As I have pointed out earlier in this series, missions and missionaries have not received the amount of attention they warrant. The good news, though, is that many new books are considering the missionary enterprise. Some authors are still writing…
May 20 was designated as the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. The event was celebrated in many places around the world, though it seems to have made barely a ripple in Vancouver. (The significance of the council was…
Susan Martens Kehler is warmly remembered by Taiwanese nurses and professors she trained many decades ago, during her many years at Mennonite Christian Hospital Nursing School in Taiwan. And following her death April 9, a video from them has been…
Nigel Biggar may be Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford, but he remains a very active man. He now devotes much of his energy to offering insights into how British culture (Western cultures generally) should…
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…
This article is part of a series called ‘Christianity: a missionary religion.’ As I said in the introduction to the series, mostly, I’ll look at recently published books. It is encouraging to see that, while most churches and Christian bookstores have largely…
Several gatherings this spring will look at the burgeoning influence of AI and technology in the world and in the church. First up, this Saturday (January 25) is AI & Christianity, on the UBC campus. Hosted jointly by the Vancouver…
I posted seven articles earlier this year in a series called ‘Christianity: a missionary religion.’ At the time, I said the seventh one was the last – but I’ve changed my mind, having discovered that many good books on missions…
Vancouver will host the annual Juno Award ceremonies next March, but for a few days it looked as though Christian/gospel music would no longer be part of the show. Juno organizers have now backtracked, in the face of considerable pushback.…
Next week I will be in Korea, taking part in Lausanne 4, a global congress on world evangelization, September 22 – 28. Some 5,000 Christian leaders are expected from all over the world, with thousands more participating online. Michael Oh,…