In Canada’s recent history, unprecedented numbers of people have died from drug overdose, and despite various approaches, none have succeeded in mitigating this tragic epidemic. Today’s opioid crisis is especially harsh among the homeless and marginalized, but its impact supersedes our narrow assumptions, for it crosses all generations, races, and economic barriers. ‘Normal’ … [Read more...] about Why I Help People Take Drugs – Dr. Meera Bai Grover, Christian Addiction Medicine Physician
Community
Creating community; belonging, connecting and supporting one another, celebrating the joys, and facing and overcoming the challenges in our common life together.
Providing the wanderer with shelter
God’s mandate for his people wasn’t an option to be considered. It was a choice to be lived out. “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter…?” Isaiah 58:6-7a Gabriela … [Read more...] about Providing the wanderer with shelter
Fire Exit Theatre
Scripts on Fire: This year, we received 32 submissions from across Canada. The work was diverse, inspiring and super creative. Our Grand Prize Winner is Lynne Carol Martin and her piece, “The Mountains of Arart”. Lynne is a Winnipeg based artist who has two degrees in English and is currently studying Theatre at the University of Winnipeg. She is a member of the Manitoba … [Read more...] about Fire Exit Theatre
Mission Fest 2025 at the Red Barn in Chilliwack, BC
Someone once said that to be a good leader, you must be a good follower. In our desire to be led, we invited people to pray alongside us for a venue for Mission Fest 2025.Through a great miracle and an answer to prayer, the Lord opened the door for us to host Mission Fest in the Fraser Valley this year. After it seemed every door had closed, we went to our knees as a team. As … [Read more...] about Mission Fest 2025 at the Red Barn in Chilliwack, BC
Marc Dalton stands up for churches
Since 2010, 592 places of worship across Canada have been the target of arsonists. 145 of these attacks have been in BC; 126 in Ontario; 161 across the Prairies; 48 in the Atlantic Provinces; 103 in Quebec; and 7 in the Territories. There is no specific sentencing against this in the current criminal code. Conservative MP for Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge in British Columbia, … [Read more...] about Marc Dalton stands up for churches