How do you prepare for Lent? The question took me by surprise. After all, I’ve always thought of Lent as a time of preparation for Easter, so hmmm, what might it mean to prepare for preparing? For 2017, Lent begins…
How to prepare for Lent
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Reconciling religion and secularism, Regent cuts, UGM shoes, Theodora . . .
“What does it mean to build a ‘whole society?’ What is the purpose of secularism, and what are its limits? How can we re-conceptualize the role of religion in Canadian public life? What is the role of religion and spirituality…
The Christian year starts with Advent, not with January
Eugene Peterson, Anne Lamott, Walter Brueggemann, Tony Campolo and many other notables around the Christian world are admirers of the Christian Seasons Calendar which is produced by Ed Searcy and his church in Vancouver. Peterson, for example, says: “Every day is…
Vancouver authors: A final look at books for Christmas
Originally I’d intended to devote a couple of short articles to locally-written books, in the hopes that a few of those books would find their way under Vancouver Christmas trees (here are parts one and two). But as I started…