I just left the hospice here in North Vancouver. I was there to visit a woman from one of the churches at which I help out. Joan just turned 90 and she is a lovely woman, full of life. Her…
Quite a number of Christians took an active part in the climate strike march last week. Anglicans, Lutherans, Catholics and United Church members were particularly active, along with Earthkeepers: Christians for Climate Justice. But even those who didn’t take part…
A Tri-Cities church has been rebuffed after offering to help out in the federal election process. Westwood Community Church invited all those running for political office in the Coquitlam-Port Coquitlam and Port Moody-Coquitlam federal ridings to an all-candidates meeting October…
Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) timed the Metro Vancouver portion of their Fall Election Tour well. Executive director Willard Metzger and senior policy analyst Karri Munn-Venn spoke to a receptive audience Tuesday night, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau obligingly called…
A number of Christian groups offer suggestions about how to engage with the upcoming federal elections October 21. Many tend to be partisan, whether intentionally or not. But the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has done a good job of presenting…
During the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada’s recent webinar on what churches can and can’t do during an election, we noted that many of the participants had the same kinds of questions. Questions like what kinds of involvement church members or…
Wherever you stand on the political spectrum, you might want to come out and join fellow believers who are asking for God’s direction in the October 19 election. Two local churches will be home to prayer rallies this weekend. On…