Mission Fest BC 2026 is coming up in a couple of weeks, and Director James Bonney recently wrote a request to members of the broader church community to tell others about Mission Fest and to encourage everyone to participate. Dear…
Were missionaries an integral part of the colonial enterprise? Were they simply swept up in it? Or were they on-the-ground critics? Those are the themes that engage most books on the topic, often from academic presses, these days. Those works…
Lane Walker will be in court March 18, facing a charge stemming from his decision to carry out a “protest/vigil at Every Woman’s Abortion Clinic” (Everywoman’s Health Centre), on Commercial Drive at Broadway. He has protested the killing of children…
Four local Conservative Members of Parliament will host an Ontario MP who is leading the charge against the Liberals’ Bill C-9, ‘An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda, hate crime and access to religious or cultural places).’ The…
I dip into First Things from time to time, usually to my advantage. The other day, a link to “on the intellectual Christian revival” led me to The Great Christian Reset – and I was pleasantly surprised to see that the…
This is my first local books round-up of 2026, covering 11 recent books from the Christian community. As always, there is a wide range of topics. The write-ups are primarily from Amazon and publisher / author sites. W. Ross Hastings:…
Karen Brodie has been working for more than a decade on a set of liturgical worship banners – and all 14 of them will be on display for a couple of months at Il Centro, Vancouver’s Italian Cultural Centre. Sacred…