Vancouver Sun columnist Douglas Todd had Vancouver School of Theology professor Jason Byassee write a guest column October 29. Following is Todd’s introduction and Byassee’s column, which are re-posted by permission: Even though Santa Ono presides over a secular university,… Read more →
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The soul of Vancouver
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Ross Lockhart has two books coming out this summer. One is Beyond Snakes and Shamrocks: St. Patrick’s Missional Leadership Lessons for Today (“Essentially, I ask the question, ‘Are there lessons from a missionary to a pre-Christian culture for us as… Read more →
Around Town: Love My City, Alzheimer Cafés, VBTS, why so unhappy? . . .
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
Dave Jonsson is a pastor in Coquitlam, but he is now focused on the broader Tri-Cities community. He has initiated Love My City Week (July 14 – 21), which he hopes will “unify communities by facilitating a week of events… Read more →
Around Town: The Christians, Douglas Todd, Jacob’s Well, Blind Boys . . .
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“We’ve never said we do ‘Christian’ theatre. That word is a bad adjective but a good noun. I readily say I’m a Christian, but we don’t do Christian theatre. We do plays that explore spiritual questions honestly from a Christian… Read more →
Polls: Faith outside church, religion and education, BC election
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New York Times columnist Ross Douthat made a plea April 15 “that many of this newspaper’s secular liberal readers should head en masse to church.” The conservative Catholic (who delivered the Laing Lectures at Regent College in 2014) urged them to return… Read more →
Around Town: Forgiven/Forgotten, But If Not, spirituality at school, United Prayer
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For many years I have admired the way Mennonites champion restorative justice. Whenever you hear about citizens working with prisoners, or ex-prisoners, or Victim-Offender projects, or mediation . . . you’ll always find Mennonites in the mix. The latest manifestation… Read more →
Franklin Graham: Welcome to Vancouver!
by Flyn Ritchie • • 10 Comments
Forty years ago I hitchhiked up to a farm west of Lusaka in Zambia. Three months later I left as a born again Christian. The farmers/missionaries introduced me to Christ in their home Bible studies and I made a profession… Read more →
Around Town: Colour Collective, Talitha Koum, TWU appeal, Christ & Cascadia …
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
The Colour Collective is a group of artists overcoming disabilities through their artwork. In The View from Here, at Lookout Gallery, the artists “use landscape paintings to define and understand their world.” Painting instructor for the Colour Collective Deidre Blackmore… Read more →
Around town: Welcome Centre, TWU – Pray for Freedom, God’s Word Written
by Flyn Ritchie • • 0 Comments
The Welcome Centre is open, and it in turn has been welcomed by its closest neighbour, First Christian Reformed Church of Vancouver, on Victoria Drive at 10th Avenue, near the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station. Operated by Immigrant Services Society of BC… Read more →
The Christ & Cascadia interview with Douglas Todd
by David Warkentin • • 0 Comments
There aren’t many people, if any, who have spent more time reflecting on religion and culture in Cascadia than Douglas Todd. As a lifelong resident of Vancouver, and a journalist in the area of North American spirituality and culture, Todd… Read more →