The two churches you can see from the intersection of 41st and Cambie are boarded up and will both soon be gone, each to be replaced by mixed-use six-storey buildings. Another, just a few blocks down Cambie, has begun a…
Rapper Kendrick Lamar is asking for prayer, so you can engage with him whether you go to see him in concert August 2 at Rogers Arena or not. Just a couple of weeks ago, Jon Caramanica wrote in The New York…
John Stackhouse has written a very useful overview of the history of evangelicalism in Canada for the July/August issue of Faith Today, to mark the nation’s 150th birthday. The rise and fall (and rise?) of evangelicalism offers a six-page ‘quick…
There have been a couple of interesting connections between National Geographic and Vancouver over the last month or two. Peter Ash: Under the Same Sun The June issue of National Geographic magazine featured The Perils of Pale, which stated: “For them…
The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is celebrating its 40th anniversary this summer by bringing in a very strong line-up of musicians, including the likes of Billy Bragg, Joe Henry, Shawn Colvin and Jim Kweskin. Some of our best local musicians…
Thousands of Christians will gather at Pacific Coliseum this Saturday to worship God and celebrate Canada Day on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the nation. The celebration will last from 5 – 7 pm. Giulio Gabeli, chair of…
If you haven’t taken a wander through the Rare Books Room at the Allison Library, it’s about time you do so. That’s where Regent College houses the Puritan Book Project, consisting of about 3,000 works, many of them from the personal…