Dear Pastors, I’ve become that person who just shows up to your church for Christmas and Easter. (I’m pretty sure I used to pray for people like me). Despite a childhood and teen years spent actively involved in the church…
One Good Friday celebration which every year draws in community members along with people from a range of churches and ministries is the Way of the Cross in the Downtown Eastside. It will begin on the steps of First United…
Easter approaches, and with it much beautiful music. This year, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion must surely be the most eagerly awaited by those who appreciate sacred/classical music. The Vancouver Bach Choir, with help from the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, will present…
Joseph Fiennes seems to have a penchant for faith-based movies. He played Martin Luther several years ago and will soon take on Eric Liddell, the Olympic champion / missionary to China. And in his most recent project – Risen (due…
Soohwan Park has visited the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan several times. Here she describes her most recent visit, over the Easter season. Check out Soohwan Park’s blog on Fukushima and the upcoming (May 7 – June…
A.D.: The Bible Continues premieres on CTV this Sunday (April 5) and – as with any movie featuring any kind of biblical theme – the best guide anywhere is our own (Surrey-dwelling) Peter Chattaway. He had a feature interview with…
Paul Kariya’s devotion to the environment developed naturally, growing up as the son of a salmon fisherman on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Now executive director of Clean Energy BC, he has also served as executive director of the…
During the first decade of the 21st century, some 5,000 people would gather in Surrey’s Chandos Pattison auditorium each Good Friday to worship and consider the implications of Calvary. In 2013, the leaders of a loose-knit pastors’ group known as…
Eugene Peterson, Anne Lamott, Walter Brueggemann, Tony Campolo and many other notables around the Christian world are admirers of the Christian Seasons Calendar which is produced by Ed Searcy and his church in Vancouver. Peterson, for example, says: “Every day is…
Japanese and Korean churches in the Vancouver area are finding periodic ways to come together for both worship and outreach. And one of those churches has an event set for this Saturday (May 3), called Glimpse of Japan. (More information…