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Esther Hizsa: Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim

by Esther Hizsa • September 29, 2016 • 0 Comments

Stories of an Everyday Pilgrim contains vignettes, poems and essays about how Esther Hizsa experienced God in her day-to-day life over a 10-year period before launching her blog in 2013.  Poet Luci Shaw said this of the collection: In this…

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Culture, Justice

Famine or Feast: Imagining the faith community as a ‘food system’

by Matt Humphrey • October 21, 2016 • 0 Comments

This is the second of a two-part series by Matt Humphrey, who is assistant director of the Brooksdale Environmental Centre at A Rocha Canada, based in south Surrey. Matt is involved with an event coming up at Grandview Calvary Baptist…

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What does food have to do with faith? Are community gardens just a fad?

by Matt Humphrey • October 13, 2016 • 0 Comments

This is the first of a two-part series by Matt Humphrey, who is assistant director of the Brooksdale Environmental Centre at A Rocha Canada, based in south Surrey. He is involved with an event coming up at Grandview Calvary Baptist…

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Books, Community

Brad Brisco: The power of biblical hospitality

by Brad Brisco • October 6, 2016 • 0 Comments

Brad Brisco will be in town next Thursday (October 13) to lead Missional Essentials: A Guide for Experiencing God’s Mission. The afternoon and evening sessions will take place at Southside Community Church in Surrey. Following is a comment from his…

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Culture, Justice

Medical Assistance in Dying: We are now on the slippery slope

by Flyn Ritchie • September 29, 2016 • 0 Comments

On June 17 the federal government passed Bill C-14, which legalized the provision of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia, which is called Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). Voices for restraint Dr. Margaret Cottle spoke for many when she warned about…

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Culture, Justice

Buying sex is a crime – though you’d never know it in BC

by Flyn Ritchie • October 21, 2016 • 4 Comments

Two years ago the federal government passed Bill C-36, which made the purchase of sex illegal. So far, however, no one has been arrested in British Columbia. On Tuesday (October 18), a coalition “working to eliminate the exploitation of women,…

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Books, Culture

British physicist will address science, religion and wisdom

by Olav Slaymaker • October 21, 2016 • 1 Comment

A prominent British scientist will make a speaking tour of local universities October 31 – November 3. Covering topics from ‘Science, Religion and the Search for Wisdom’ to ‘A Modern Scientist in the Footsteps of Job,’ Dr. Tom McLeish will…

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