The Beijing Winter Olympics didn’t seem to raise much enthusiasm here in Canada (but congratulations to our women’s hockey team and all participants nonetheless). I didn’t watch any of it, but I did recall the story of a former Olympic…
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.…
Trump Card! Victory Belongs to China! Four Top Hospitals Join Forces in Battle for Wuhan That headline in a Chinese newspaper referred to four hospitals leading the fight against COVID-19 – and a later article in China Christian Daily pointed…
Bowen Island resident Susan Alexander has won a major literary prize. She was awarded the $20,000 Ross and Davis Mitchell Prize for her suite of poems,Vigil. The announcement came October 22, during a celebration at the Aga Kahn Museum in Toronto, with…
How often does a Chinese-born missionary to China become the subject of an academy award-winning movie? The people of China see Eric Liddell as their first Olympic gold medalist, even recently unveiling a statue of him. His daughter, Patricia Liddell,…
Every year churches around the world celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity; this year it will be held January 18 – 25. Several local churches will hold services, though some will take place as late as January 30.…
While teaching on marriage in East Africa to tens of thousands recently, we asked many Africans what they thought about Dr. David Livingstone. It was encouraging to learn how fondly he is remembered in Africa. Some other westerners may have…
Don Little will give a workshop on Understanding Islam and Loving Muslims, this Saturday (May 26) at New Life Community Church in Burnaby. In the meantime, here is the sermon he delivered at the church last Sunday, focusing on the…
Jared Siebert will be leading a conference in Surrey later this month (see below). In the meantime, he has given permission to re-post this comment. The current situation the Canadian church finds itself in could be called a crisis. But…