I’ve just finished reading four books on anorexia nervosa. This sudden interest in Eating Disorders (referred to hereafter as ‘Ed’) is not, as you might have guessed, coming from a random, casual interest in the subject. This dreadful disease has…
Last week Statistics Canada released a report which points to a decline of the Christian faith in Canada. Europe has gone before us and the United States appears to be following. This week, though, Brian Stiller put the situation in…
Craig Greenfield is back in Vancouver for a few days, reacquainting himself with the city where he and his family spent several years living in the Downtown Eastside, and meeting old friends and promoting his most recent book. Greenfield is…
The majority of people in British Columbia have no religious affiliation. Along with Ontario, BC is the province with the highest percentage of people with a religious affiliation other than Christian – and that percentage is much higher in large…
I was waylaid today, by the bookstore on Broadway at Macdonald. Waiting for the bus, I looked through the window and saw an ink drawing of a single thistle stem upon a book titled Japanese Death Poems Written by Zen…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership (CML), and 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…
The Canadian Chinese School of Theology Vancouver (CCST Vancouver) welcomed the community to an open house October 15. A steady stream of visitors and friends dropped by to learn more about the school, which is located in a light industrial…