Last week I returned from 10 weeks in Europe. Margaret and I covered a lot of ground, but I will focus, given the nature of this site, on a few religious sites and spiritual highlights – and it still surprises…
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to visit some friends who live in Bishop Auckland, up in England’s northern counties. Troubled with widespread, endemic poverty now, the area used to be full of thriving mining communities, whose coal powered…
Margaret and I have now been away about a week and a half, but we’ve seen a lot. Thus far we have visited several cities in west Germany and one in the very south of the Netherlands. We had never…
The term ‘quiet revival’ has become well known, originating from a study published by the British and Foreign Bible Society last April. It reported on the situation in England, but has become well known in North America, with many suggesting…
Updates will be spotty from now until mid-June as Margaret and I will be travelling in Europe. I do hope to post the odd article, and will keep up with both Jobs and Events, but for the most part we’ll…
In the late 1970s, a newly arrived immigrant stepped onto the Trinity Western campus to learn to fly. Decades later, Remi and his wife Tjandra van Wermeskerken would be known for opening new mission aviation pathways and discipling others with…
Though the current war in the Middle East has shifted attention away from Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the pain and terror for Ukrainians continues. Hardest hit are always those with the least voice and strength to oppose. Among these…
The church relations team at Union Gospel Mission has gone to a lot of work to gather reflections on Lent from a diverse body of leaders in the areas where they work – Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley and Victoria.…
Were missionaries an integral part of the colonial enterprise? Were they simply swept up in it? Or were they on-the-ground critics? Those are the themes that engage most books on the topic, often from academic presses, these days. Those works…
I dip into First Things from time to time, usually to my advantage. The other day, a link to “on the intellectual Christian revival” led me to The Great Christian Reset – and I was pleasantly surprised to see that the…