When you look at Servan managing his own tailoring business in the Valley Fair Shopping Mall on Lougheed, you might not think of him as a refugee sponsored by Ridge Church. You might not readily label Harpreet at Subway, or…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership, that gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver. One of the goals of this weekly article is to…
Most of the time, when I hear or read news about climate change, I experience a sense of overwhelming hopelessness. Last year, more than 100 heat records were broken across British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories. During the heat…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership, that gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver. One of the goals of this weekly article is…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership, and gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church in Vancouver. One of the goals of this weekly article is…
Gordon T. Smith: Wisdom from Babylon: Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age (InterVarsity Press, 2020) Gordon Smith’s new book has received praise from several quarters – including from David Fitch, which pretty much assures quality – but I…
When Dennis Wilkinson found himself on a Vancouver West End bench sharing the whole gospel story with a Jew and a Muslim friend together he knew his philosophy of church planting was rooting. He saw hospitality was at the heart…
“Last month, a middle-aged Mexican woman came to the door. I knew immediately there was something different about her; she was definitely in need of TLC, you know . . . just some loving care” says Dennis Kirkley, lead chaplain at…
Brad Brisco will be in town next Thursday (October 13) to lead Missional Essentials: A Guide for Experiencing God’s Mission. The afternoon and evening sessions will take place at Southside Community Church in Surrey. Following is a comment from his…
I’m in love. I was fretful and anxious, but now I’m in love. The context for my emotional bi-polarity has been the Syrian refugee crisis. In my anxious phase I posted a great number of guilt-inducing refugee photos on Facebook.…