The electricity is erratic. There is mould in the walls. Its nameless streets are crowded and filthy and dangerous. Poverty is rampant. Dogs bark all night. The weather is cold. Such is life in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, a…
Archbishop Michael Miller wrote a pastoral letter May 23 to 450,000 Lower Mainland Catholics saying the absence of a law on prostitution is “a serious threat to the moral fabric of Canadian society” and the Catholic community must work to…
Our interim pastor recently used the analogy of dance for our relationship with God, and released a flood of stories from the congregation during the response time following the sermon. People expressed the trust, freedom, security and beauty in God…
Margaret Atwood will be the star attraction at A Rocha’s Green Gala this Thursday (May 22) at the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel. The story of how the acclaimed author got hooked up with the Christian environmental stewardship group is a good…
UrbanPromise’s two after-school ‘camps’ – one in East Vancouver and the other in Whalley, near Surrey’s Central City – are no more. Featured in a Church for Vancouver story earlier this year, Camp Hope and Camp Peace had operated respectively…
She Loves is a magazine, a conference, a group of friends who love to express themselves online – and much more. And later this week (May 1 – 3) you’ll have the perfect opportunity to find out something about that…
Next week (May 5 – 11) is Mental Health Awareness Week. Working with the Canadian Mental Health Association, Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries is helping Christians become more aware of the importance of mental health in general, and also of the…
Janet Epp Buckingham, author of Fighting Over God: A Legal and Political History of Religious Freedom in Canada, was on CBC’s Sunday Edition in a special public forum to discuss the role of religion in Canadian civic discourse and public policy. Listen here. I was…
Paul Kariya’s devotion to the environment developed naturally, growing up as the son of a salmon fisherman on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Now executive director of Clean Energy BC, he has also served as executive director of the…
The faith community of St. Augustine’s, Marpole and priest-in-charge Andrew Halladay are demonstrating their commitment to their neighbourhood through some intentional hospitality. In December of 2013, Marpole Place Neighbourhood House (located at 1305 West 70th Avenue, just a few blocks…