Sonya Grypma is president of the Canadian Association for Schools of Nursing (CASN). She is also Vice Provost, Leadership & Graduate Studies and Dean of GLOBAL at Trinity Western University – and responsible for overseeing the university’s response to the…
We still live with the legacy of historical, heretical beliefs. But God can make us new. In 1882, Canada’s first prime minister John A. Macdonald said to the House of Commons, “I have reason to believe that the agents as a…
Last spring, we wrote about how Vancouver churches are responding to the physical and spiritual hunger that COVID-19 is highlighting through community food programs, and through growing food. As the infection rate increases, we continue to feverishly figure out how…
Oxford University Press published John Stackhouse’s new book in October, and Paul Chamberlain reviewed it for Christianity Today. The review is re-posted here by permission. The more you interact with people outside the Christian faith, the likelier you are to…
Earthkeepers and another network of faith leaders are strongly urging Vancouver City Council to adopt a plan which “focuses on reducing our carbon pollution through 19 proposed actions that focus on how we move around the city, how we build…
First United has long been a steady and welcoming presence in the Downtown Eastside for the homeless and poor, first as a church and more recently as a community centre and social service provider. Now First United Community Ministry has…
Thomas Schirrmacher will take over leadership of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) next March from Bishop Efraim Tendero, who in turn succeeded Geoff Tunnicliffe, who lives in Metro Vancouver. Following is the first part of a November 5 interview from…