After arriving in Vancouver from Hong Kong in 1976, Marion landed her first job with The Chinese Community Library Services Association in Strathcona, the city’s oldest residential neighbourhood. Then she worked for 30 years as a social worker in Chinatown…
There’s a new movement in town. Atesto – Portuguese for ‘testimony’ – is about empowering the local church, encouraging worship and fostering creativity in a new generation. If you’re at the York Theatre on Commercial Drive this Saturday (October 4),…
At the Christ & Cascadia Conference (September 25 – 26), 250 Christian leaders and scholars talked about spirituality in the Pacific Northwest, “where people can be more inclined to study yoga, hike a mountain or attend a Seahawks game to…
The Harper government’s new prostitution Bill C-36 (the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act) has polarized stakeholders, as evidenced in the ongoing hearings before the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee. There is no consensus among social service agencies…
I’ve been privileged to serve as a columnist for Faith Today magazine here in Canada for two stints, the second of which continues to the present . . . But I recently happened across the ‘signing off’ column of my previous…
The Voices Together core team decided Wednesday (September 24) that Voices Together 2015 will take place at the Pacific Coliseum on Canada Day. Some 10,000 people from a wide range of churches joined together for a Voices Together gathering at…
WeMakeStuff Volume 1, eight years in the making, is a beautiful coffee table book featuring 100 artists from Greater Vancouver. It was successfully published and launched in 2012, showcasing the creativity of local Christian artists and innovators. WeMakeStuff Volume 02…