At the end of last year I posted an article about the abundant crop of books written by local authors. I was surprised that I found 15 to write about and had some left over. I am amazed, as I…
A wealth of local books from 2021 (#2)
Tag: alan roxburgh
What does it mean to live as God’s communities in our neighbourhoods?
Tim Dickau: Forming Christian Communities in a Secular Age: Recovering Humility and Hope (Tyndale Academic Press, 2021) Tim Dickau has written an important, wide-ranging book about what it means to be God’s people in this time of unraveling and ferment. The…
Missional Commons: a Canadian conversation
Forge Canada and The Missional Network have initiated ‘Missional Commons’ online, to foster conversation across Canada. The first, next Tuesday (April 14), filled up immediately, so they added another one on the 16th. Cam Roxburgh of Forge Canada will host…
Around Town: Lifting High Evangelism, TWU’s president, Birmingham . . .
Two local Christian leaders have recently been featured in Christianity Today – both on the theme ‘Lifting High Evangelism Again.’ Ed Stetzer, who writes The Exchange blog for CT and is known locally for his participation in C2C’s Multiply Conferences, interviewed…
Around Town: Winter is Coming, Extreme Weather, Lead Local . . .
“In a time of bleak landscapes and quiet hibernation, Brie Neilson and Ian Moar portray flecks of light and colour – glimpses of hope that help us endure the struggle and hardship of a grey winter season.” That’s what Regent…
Launching a series on Vancouver’s neighbourhoods
Over the next few weeks I will start a series on Vancouver neighbourhoods. Vancouver is a city of neighbourhoods – kind of. On the one hand, anyone who’s been here for a while will know that the character of Point Grey…