When, on the day after Christmas, 2022, Fr. Dunstan Massey died in the infirmary of the Benedictine monastery in Mission, the church and the world lost one of its greatest Christian artists. His death was no surprise: he was 98…
Samuel Chiu took part in the two major worldwide gatherings focused on climate change late last year – COP27 (UN Framework for the Convention on Climate Change) in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt and COP15 (UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s 15th COP…
Feast and Fallow is a unique venture in a number of ways, not least for the kind of food it offers but also for where it has found a home. The co-hosts of Vegan Twosome (Diana Wu and Amir Aghelnejad)…
A leading Christian think tank released The Shifting Landscape of Faith in Canada November 23. The 61-page Cardus report, written by Ray Pennings and Jenisa Los, builds on research carried out with the Angus Reid Institute since 2017. The substance…
All eyes are on the Canadian men’s soccer team as they gear up to take part in the FIFA World Cup next week. Many of us have jumped on the bandwagon as Alphonso Davies and the team have demonstrated some…
Bill 21 applies only in Quebec, but outrage and opposition remains strong across the nation, including from Christian groups. The controversial Bill is front page news again since the Quebec Court of Appeal began hearing a constitutional challenge November 7.…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership (CML), and gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver. One of the goals of this weekly article is…
I’ve just finished reading four books on anorexia nervosa. This sudden interest in Eating Disorders (referred to hereafter as ‘Ed’) is not, as you might have guessed, coming from a random, casual interest in the subject. This dreadful disease has…
Last week Statistics Canada released a report which points to a decline of the Christian faith in Canada. Europe has gone before us and the United States appears to be following. This week, though, Brian Stiller put the situation in…
The majority of people in British Columbia have no religious affiliation. Along with Ontario, BC is the province with the highest percentage of people with a religious affiliation other than Christian – and that percentage is much higher in large…