Ed and Janice Hird devoted one chapter of God’s Firestarters (HIS Publishing, 2021) to E. Stanley Jones. This article first appeared as a ‘spiritual biography’ column in The Light Magazine and is re-posted by permission. What if we told you…
The Executive Director of First United Church will become Moderator of the United Church of Canada next month – although she has not yet been elected to the three-year position. Here is the explanation of that slightly unusual situation from…
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada opened its weekly newsletter with these words June 21: Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day, a special occasion to learn more about the rich and diverse cultures, voices, experiences and histories of First Nations, Inuit…
A complaint which had been filed with the BC Human Rights Tribunal has been settled by the parties. White Rock Pride filed the complaint in June 2019, stating that Star of the Sea Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese…
You remember why you don’t like going to church, right? The uncomfortable clothes. The excessively early alarm on a day when you could’ve slept in. The feigned niceness. Remember all that? Well, as a professional pastor, I can tell you…
On October 8, 2021, Canada celebrated the 50th anniversary of its adoption of multiculturalism as its official federal policy on societal diversity. In acknowledging this significant milestone, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated: The diversity of Canadians is a fundamental characteristic…
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…