This weekly editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We asked Shadia Qubti (see accompanying article) to respond to this article, in part to model healthy conversation. One of…
CBC News reported May 19 that a Cloverdale bowling alley with a rich history will soon become a church: After 72 years serving the Cloverdale community in Surrey, B.C., Clover Lanes five-pin bowling alley has shut its doors for the…
This weekly editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We asked Zenith Bose (see accompanying article) to respond to this article, in part to model healthy conversation. One of…
Our weekly Creating Conversation editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. We asked Zenith Bose to respond to Joshua Koh’s accompanying comment, in part to model healthy conversation.…
“What goes on in North America is just a tiny fraction of what goes on in the refugee world.” James Grunau knows what he is talking about. He has spent many years welcoming refugee claimants to Metro Vancouver, while also…
Should Christians attend or organize public protests of bad laws, or rallies in support of good laws? That was the question I asked myself when presented with an invitation to attend an event on the steps of the Vancouver Art…
The most memorable – and enjoyable – vacation our family has ever taken was in the mid-1980s, when we visited Xinjiang, in the far corner of northwest China. At the time, my wife and I were missionaries in Pakistan, and…
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) laments that Bill C-7 passed into law on March 17. This bill changed Canada’s law on medical assistance in dying (MAID) in crucial and tragic ways. It allows people who are not dying to…
March 29 update: Indoor in-person religious gatherings and worship services of any size are again prohibited. March 25 update: Dr. Bonnie Henry introduced a one-time variance on health restrictions March 25 to allow limited indoor gatherings for some religious holidays between…
For all sorts of reasons, Christians in Canada (like everyone else) can often take a while to catch up on what is happening in Ottawa, and what the ramifications are going to be for both church and society. As people…