One can never have too many books (ask anyone who knows me), but even I have trouble keeping up with the professors at our local Christian colleges. And many of their books would make great Christmas gifts, especially if purchased… Read more →
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Pilgrim Book & Bible has served the church for 46 years in East Vancouver
by Jack Taylor • • 4 Comments
“You just know when it’s time. You feel it in your gut,” says Greg Wasmuth. The stock of books, Bibles, music, movies, greeting cards, trinkets and artwork at Pilgrim Book and Bible is definitely dwindling as the 35 percent off… Read more →
Recovering: call to connection can foster a ‘beatitude community’
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Aaron White has spent much of his adult life living and working in the Downtown Eastside. And now he has drawn on his experiences for his brand new book, Recovering: From Brokenness and Addiction to Blessedness and Community. He sent… Read more →
Yani Lim: ‘God’s angel on Nusakambangan’
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
Yani Lim is best known locally for her pioneering work with Voices Together. Over the years she has led the way in several large gatherings at Rogers Arena and the Pacific Coliseum, each of which drew thousands of Christians from… Read more →
Around Town: Word Guild winners, Mobile Showers, Hong Kong prayer
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
One Regent College professor and two others who often teach and sing there won Word Guild awards at the group’s 31st annual gala June 14 in Hamilton, Ontario. The Regent College winners were: • Academic Books: Bruce Hindmarsh: The Spirit… Read more →
Theology’s last (book)stand?
by Bill Reimer • • 1 Comment
For 29 years I have worked in the back corner at my desk on the floor of the Regent College Bookstore, surrounded by volumes of biblical studies and commentaries. We have 272 linear feet devoted to biblical studies and 120… Read more →
Sharing the glories of Puritan books, spirituality
by Derek Witten • • 0 Comments
If you haven’t taken a wander through the Rare Books Room at the Allison Library, it’s about time you do so. That’s where Regent College houses the Puritan Book Project, consisting of about 3,000 works, many of them from the personal… Read more →
Devotionals offer hope to those with mental illness
by Frank Stirk • • 0 Comments
Having struggled herself with bipolar disorder for most of her life, Burnaby author Marja Bergen is committed to telling her fellow sufferers of the healing she has found in Jesus Christ. Over the past 20 years, she has written two books… Read more →
Around Town: Case for Christ, Honour Drum, MVA, Festival reflections . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Surrey-based film critic Peter Chattaway does an amazing job keeping up with the movies in his FilmChat blog, and he has just posted an exclusive interview with The Case for Christ author Lee Strobel “on facts and feelings, and seeing… Read more →
Around Town: Great local music and books, Rikk Watts, Silence . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
This will be my final weekly update for 2016 (Merry Christmas!), and I find myself feeling a little bit guilty for having neglected to keep up with some of the new music and books that have come along this year.… Read more →