Merry Christmas to everyone. And I’ll wish everyone a Happy New Year as well, because, my next update will be out sometime in the first week or two of 2026. VST & Northwest Two local schools have just received early…
Students, staff and faculty at Trinity Western University (TWU) have, over the past 20 years, welcomed young students from the wider community to learn more about environmental stewardship and creation care. A recent article on the TWU site states: Science…
Saturday May 10 was the date of an historic Convocation at St. Mark’s and Corpus Christi Colleges. Not only was this one of the largest graduating classes ever for both Catholic institutions at UBC, but it was also a milestone…
The news that a leading American seminary will be joining Trinity Western University is making waves around the North American evangelical world. While both schools are describing the merger in positive terms – “joining Trinity Western in launching a global seminary”…
“Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” These sacred words were especially poignant when uttered by a Christian from Ukraine, smearing my forehead with the sign of the cross in ash and oil. We were reminded…
The A Rocha BC Centre “is one of the jewels in the crown of A Rocha.” Ed Walker, who took on the role of Executive Director of A Rocha International in the fall of 2023, said he had heard a…
Did she jump, or was she pushed? Comfort Sakoma-Fadugba left her position as Vice Chair of the Vancouver Police Board November 22, following an an outraged response to a statement she posted on Instagram. CKNW radio host (and former BC…
Three months ago, First Call and Youth Advocacy Society came out with their annual BC Child Poverty Report, declaring that 126,000 children in BC (more than 14 percent) were living below the poverty line. Financial pressures faced by parents lead…
At one time, it might have seemed odd to head along to church to hear some jazz music. Surely it was more suited to smoky night clubs? Non-smoky now, of course, but still not churches. Times have changed, though, at…
Very encouraging, reading the most recent edition of Making Connections, a newsletter of Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, which included this story: God is so good and actively moving in our churches! Emmanuel Iranian Church recently had a significant day…