I grew up in a small town about a hundred kilometres from Vancouver. Surrounded by hobby farms and forests, I spent much of my childhood swimming in lakes, building forts and riding my bike. Gay people were barely spoken of in my family, and were rarely, if ever, encountered. It’s hard to overemphasize how culturally…
On the morning of August 18, at around 4:00 AM, the Christian community of Loretto, Pakistan, witnessed the wall of St. Cecilia Church vandalised with an Islamic inscription. The wall marks the entrance to the village and stands next to the founding stone engraved with the words “Welcome to Loretto.” Loretto is a small village…
On March 13th, I arrived at my office to find all of my filing cabinet drawers ajar and papers scattered on the floor. The safe behind my chair was busted open with a lock cutter. “My office looks like a crime scene,” I exclaimed to my only in-person co-worker, Pastor Joel Ringma. “Because it is,”…
Over the winter months, with snow making it a challenge for the wheels, we’ve been taking our girls to a local indoor track. Built for the 2022 Canada Summer Games, the Walker Sports and Abilities Centre was designed to be accessible for parasport. There are two large accessible washrooms, one on each level, with adult-sized…
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