I always worry when I see a church building for sale. Sometimes they are sold to other churches, fortunately, but often they go to developers, or to other faith groups. In this case I am particularly concerned, both because there…
May there be no breach in the walls, no exile and no cry of distress in the streets. – Psalms 144:14 On a recent trip to Toronto I inadvertently miscued my GPS and found myself wandering around a part of…
Following is a release from Cardus describing a report they posted May 7; it was accompanied by a ‘Problem in the Pews’ assessment in Ottawa. Canadian Christians’ beliefs don’t necessarily match what their churches teach. That’s one of the key…
Clay Imoo’s day job is Associate Director of the Ministries and Outreach Office of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver. But he has become increasingly well known about town as a a Vancouver Canucks superfan – and he is glorying…
When I was a university student, a cleverly engineered carillon warned me I might be late as I biked past it on my way to class. The bells played different tunes at each quarter hour, and at noon a small…
Sometimes it seems as though the Christian community is under attack – some of my social media links insist on that point every day. Or at least that we’re being sidelined or dismissed. I’ve made that point myself, from time…
I just discovered that May is GO Month, which is part of GO Movement, which in turn . . . . . . unites all believers in pursuit of our central and purest mission: praying for the harvest, caring for…