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Creating Conversation: The Christian meaning of work

by Tim Chan • May 5, 2022 • 0 Comments

Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership, that gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver.  One of the goals of this weekly article is to…

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City, Community

Around Town: $1.5 million flood relief, Sanctuary Course, Becoming Neighbours

by Flyn Ritchie • May 5, 2022 • 0 Comments

Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun accepted a cheque for $100,000 May 2, as part of the ongoing flood relief The Salvation Army BC Division is providing to some of the hardest-hit areas in the province. Braun said: “On behalf of Abbotsford City Council,…

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Books

John Redekop is a scholar, but also a practical man of action

by Lloyd Mackey • May 4, 2022 • 1 Comment

John Redekop has written quite a few books as well as several hundred articles and learned papers. He has delivered several thousand university lectures and sermons. Dozens of faith-based, academic and social service organizations have benefitted from his thoughtful and…

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Culture, Justice

Comments on chaplaincy reveal ‘thinly veiled hostility’ to Abrahamic religions

by Flyn Ritchie • May 4, 2022 • 2 Comments

A report endorsed by Canada’s Minister of Defence Anita Anand states that the “Defence Team . . . cannot justify hiring representatives of organizations who marginalize certain people or categorically refuse them a position of leadership.” This memorandum from the think…

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Community, Justice

Mennonites act upon their unique connection to Ukraine

by Flyn Ritchie • April 27, 2022 • 1 Comment

Many of the Mennonites who fled southern Ukraine in the early decades of the 20th century ended up in the Fraser Valley. Some of the areas where their ancestors lived – northeast of Crimea, west of Mariupol – have already…

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City, Community

Around Town: UGM grants, Care+Share, St. Augustine Marpole . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • April 27, 2022 • 0 Comments

Union Gospel Mission (UGM) has announced it plans to distribute $100,000 to 22 communities which are supporting their neighbours. Eligible applicants are encouraged to apply for a UGM Transforming Communities Grant. Here is how UGM describes the grant program: We…

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Culture

A Creature Chronicle: ‘Can the Holy Spirit indwell a cyborg?’

by Maaike VanderMeer • April 21, 2022 • 1 Comment

A unique exhibition with an impressive roster of artists, musicians, speakers – creative people of all types – will take place on a Langley farm over the next month. Maaike VanderMeer wrote this introduction to Betty Spackman, the woman with…

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