We’re right on the cusp of Reconciliation Week, which is centred around the alienating legacy of Indian Residential Schools. So this is the ideal time for an art show, by an Aboriginal artist, illustrating God’s way of reconciliation. And that’s… Read more →
Justice
Judy Graves and Anna Maria Tremonti: Giving credit where credit is due
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Today, CBC’s The Current replayed an interview between host Anna Maria Tremonti and Vancouver homeless advocate Judy Graves on the day of her retirement, May 29. The interview is moving and informative; you won’t regret spending 23 minutes listening to the… Read more →
Mayor hopes 100,000 will join Walk for Reconciliation in September
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
“I ask the Creator to come down and bless this event.” That was the prayer of Theresa Campbell from Musqueam Nation as she opened a news conference hosted by Mayor Gregor Robertson at Vancouver City Hall July 25. The event… Read more →
The spread of World Christianity has a chequered history
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
When you tackle World Christianity on a Friday evening and part of Saturday – allowing for generous coffee breaks – you can expect to miss a few of the fine points. But the cast of scholars collected by Regent… Read more →
Stanley Park at 125: Faith, forgotten people, reclaiming a place in history
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
This weekend Vancouver celebrates Stanley Park’s 125th birthday. Five ‘festival zones’ around the park will host a wide variety of activities, from concerts, historical tours and cricket games to Coast Salish cultural displays and nature walks. It looks like a… Read more →
Proposed Trinity Western law school will highlight mediation and reconciliaton
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Deans of several law schools across Canada have maintained that Trinity Western University’s faith-based community covenant asking students to commit themselves to certain behavioural standards is discriminatory, particularly toward LGBT people. Janet Epp Buckingham, a lawyer and director of Trinity’s… Read more →
Community is key for ‘new monastics’
by Katherine Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove began his talk about community as he always does – with a couple of traditional black gospel songs. Possibly lacking confidence that his west coast audience (July 10 at Grandview Calvary Baptist Church) would catch on to the beat,… Read more →