On a sunny evening in late August, about 60 people are gathered in Karen Reed’s East Vancouver backyard. They sit in chairs – around tables on the patio and on the grass in tight circles – and stand near the open…
Opposition to the Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline proposal runs deep in Vancouver. Five people were arrested for mischief October 28 following a protest in the waters near its Westridge Marine terminal in Burnaby. Their declarations that many more will join them…
Welcome the Stranger: Refugees Becoming Neighbours. That was the theme of a gathering October 26 at Olivet Church in New Westminster: “An interactive evening of stories from Canadians who have welcomed individuals who have lived the refugee journey.” A perfect complement…
Peter Biggs of The Light Magazine is researching one Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley municipality each month, and producing a four page feature. The October issue features South Surrey / White Rock. In the 1950s, White Rock residents began to feel isolated from the then–District of Surrey,…
This profile is from the Faith in Canada 150 Thread of 1000 Stories. Faith in Canada 150 exists to celebrate the role of faith in our life together during Canada’s anniversary celebrations in 2017. Robert Norman Thompson was part of a cross-partisan group…
Jenny Hawkinson has been working as an artist for a decade, mostly in the Downtown Eastside. For several years she worked with Mission Possible; now she is a DTES street pastor / artist with 24-7 Prayer. Over the summer, she and…
This profile is from the Faith in Canada 150 Thread of 1000 Stories. Faith in Canada 150 exists to celebrate the role of faith in our life together during Canada’s anniversary celebrations in 2017. Katharine Hayhoe, one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in…
Many church members around the city will be inviting international students and new citizens home for Thanksgiving dinner, but I have been particularly taken with the uniquely welcoming atmosphere at First Christian Reformed Church of Vancouver, at 11th and Victoria.…
Justice Matthew Begbie is a larger than life figure in BC’s history, but he was also a man of his times. And the debate over who-from-the-past-should-be-remembered-where (Robert E. Lee, Edward Cornwallis, John A. Macdonald . . .) has now caught…
The Walk for Reconciliation has come and gone, and Regent College is hosting an event this Saturday (September 30) which should offer an ideal opportunity to think through some of the issues it raised: Our Stories Shape Us: History, Faith & Practice of the…