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Closing of Compassion India shows disrespect for pluralism and diversity

by Paul S. Rowe • June 1, 2017 • 0 Comments

The story of Narendra Modi’s dramatic rise to power in India centres at least in part on his government’s ability to bring the success of “vibrant Gujarat” to the national level. Modi rode to victory in the 2014 election promising…

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Culture

Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale and ‘God’s Gardeners’

by Flyn Ritchie • May 24, 2017 • 0 Comments

Margaret Atwood is one of Canada’s best known personages, but Hulu’s recent TV adaptation of her novel The Handmaid’s Tale has heightened her profile even more. Response to the dystopian series – which focuses on a young woman forced to live as a concubine…

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City, Community

Surrey churches meeting with Mayor Linda Hepner, serving the city

by Flyn Ritchie • May 18, 2017 • 1 Comment

What began as a coffee discussion between two pastors – Dean Cooper of Peace Portal Alliance Church and Steve Bains of Gracepoint Community Church – has become much more. Over time, other pastors joined with Cooper and Bains and a…

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City, Community

Around Town: Outside Mullingar, Sister Helen Prejean, Eyes of Agape . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • May 18, 2017 • 0 Comments

Pacific Theatre will be creating a little corner of Ireland over the next month, in their production of Outside Mullingar. But it took playwright John Patrick Shanley many decades to warm to such an undertaking. He said in a 2014…

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Culture

Angus Reid addressed the Canadian ‘spectrum of spirituality’

by Lloyd Mackey • May 11, 2017 • 1 Comment

Veteran pollster Angus Reid used results of recent research to encourage people of faith to exercise good communication skills, link together across the faith spectrum and exercise leadership rooted in hope, when he delivered the annual Carr Lecture in the…

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City, Community

Next Gen Vision: Chapel Movement invites the rest of us to join in

by Jonathan Mitchell • May 4, 2017 • 0 Comments

The Chapel Movement held a Next Gen Vision Night last Friday (April 28), in order to share what they have been up to over the past five years with the wider community. Following is a transcription of part of the…

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Around Town: Pope Francis part of TED Talks, Journey Home, Easter Carnival …

by Flyn Ritchie • April 27, 2017 • 0 Comments

Vancouver is hosting the annual five-day (April 24 – 28) TED Conference (which organizers say is “at the heart of TED”), and so we also hosted Pope Francis earlier this week. Speaking on themes of hope, inclusion and tenderness, his TED Talk…

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