Several significant events over the next few weeks will focus on environmental issues. 1. Laudato Si’ +1 Just over a year ago, Pope Francis released his encyclical Laudato Si’: On care for our common home, which focused on the…
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…
Bear Grylls is helping out with the Global Alpha Campaign which is gearing up this fall – which is why you will see him on billboards all over the city. Grylls is world renowned as an adventurer and media figure.…
When in my early 20s, I was working in Tokyo for the Sony Corporation; I attended a small church with 30 to 40 people on a Sunday. The pastor was 80 years old and was looking for someone to pinch-hit…
Half a dozen local pastors and ministry leaders got a glimpse into a unique urban ministry in Manchester, England last week. We spent almost a week with Andy Hawthorne and members of The Message, which works with young people in…
“I do feel that tasting wine can be a profoundly spiritual experience.” Dr. Gisela Kreglinger was speaking at St. John’s Vancouver Church, but she is sharing that message in a number of settings while visiting Vancouver. Kreglinger, who grew up…
John Smed and Justine Hwang of Prayer Current will lead a day of “evangelism training for prayerful mission” this Saturday (March 19) at Reality Church. The goal of Building Dynamic Prayer Friendships is to: Be equipped and begin praying to…
“This is the next critical step towards reaching our goal of one million Canadians experiencing Alpha.” Shaila Visser, national director of Alpha Canada, introduced the new Alpha Film Series last Thursday evening (April 14) before a full house at Performance…
Coastal Church recently hosted a Catholic-Evangelical Conversation, as part of the Vancouver Consultation process. The core of the two-hour event was a gracious exchange between Brett Salkeld, archdiocesan theologian for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina (here with blessing of Archdiocese…
One of the unique things about Alpha is that it is run in every major denomination. As a result, one privilege of my role with Alpha Canada is that I get quite an objective perspective on all the different ways…