Aaron White has written a Daily Advent Prayer Guide that connects the ancient nativity story with the realities of displaced people today. Each week during Advent (December 2 – 25) I will post the daily guides; this week I have posted… Read more →
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Jesus in the Caravan: Daily Advent Prayer Guide (December 6 – 12)
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Aaron White has written a Daily Advent Prayer Guide that connects the ancient nativity story with the realities of displaced people today. Each week during Advent (December 2 – 24) I will post the daily guides; this week I have posted… Read more →
Around Town: Christian Seasons, Pacific Spirit, Heart for the City, VST/St. Mark’s
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December 2 is the first Sunday in Advent, and thus marks the beginning of the Christian year. And this is the 20th anniversary of the Christian Seasons Calendar, which opens with Advent. The ‘Salt of the Earth 2018-19’ Calendar is… Read more →
Jesus in the Caravan: Daily Advent Prayer Guide (December 2 – 5)
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Aaron White has written a Daily Advent Prayer Guide that connects the ancient nativity story with the realities of displaced people today. Each week during Advent (December 2 – 24) I will post the daily guides; this week I have posted… Read more →
Christian Seasons Calendar begins with Advent
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Local media outlets are promoting Advent calendars, but they’re really not that Christmassy. One suggested that the Cannabis Christmas Calendar might make for ‘Merrier Holidays,’ while Daily Hive featured the likes of ’24 Days of Soul Chocolate’ and ‘HBC Musical Advent… Read more →
Mary’s Song ever new: God has brought down rulers and exalted the humble
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Bob Ekblad is a natural choice as a key speaker at Missions Fest early next year (January 27 – 29), as this year’s theme is Justice and the Gospel. Bob is co-founder (with his wife Gracie) of Tierra Nueva in… Read more →
Advent Reflection: A grand invitation to counter nihilism
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Gord Carkner has just released The Great Escape from Nihilism, the themes of which are evident in this Advent reflection. (See below for more about the book and his work with graduate students and faculty on the UBC campus.) Just… Read more →
Malcolm Guite: Poetry hit home on themes of refugees, and refuge
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
It was a dark and stormy night (December 12), and I was debating the wisdom of driving from East Van to the depths of Ladner – even for what seemed like a sure thing: Malcolm Guite and Friends. (I had… Read more →
A Christmas miscellany: Dorothy Sayers, Emily Carr, Richard of St. Victor . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Every year we hear the same story. Yet, though the story of Jesus’ incarnation has been with us for two millennia, it is still fresh every year. Why is that? First of all, the story has been told in so many ways –… Read more →
Christmas season approaches; music, books and drama bear witness
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
When to start up with Christmas – the annual dilemma. Big box stores were restocked and ready to go on the very eve of Halloween. Purists won’t allow it to be mentioned until the advent of Advent (November 30), and… Read more →