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…
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,…
A cloud of cynicism has settled over the Olympics – and this year the gloom is more palpable than ever (Russia about to be expelled over systematic doping practices, endless stories about Brazilian woes in pulling the Games together .…
Several former members of the Trinity Western University (TWU) Spartans volleyball team look set to participate in Rio 2016 Olympic Games later this summer. Alumni Steven Marshall, Dan Jansen Van Doorn and Rudy Verhoeff are all members of the Canadian…
Dave Wells, the general superintendent of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, has attended every Olympic Games since 2002 as a chaplain and a leader of chaplains. But he doubts he will be going to the Winter Olympics February 7 – 23…