Update: Peter Chattaway flew from Metro Vancouver to Los Angeles for the world premiere of The Chosen Season Four two weeks ago. Today, as the movie begins showing in theatres, Christianity Today posted his article (‘The Chosen Sets its Face Toward Jerusalem’) and…
On February 28, 2018, I walked into the main branch of the Richmond Public Library to pick up a few books. To my surprise, the library was jammed packed. I had never seen so many people at the library before.…
Over 20 years ago at an annual meeting, Grandview Church began exploring how they might develop their parking lot as well as the lot next door (which had become a community garden). Already then, in 2002, building affordable housing was…
With Mission Fest coming up quickly (February 15 – 17 at Westside Church) I am posting a series on Christianity as a missionary religion: Introduction 1. History of Missions 2. State of World Christianity 3. Specific Areas: Africa 4. Specific Areas: Asia…
Tenth Church is the place to be next Friday night (February 2) as a celebrated doctor and a local pastor introduce us to a movie screening of Sight, a Christian film shot in Vancouver. Dr. Ming Wang, the main focus…
Members of several groups and churches will meet for Refugee Housing Crisis: Developing a Response February 3. Dena Nicolai is inviting wide participation, including those who might be a bit skeptical. In my theological tradition, we sometimes talk about “square…
The season five finale of Fargo packed a spiritual punch I was not expecting, with a dinner scene that invited everyone to a meal table that had overt eucharistic overtones and that invited everyone to take and eat and be…