A report endorsed by Canada’s Minister of Defence Anita Anand states that the “Defence Team . . . cannot justify hiring representatives of organizations who marginalize certain people or categorically refuse them a position of leadership.” This memorandum from the think…
Many of the Mennonites who fled southern Ukraine in the early decades of the 20th century ended up in the Fraser Valley. Some of the areas where their ancestors lived – northeast of Crimea, west of Mariupol – have already…
Most of the time, when I hear or read news about climate change, I experience a sense of overwhelming hopelessness. Last year, more than 100 heat records were broken across British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories. During the heat…
On Palm Sunday morning, while I was speaking to my small group about the readiness of Jesus Christ to face His death (Mark 15), one of the older youths suddenly broke into tears. She then explained that that particular gospel…
The number of medically assisted deaths has increased substantially since MAID (medical assistance in dying) legislation was introduced in 2016. And Canada is now set to become one of the first nations in the world to allow patients to seek…
Emily Luba received a conditional discharge March 30 after pleading guilty to having defaced St. Jude’s Catholic Church July 1, 2021. She and her twin sister splashed orange paint on the walls and doors of the church, in the wake…
In 1994, the pastor of a small inner city church led his parishioners to provide constant companionship and support to a high-risk sex offender. Prison officials deemed Charlie 100 percent certain to reoffend upon ‘warrant expiry’ – time of mandated…
In Ukraine today . . . not to condemn the perpetrators and distinguish them from victims is to do the dark work of covering the situation with moral darkness in which ‘all cats are gray.’ (Miroslav Volf, February 27 tweet) …
Churches and ministries are working hard to help Ukrainians, both locally and in Ukraine and the neighbouring nations. Ukrainian churches are leading the way. Here are just a couple of examples that have been noted by the media: Holy Eucharist…
A timely online discussion will be brought to us tonight (March 17), 6:30 – 8 pm, by St. Mark’s College at UBC. Organizers explain why Religious Dimensions of the War Against Ukraine will be valuable for anyone grappling with the…