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 Faith works in disaster zonesCANADIAN aid agencies – many of them Christian
– are continuing to respond to two disasters which struck Asia last
month. |
Joytv10 replaces OMNI 10 WITH its mix of family friendly programming, different
faiths and an absence of stereotypical ‘televangelists,’ OMNI
cable channel 10 has represented an emerging new philosophy and style
of religious programming. |
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The gospel’s ‘second coming’ –
through First Nations believersFOR Christian native leader Ray Levesque, the
“first coming” of the gospel to Canada’s First Nations
was a disaster best exemplified by the Indian residential schools tragedy
– the century-long attempt by Europeans who tried to Christianize
Indians by first robbing them of their heritage. |
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Moving quietly among MuslimsI HAD NEVER travelled to the Middle East before. To be
honest, I had apprehensive thoughts of unrest and bombings. |
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Tenth Avenue dispute resolved The City of Vancouver has formally recognized that
churches have a tradition of helping the poor, and thus do not need to meet
municipal requirements for permits to do so. |
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Dark journey through Red
GateRemember Us, a book by
Vancouver writer Ruth Derksen Siemens, centres on letters written by a
family imprisoned during Josef Stalin’s rule of Russia. |
Church in Vancouver downtownThis month, BCCN presents the first of three ‘snapshots’ of the
church in Vancouver. The focus is on the entire downtown peninsula, west of
Main Street, known as the downtown core. |
