It’s Not as Simple as Murder: Thoughts on Abortion
This is a guest post from our friend Kristi Scott. She lives, works, writes and activist-izes in Los Angeles, Ca. — Note: I wrote this a week ago. Like most controversial posts I write, I was reluctant to post it. I write what’s on my heart and it scares me to put it out there. [...]
Hope for Hastings: Homelessness
Sitting on a street corner you pass daily there’s someone curled up trying to sleep. Outside the grocery store you frequent every weekend there’s a woman siting with a sign asking for spare change. There are an estimated 150,000 homeless people in Canada, 65,000 of whom are youth between the ages of 16-24. In a [...]
Why shared meals matter
family meals: (verb) to sit down to eat with people who may or may not be genetically related to you, but whom you have worked with to prepare food from scratch (more or less), and will take time to engage with as you eat and clean up together. I wonder if everyone has long-forgotten the [...]
To Loan or not To Loan
Why one non-profit worker thinks microcredit can hurt development Sufiya was a poor villager in Bangladesh. She received a small loan to buy some chickens to start an egg business. The chickens flourished, the eggs were the talk of the town, and soon her loan was paid back with enough extra income to buy a [...]
Hope for Hastings: An Introduction
According to The Economist’ Liveability Report, which takes into account health care, education, infrastructure, culture and environment, Vancouver ranks as the third most livable city in the entire world. Yet, Vancouver is also known for being the home of “poorest postal code” in all of Canada. The stark contrast between six blocks of Hastings Street [...]
Can true community develop online?
In June, my pastoral residency came to an end. For the past two years, my pastoral license found its validity in the denomination of that church. But upon leaving, my license expired. Certainly there are worst things in life, but my issue was that I had already committed to two weddings! I began to panic [...]
Radical Discipleship: Finding perfect joy through giving
Mark 1:14-20 E.V. Hill, that old African-American evangelist-preacher told a story about a little old lady who sat at the front row of his church. When he’d get up and preach about all of the things that were wrong in the world, this lady would say, “Get to the good news.” He would preach about [...]
Giving this Christmas
Though the Christmas Season is filled with busy shopping, parties and celebrations, it is also the season where our heart strings are tugged and we feel the need to be compassionate to those less fortunate
Fair Trade: It’s More Than Just a Label
In the magazine: When visiting your local coffee shop to get your caffeine fix for the day, you may notice a sign claiming that the store uses “fair trade” coffee beans.
How farming and faith relate
I work on a farm. Ever since I was a toddler, I’ve been tromping around cornfields and playing in pig pens. And while most of what I do is far from glamorous, I would like to think that I have learned as much about discipleship in fields and barns as I have studying theology in college. [...]
