Last fall I met Bishop Beda Robles at the Lausanne 4 Congress in Korea. He told me about the surprising strength of the church in Doha, Qatar – a small nation on the Arabian Peninsula – and of his hopes…
Nigel Biggar knows something about being critically received, but he was probably surprised when he learned that his alma mater had cancelled his lecture planned for March 6. Biggar had been scheduled to deliver a talk on ‘Colonialism Revisited: Did…
It’s that time of year. When I get up early to go to the gym, and as I drive, I can see the lovely tangerine glow behind Mount Baker in the Cascade Mountains. The sun is starting to come up,…
Business As Mission (BAM) Vancouver is part of a worldwide movement – and its March 7 conference will demonstrate that reality. Speakers will bring news of creative initiatives from around the world – and they will be joined by several…
Canadian Christian organizations, led by KAIROS Canada, are calling on Canadians to join a global movement to end the mounting global debt crisis by signing the Canadian petition for Jubilee 2025. The petition, which aims to collect 100,000 signatures in…
The Columbia Bible College Bearcats women’s basketball team has been in the news lately, though not because they have been playing so well this season (and they have). Instead, several media outlets are reporting that because of their actions the…
Our lives are permeated by colour. The sky is blue. The grass is green. Snow is white. We could not imagine a world that is monochrome. Even people are described as colours as some of us may recall the nursery…