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Jan 6 – 12: Sing It Fwd, lessons from SOMA, Prayer at The Wall

by Flyn Ritchie • January 7, 2014 • 0 Comments

The Saint James Music Academy is a good news story set right in the centre of the Downtown Eastside. Every year its positive influence is recognized, celebrated and supported by musicians; this year Sing It Fwd takes place on Thursday…

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Community

Chinese Christian Winter Conference still going strong

by Lloyd Mackey • January 4, 2014 • 0 Comments

It is now 53 years since a movement of western Canadian Chinese Christian students started a winter conference between Christmas and New Year’s. It was an opportunity for fellowship and community, as well as a chance to meet with and…

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Books, Culture

Advent: The cosmic battle

by Darrell Johnson • December 14, 2013 • 1 Comment

As you begin this reflection, I invite you to start by reading Revelation 12, the most forgotten Christmas passage in scripture.  Mary, Joseph, the shepherds and the magi were not the only ones to witness the newborn king. A dragon also saw…

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Books, Community, Culture

Vancouver authors: More books for Christmas

by Flyn Ritchie • December 11, 2013 • 1 Comment

Ken Shigematsu: God in My Everything When I first wrote about God in My Everything in August, the big news was how well the book was selling. I have no doubt sales are continuing briskly. Not only is this a…

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Books, Culture

Advent: Give gifts without guilt

by Ceal McLean • December 8, 2013 • 0 Comments

As our celebrations of the birth of Christ draw near, the stores are filled with toys and books, gadgets and bright lights, ribbons and bows. We are bombarded with messages to ‘buy more’ and ‘buy now’ because we’ve convinced ourselves…

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City, Community

Dec 2 – 8: Christmas concerts, Red Light, Green Light, Vancouver on Fire . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • December 4, 2013 • 0 Comments

The range of Christmas-related activity is already impressive, this early in December. That is probably just as well, because most of the events will be sold out. There is still a tremendous appetite for seasonal activities. Among the highlights: Christmas…

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Community, Culture

The Christian year starts with Advent, not with January

by Ed Searcy • November 19, 2013 • 0 Comments

Eugene Peterson, Anne Lamott, Walter Brueggemann, Tony Campolo and many other notables around the Christian world are admirers of the Christian Seasons Calendar which is produced by Ed Searcy and his church in Vancouver. Peterson, for example, says: “Every day is…

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