Combating Modern Day Slavery will be the topic Saturday morning (June 18) at Tenth Church. Matt Friedman and Sylvia Yu Friedman will make the presentation. Following is an excerpt from Matt Friedman’s new book, Where Were You?: A Profile of…
Amy Anderson spoke to Regent College graduate David Taylor, who recently completed a video on the Psalms with Eugene Peterson (professor emeritus at Regent College; he developed The Message Bible paraphrase) and Bono (who probably needs no introduction). Since leaving…
Brian McConaghy played a significant role in the arrest and conviction of Christopher Neil, who was sentenced to five-and-a-half years June 1 in BC Supreme Court after pleading guilty to five child-sex crimes that occurred over a 10-year period in…
The Conservative Party of Canada just voted to remove the traditional definition of marriage (one man + one woman) from its platform and replace it with . . . nothing in particular. Supporters of this change were quoted over and…
LEGO is the key to a creative partnership just under way between Youth Unlimited and HD Stafford Middle School in Langley. This report by Keela Keeping, director of marketing and communications for Youth Unlimited tells the story: While it’s often…
Half a dozen local pastors and ministry leaders got a glimpse into a unique urban ministry in Manchester, England last week. We spent almost a week with Andy Hawthorne and members of The Message, which works with young people in…
It has been quite a few years since Debra Fieguth lived in Vancouver, but I know she retained a good number of friends here – and many more will remember her from her days as editor of BC Christian News.…
Everyone agrees that New Westminster Secondary School is well past its prime. The New Westminster school district is committed to replacing it and BC’s Education Minister Mike Bernier recently described the project as his ministry’s number one priority. But he…
My family moved to our neighbourhood three years ago and began the work of connecting and making our home here. It has been a slow and humbling time. I have been confronted with my own agendas and baggage – a need to…
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould is Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Cabinet. Julia Beazley, director of public policy for the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, sent her an open letter April 5 because…