Let me get this straight. An “over-educated secular liberal” has written a new play in which a university-aged daughter has – to the consternation of a family not so different from his own – announced that she has become a…
The Cultch has a series of plays that will be of interest to many in the Christian community over the next month or two, beginning with Children of God, which runs from February 20 – March 10. Here is a…
Pacific Theatre’s founding artistic director Ron Reed clearly has a lot of time for C.S. Lewis. Earlier this year he presented Tolkien, which focused on the relationship between the two great scholar/writers. Freud’s Last Session was a fictionalized encounter between…
There are two events that I’m particularly going to regret missing while I’m away over the next month (see accompanying story): Into the Neighbourhood and Solitary Refinement: Into the Neighbourhood Into the Neighbourhood will be a two-day event (October 26…
Kids all over Metro Vancouver are returning to school this week, but the experience will be unique at three new schools in Vancouver, New Westminster and Surrey. Marion Van Driel wrote a good article on two schools with roots in…
Anglicans are often uncomfortable with the word ‘mission.’ That reality was confronted head-on May 26 at Inside Out Church, a mission conference offered by the Diocese of New Westminster, which includes the Metro Vancouver / Fraser Valley area. Keynote speaker…
Ron Reed has crafted a powerful play focused on the relationship between two of the 20th century’s most influential writers. Tolkien is the play’s name, but it could have been Tolkien-Lewis (apart from awkwardness) because so much of it is based…
Anglicans have played an important role in Metro Vancouver Alliance (MVA), and they were out on the streets April 14 to inspect sidewalk safety as part of the MVA’s South Van Social Inclusion Sidewalk Project. The South Van Intergenerational Neighbourhood Walk was…
Dr. Gemma Jones, a pioneer in dementia care, will be in Vancouver April 3 – 17 for a series of workshops, seminars and information sessions on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care, with the goal of establishing Alzheimer Cafés in Metro Vancouver and beyond. Dr.…
“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…