ARTICLES
Response to COVID, Assylum Seekers’ Essential Travel and the Bible
Four years ago I stepped off a plane, arriving at YVR after a year of living abroad. There at the airport to greet me was Loren Balisky, co-founder of Kinbrace, a community in East Vancouver where refugee claimants and their hosts live side-by-side. I lowered my...
COVID, asylum seekers’ essential travel and the Bible
During the COVID pandemic, “non-essential travel” is being restricted both within and between many countries, but what does this mean for asylum seekers? What does it mean for those whose “essential travel” means fleeing civil war or gang violence? And what does a...
Response to Eating (as) the Body of Christ during COVID-19
I still remember my last in-person communion as if it happened yesterday. It was mid-March 2020 just before the pandemic restrictions started. My church had organized a farewell dinner for a few members who were travelling back to their countries and, as customary for...






