The Intersection of Faith and Culture
What: The Five Stones Church building situated along Columbia street in historic New Westminster, BC has been around for over a century. The city was host to the first China town in Western Canada. It was also named the first capital of BC, before Victoria stole that title. According to […]
[youtube=www.youtube.com/watch?v=npz5eZ4-ehc&feature=player_embedded] Soul Surfer is an American film about the life of Bethany Hamilton, an award-winning surfer from Hawaii who had lost her left arm in a shark attack. Struggling with faith, appearance, and getting back to the waves, she pulls through to fulfill her dream of becoming a pro-surfer. […]
GRAND RAPIDS, mich — Rob Bell, the controversial pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan released his book Love Wins: A book about Heaven, Hell and the fate of every person who ever lived (HarperOne) to a firestorm of Christian criticism. While some love the book, seeing […]
I wouldn’t say I read a lot of young adult fiction but every now and then I’ll pick up the latest craze. I read the first four books of the Harry Potter series, then stopped. Read one of the Twilight books then put it down. With those books I felt […]
While driving to work this morning I tuned in to the local radio show. The hosts began their usual Hollywood gossip segment and of course the topic of the day was Charlie Sheen. They played a few clips of his interview with 20/20 and commented about how he was living […]
The face-consuming glistening eyes. The gravity-defying hair. The exaggerated facial expressions and overly dramatized text. These are things that could characterize the artwork found in manga. For those who are unfamiliar with manga, manga is the Japanese styled comics and cartoons. Think Pokemon, Sailor Moon or Dragon Ball Z. It’s […]