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Learning together can transform your church
Many churches are facing a crisis of survival. The Covid pandemic has exposed and accelerated the need for shifts in our models of church developed during Christendom. Major transitions are now required for churches not only to survive, but to bear witness more fully...
Friendship & Faith Communities, In & Beyond the Pandemic
As we seek to be the Church for Vancouver, we urgently need to rekindle a deep appreciation for the personal, civic and ecclesial importance of friendship. Although friendship currently tends to be viewed as a private and recreational relationship, it has civic and...
Why can’t we talk about money?
When people ask me, as they often do, about some of the challenges facing those arriving in Canada as refugees, I can reel off a list from memory – housing, language barriers, navigating the healthcare system, isolation, finding employment, cultural and religious...