Have missionaries also been agents of secularization even as they have sought to introduce the gospel? How does the reaction of religious fundamentalism and terrorism to secularization affect the way we approach missions? Those are among the questions which will be… Read more →
Tag Archive for culture
Advent Reflection: A grand invitation to counter nihilism
by Gord Carkner • • 0 Comments
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 →
Around Town: Andy Crouch, Stephen Toope, SALTS’ royal guests . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Andy Crouch wrote Culture Making in 2008 and it has turned out to be one of those books – like Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger and The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind – that made Christians sit up… Read more →
Faithful Presence: Join Alan Hirsch and Forge leaders
by Alan Hirsch • • 0 Comments
“Forge Canada serves the church by evoking missional conversation, equipping churches to join God on mission and then helping to establish multiplying missional Christian communities in neighbourhoods across Canada.” So says Cam Roxburgh, national director of Forge Canada and team… Read more →
Shad is well grounded as he takes over as host of CBC’s Q
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Shad will take over as the new host of Q on CBC Radio next week (April 20). His arrival is a good news story, both for him and for CBC. He is already a successful musician, winning a Juno Award for best… Read more →
Neighbourhood mapping: Top 10 tips to exegete a culture
by John Fuder • • 0 Comments
“Our neighbourhoods are in a continual state of change. God is sending the nations to our cities and as Christ-followers embedded in local churches we are, at times, overwhelmed in how to respond.” Dr. John Fuder will provide some guidance… Read more →
Missions Fest: Learning to listen to non-Western voices
by Flyn Ritchie • • 1 Comment
There are always 101 good reasons to come down to Missions Fest – try it out this weekend (Friday to Sunday) if you never have, or haven’t for a while. But one element I’m particularly looking forward to this year… Read more →
Steve Bell views his musical creations as ‘happy collaboration in God’s good work’
by Steve Bell • • 0 Comments
Steve Bell will join Regent prof Bruce Hindmarsh for a free public lecture July 9 on Hymns and the Christian Spirit: A Short History of Song and Devotion. Following are some of his thoughts on psalms, music-making, culture and creativity.… Read more →
A conversation with Andy Crouch on how to ‘reset our posture toward culture’
by Charlene Kwiatkowski • • 0 Comments
Andy Crouch is the author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, which Charlene Kwiatkowski asked him about in the following interview (excerpted from a longer piece in The Regent World) and, more recently, Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of… Read more →
Feb 3 – 9: Watoto, Between Church and Culture, Family Ministry Conversation …
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Welcome to Canada! Shortly after the Watoto Children’s Choir began their six-month tour of Canada on Vancouver Island last month, thieves stole more than $6,000 worth of donations and iPads from their tour bus. The choir of orphaned children from… Read more →