Recently I was part of a team that put together a conference on MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying). Two ministers that I know approached me and the non-profit organization with which I work, to see if we might together plan…
A report endorsed by Canada’s Minister of Defence Anita Anand states that the “Defence Team . . . cannot justify hiring representatives of organizations who marginalize certain people or categorically refuse them a position of leadership.” This memorandum from the think…
The provincial NDP government is receiving lots of public support for their leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially that of spokesperson Dr. Bonnie Henry. I have no doubt that the Christian community is right in step with that view. However,…
“Last month, a middle-aged Mexican woman came to the door. I knew immediately there was something different about her; she was definitely in need of TLC, you know . . . just some loving care” says Dennis Kirkley, lead chaplain at…
There are 25,500 people working in that little ‘island’ called YVR, or in less technical language, the Vancouver Airport. And the airport’s chapel and accompanying Vancouver Airport Chaplaincy (VAC) are well positioned to provide ‘spiritual and emotional care’ to that…
Bill Wong keeps in close touch with people working in a machine shop, an auto dealership, a testing laboratory, some trucking firms and a farm. A diverse set of clients, he admits, but the work he does in each working cluster…
Dave Wells, the general superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, has attended every Olympic Games since 2002 as a chaplain and a leader of chaplains. But he doubts he will be going to the Winter Olympics February 7 – 23…