City Councillor Andrea Reimer would love to see churches working together for the good of the city. “Many things start in a church basement,” she said recently. “I use that phrase a lot – and here we are in a…
Bill Hybels has been a major influence in the North American church for decades, but Kevin Cavanaugh thinks Hybels and his Global Leadership Summits are having more influence than ever these days. That is why he offers his church –…
Immigration, identity, sense of place – these are some of the themes Pilar Mehlis explores in her I Belong Here . . . exhibition at Regent College’s Lookout Gallery (until June 23). The focus is not surprising, given her background.…
Victoria-Fraserview is an apt name for the neighbourhood which runs south down the hill on either side of Victoria Drive, from 41st Avenue to the Fraser River, between Knight Street on the west and Elliott and Vivian Streets on the…
When Grayson Bain spoke recently at the Vancouver Tea Festival, he described how he and the JusTea team in Vancouver are creating partnerships with Kenyan tea farmers which will allow those farmers and their families to retain the value of…
Arbutus Ridge is a comfortable area on the west side of Vancouver. It is bounded by Mackenzie Street on the west, Arbutus Street and Maple Crescent on the east, 16th Avenue on the north and 41st Avenue on the south.…
There will be a couple of Christian bands mixing it up in the Granville Entertainment District this week – King’s Kaleidoscope at the Vogue Theatre Thursday night (September 10) and P.O.D. (with Islander) at Venue Night Club on Sunday (September…
Didn’t apologists for the Christian faith used to specialize in certainty, in lining up proofs and demolishing contrary arguments? No doubt they did more of that before postmodernism took such a firm hold on the culture. Now, it seems, apologists…
An exhibition of North Korean Art (May 28 – July 24) and a one-day conference on Global Church and Reconciled Korea (June 20) are part of a series of events making connections between critical issues in Northeast Asia and Christians…
Philip Owen was mayor of Vancouver from 1993 to 2002, and his contribution to the city and our society will be recognized next Monday (May 11) when the Vancouver School of Theology (VST) confers on him the degree of Doctorate…