Should Christians attend or organize public protests of bad laws, or rallies in support of good laws? That was the question I asked myself when presented with an invitation to attend an event on the steps of the Vancouver Art…
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Around Town: Rupert Lang, blood donors respond, Black churches, Covid appeal
The Archbishop of Canterbury announced the annual Lambeth Awards April 7 – and a Vancouver church musician was on the list: Rupert Lang, BMus, MA (Cantab) – The Thomas Cranmer Award for Worship. For more than 40 years as an outstanding…
Canadian religious leaders denounce Bill C-7: ‘Medical Assistance in Dying’
Representatives of wide range of religious groups in Canada sent a strong message to the Liberal government October 14, describing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) legislation before Parliament as “more accurately, and tragically, nothing less than murder.” The same release…
Where are the goalposts now? Christian theology on sexuality in a changing world
Two years ago the Supreme Court of Canada put an end to Trinity Western University’s plans to develop a law school. The ruling was a sobering demonstration of the fact that our legal and political leaders have turned their backs…
Church Guidance: Conversion Therapy
Justice Minister David Lametti introduced Bill C-8 March 9, to add conversion therapy offences to the Criminal Code. The bill defines conversion therapy broadly and includes attempts to modify or reduce sexual behaviour. It creates offences such as receiving a…
Christian Legal Fellowship defends human rights – for all faiths
The Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF) played a lead role in convincing the Canadian Bar Association to support religious freedom and oppose Quebec’s Bill 21, which prevents its citizens from wearing religious symbols in certain professional roles. A February 24 article…
Around Town: Urban Shalom, Overdose, Jesus Cristobal-Esteban . . .
One highlight at last weekend’s Missions Fest was hearing from a couple of city officials about how Christians, and faith groups in general, can have a better rapport with their city. The How Can We Inspire City Officials with God’s…
A prophet without (enough) honour in her own country
Following the climate strike march last Friday, B.C. Catholic editor Paul Schratz tweeted this: 100,000 #ClimateStrike marchers in Vancouver is impressive. It’s also the number of unborn lives lost to abortion last year in Canada. How many might have been…
Interveners in transgender case appeal for prayer, as well as justice
A case that has received widespread attention well beyond the borders of our province is before the BC Court of Appeal this week. The court is hearing A.B. v. C.D. from September 3 – 5, and provides this description: In…
Court’s ‘effective referral’ decision will force doctors to violate conscience or quit
This joint statement from Christian Legal Fellowship, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, and the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Ontario was released May 15 to address a judicial determination which seems likely to lead to a serious erosion of religious freedom in Canada.…