I was waylaid today, by the bookstore on Broadway at Macdonald. Waiting for the bus, I looked through the window and saw an ink drawing of a single thistle stem upon a book titled Japanese Death Poems Written by Zen…
Creating Conversation is a weekly editorial, curated by the Centre for Missional Leadership (CML), 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…
Korea has a very strong church presence and is now a major missionary force around the world. But the church is also very young, and missionaries from Canada played a significant part in introducing the gospel to the East Asian…
China is sparing no expense or inconvenience as it prepares to welcome the world for the Winter Olympics in February. But Xi Jinping’s increasingly aggressive regime is much less receptive to international movements which are less directly under its control.…
This weekly editorial gives opportunity for people to speak about issues they believe are vital for the church to respond to. One of the goals of this weekly article is to spark dialogue – and action. We invite you to…
Will Wilding spent 40 years as an influential architect in Vancouver, putting his stamp on the design and construction of churches throughout the province (see the accompanying story). But that future was surely never imagined by him or his family…
Dr. Joshua Bogunjoko, international director of SIM International, will be a keynote speaker at Mission Central: SERVE (formerly Missions Fest), January 29 – 31. Many of you have heard about the Somali people on the news or in Hollywood films.…
Vancouver Taiwanese Presbyterian Church is spearheading an effort to have pioneering missionary George Leslie Mackay commemorated on a Canadian stamp. It would mark the 150th anniversary (2022) of his arrival in Taiwan, where he is regarded as a national hero.…
Hardly a day goes by without news reports about the troubled relationship between Canada and China – Meng Wanzhou and Huawei, Canadians held in prison, canola trade, money laundering. Pundits debate whether we should stand up to China, whether we…
George Verwer is a man on a mission – and has been from the time he became a Christian at a Billy Graham Crusade when he was 14 until today, as he travels from city to city around the world…