist, writer and speaker recognized worldwide as a cultural shaper. His style blends abstract expressionism with the traditional Japanese art of Nihonga; he founded the International Arts Movement in 1991. Following a very successful event sponsored… Read more →
Folk Fest’s ‘Glory Bound’ Sunday service sure to lift the spirits
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Every year I enjoy scanning the roster of the Vancouver Folk Music Festival for signs of faith. While I love the diversity of musicians – there’s no better way to get a taste of world music in Vancouver – I… Read more →
Rash decision by Nanaimo City Council has attracted national attention
by Lloyd Mackey • • 6 Comments
When Nanaimo City Council decided to cancel a leadership event – with just four days notice – because they found a couple of its participants offensive, church leaders feared that the decision would threaten religious freedom. Before long, the combative… Read more →
Around Town: Triumph at the Jessies, Church on the Street, Grateful Dead . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Now that’s the way to celebrate your 30th anniversary! When the dust settled at the Commodore Ballroom last Monday (June 23), Pacific Theatre had won four Jessie Awards in the Large Theatre category for plays from their 30th season. And… Read more →