Less than a year ago, I posted an article about Amanda Burrows, describing how the leader of First United Church in the Downtown Eastside was aiming to run against Ken Sim for Mayor of Vancouver. But politics is an unpredictable…
Vancouverites will have several opportunities to grapple with the Doctrine of Discovery and related issues over the next couple of months. Sarah Augustine Sarah Augustine will address the matter directly as the second speaker in the Taking Action! speaker series,…
Driving around the city, I have noticed four holes in the ground where four church buildings used to be. That’s not good news. Three of the four churches are carrying on, or at least merging, but the buildings are still…
A couple of years ago, my family and I walked a few blocks to our church to take part in its annual Christmas lunch. The cross-section of people in attendance was remarkable: middle-class families from our church, older homeless men…
Kitsilano needs many more churches, but it will have one less when the sale of St. Mark’s Anglican Church goes through – or at least one less church building. While it is true that the churches can survive, even thrive, without…
Every year, Heritage Vancouver comes out with a list of the Top Ten Endangered Sites around the city. Third on the list this year is Kerrisdale Baptist Church. Following is Heritage Vancouver’s description of (1) the threat to Kerrisdale Baptist…