Michael Hart hopes his new album “will appeal to people who have no church background, who are searching for a benevolent God who cares.” ONE is his ninth album, but he took a 10-year break since his last one. During… Read more →
Tag Archive for arts
Care about arts and spirituality?: Verge Conference is the place to be
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
For the past 10 years the Verge Conference has focused on a range of fascinating arts-related topics. Last year it was Arts + the Inklings; in previous years arts and the environment or ethics or social action . . . This year… Read more →
Suitcase Stories: One woman’s saga illuminates immigrant experience
by Margaret Ritchie / Soran Nakai • • 1 Comment
Margaret Ritchie and Soran Nakai attended Suitcase Stories by Maki Yi together on opening night (October 28). Margaret has written a review, followed by Soran’s interview with the playwright. Suitcase Stories is a Canadian-Korean woman’s first person account of her… Read more →
Around Town: Arts + the Inklings, Christ & Cascadia, St. Alban’s mural . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
The Inklings have some particular champions right here in Metro Vancouver, and they are centrally involved in next week’s three-day Arts + the Inklings conference (which will feature leading C.S. Lewis scholar Michael Ward). The Inklings Institute has been plugging… Read more →
Art on display: Pilar Mehlis at Lookout, David Robinson in Image, Wit on stage
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Immigration, identity, sense of place – these are some of the themes Pilar Mehlis explores in her I Belong Here . . . exhibition at Regent College’s Lookout Gallery (until June 23). The focus is not surprising, given her background.… Read more →
Rob Des Cotes: March 2, 1954 – April 6, 2016
by Flyn Ritchie • • 4 Comments
I have met many good Christian leaders throughout my career with Christian Info Society and Church for Vancouver, but I particularly looked forward to a call or meeting with Rob Des Cotes. I always felt welcome when I called, enlightened… Read more →
Around Town: Climate of Change, TWU’s Indigenous Institute, Obama & Robinson
by Flyn Ritchie • • 2 Comments
“This is a wonderful opportunity for the city and the church to work together.” So said moderator James Borkowski as he asked Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson and Roman Catholic Archbishop Michael Miller to address the Climate of Change symposium Wednesday… Read more →
Sculptor friends make their mark on the city
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Louise Solecki Weir and Colleen McLaughlin Barlow share an arts studio and a love of sculpting. And both are being widely recognized for their work. Louise Solecki Weir: Pope John Paul II Last week (October 16), Weir’s statue of Pope… Read more →
Around Town: Paradoxical Apologetics, Art in the City, Alongsiders . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Didn’t apologists for the Christian faith used to specialize in certainty, in lining up proofs and demolishing contrary arguments? No doubt they did more of that before postmodernism took such a firm hold on the culture. Now, it seems, apologists… Read more →