by Carson Pue • • Comments Off on A spiritual journey as Grandpa
This comment appeared on CHAT Canada, which is hosting a three-part webinar series to explore The Art of Grandparenting, led by Sandi Smoker, beginning this Saturday morning (January 30). See below for more on the series. Grandpa, the best title…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on Whole Way House offers community: ‘four walls don’t make a home’
“We are in a housing crisis, but without the heart component people don’t stay long in housing.” Jenny Konkin used to focus more on finding housing for homeless people in the Downtown Eastside, but she has refined her views: When…
Last week I posted “Canadian religious leaders denounce Bill C-7: ‘Medical Assistance in Dying.’” The proposed legislation continues its progress through Parliament. Christian Legal Fellowship (CLF) has put a lot of work into analyzing the Bill and making creative suggestions…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on Around Town: Best Actor, not so Liberal, Earthkeepers, HCOS fundraiser, seniors . . .
Sadly, Pacific Theatre was forced to close Best of Enemies a week early in March due to the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The play received a warm media response, with Colin Thomas saying, “The elements that really make Best…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on COVID-19 Christian Leaders Response Fund will help vulnerable seniors
City in Focus sent out this request for support May 25 and I felt it was worth running it just as it is. Money raised will go to six reliable and well-established Christian ministries and 10 long-term care facilities, all…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on Around Town: Easter, community care (refugees, UGM + TSA), The Light online . . .
Last week I posted a powerful comment by Darrell Johnson: Praying Boldly: coronavirus 2020. I will repeat a portion of his conclusion, as it leads into the Easter weekend so well: So, where do we go? I can only speak…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on Provincial government partners with Baptist Housing in West Vancouver
NDP MLA Bowinn Ma tweeted her support for a deal in which the provincial government will provide more than $100 million in financing to help Baptist Housing purchase a large seniors’ home in West Vancouver. She wrote: One of the…
by Flyn Ritchie • • Comments Off on Around Town: Religion at VIFF, Matthew Bates on Allegiance, CHAT Canada . . .
“It’s mid-September now, so that can mean only one thing: the Vancouver International Film Festival is almost upon us!” That is the first line of Peter Chattaway’s recent post on his Patheos blog FilmChat, which points out that there are…
by Zoe Ducklow • • Comments Off on Aspen Green just latest chapter in far-sighted housing plan initiated in 1947
The day of the ribbon cutting was overcast and chilly. People were holding cups of coffee, milling about the entryway. Architects, donors and residents were here to celebrate something remarkable. In a town where rents and home prices have immobilized…
Dr. Gemma Jones, a pioneer in dementia care, will be in Vancouver April 3 – 17 for a series of workshops, seminars and information sessions on Alzheimer’s disease and dementia care, with the goal of establishing Alzheimer Cafés in Metro Vancouver and beyond. Dr.…