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Culture, Justice

Churches have shown they are ready to help refugees

by Flyn Ritchie • September 10, 2015 • 0 Comments

Mayor Gregor Robertson recognized the desire of local citizens to help refugees by calling a public meeting at city hall September 8. He said: “There have been  lot of calls to city hall about what people could do to help…

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City, Urban Issues

Vancouver neighbourhoods: Kerrisdale

by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • September 3, 2015 • 0 Comments

Over the next several months we will offer profiles of each of Vancouver’s 22 areas (and UBC). Kerrisdale is a very comfortable neighbourhood with many well-treed streets, featuring a mix of newer and older houses as well as a sizeable…

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Culture, Justice

Pro-life Christian feminist: ‘A voice for the voiceless’

by Sarah Bessey • July 30, 2015 • 4 Comments

There have been many outraged responses to the videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing how they provide aborted fetal organs for research. While those responses may be justified, I was particularly impressed by what Sarah Bessey wrote recently on her…

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City, Urban Issues

Vancouver neighbourhoods: Fairview

by Jonathan Bird / Flyn Ritchie • September 10, 2015 • 0 Comments

Fairview faces Vancouver’s downtown core across False Creek, and is linked to it by the Burrard, Granville and Cambie Street bridges. It is a very densely populated neighbourhood, featuring mostly low-rise apartments and condos. Out of 18,505 occupied private dwellings, only…

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Community, Culture

Clear dispute resolution policies can help churches avoid court

by Georgialee Lang • September 3, 2015 • 1 Comment

Lawmakers and judges across Canada have fully embraced out-of-court dispute resolution procedures for the simple reason that litigation is emotionally and financially devastating. I often remind clients that the only winners in a courtroom are lawyers, most of whom, having…

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City, Culture

TWU conference will explore Christian approach to law

by Lloyd Mackey • July 30, 2015 • 0 Comments

Note: This conference has been postponed to November 14. A Pre-Law Student Conference will take place August 28 – 29 in downtown Vancouver and at Trinity Western University (TWU) – at the end of the week in which the BC…

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City, Community

Meta Communities: When God evicts you from one house, he opens another

by Angeline Schellenberg • July 16, 2015 • 1 Comment

When Dennis and Mistin Wilkinson moved to Vancouver’s West End to plant Meta Communities five years ago, they knew finding their family of six a place to live would be nearly impossible. But God surprised them . . . twice.…

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