Humility, repentance, brokenness – those are the hallmarks of revival. And those are the words I heard repeatedly from Bishop Fred Sheldon Mwesigwa when I met with him last week to discuss the purpose of his visit. He was in…
The area around Brentwood Mall and the new SkyTrain station is undergoing a dramatic makeover. Life has been disrupted, but there is at least one oasis of calm in the midst of all the upheaval. Connections Coffee House has been quietly…
“Religious intolerance of homosexuality led to mass murder in Orlando.” So ran the headline in the Vancouver Courier last week. Religion columnist Pat Johnson was describing anyone who believes in the traditional (scriptural) understanding of same-sex relationships. He was talking…
“I do feel that tasting wine can be a profoundly spiritual experience.” Dr. Gisela Kreglinger was speaking at St. John’s Vancouver Church, but she is sharing that message in a number of settings while visiting Vancouver. Kreglinger, who grew up…
The Greater Vancouver Festival of Hope is under way. Some 350 leaders attended a dinner and another 900 people took part in the public launch event at Broadway Church last Thursday (March 31). The year-long festival journey will culminate with…
Church planting. Some seem to think it’s a panacea, others question it. Most believe growth is a good thing, but are still not sure quite what that should mean in a city like Vancouver. Multiply Conference will be an ideal…
Sunset is one of the most ethnically mixed of Vancouver neighbourhoods. Many Germans lived in the area following the Second World War and it has been a Sikh (Punjabi) enclave more recently. The Sunset neighbourhood covers everything south of 41st…
Kensington-Cedar Cottage consists of two historical neighbourhoods – Kensington and Cedar Cottage, which are south and north of Kingsway respectively. It sits in the centre of east Vancouver, offering stunning views of the city and the North Shore as one…
More than 30 Abbotsford churches (and a couple of schools) are posting the same Thanksgiving message on their signboards for two weeks: Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift. The initiative is sponsored by the Abbotsford Christian Leaders Network…
Killarney is a relatively low-density neighbourhood that has the third-highest concentration of families in the city. The median income has steadily risen and is now above the city’s average. However, this masks a moderately high concentration of low-income residents living…