Since September 2009, residents have been filling the rooms and halls of the Atangard Community Project, located on the renovated top floor of Abbotsford, BC’s Fraser Valley Inn (also known as the Hotel Atangard). I remember the first time I set foot inside the Atangard. The musty smell of […]
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Jaeson Ma talks God and hip-hop
Jaeson Ma tells us his life’s story — from gang affiliate to hip-hop pastor. We first ran this article in the inaugural issue of Converge.
Coffee shops and community
I love the idea of coffee shops and what they represent in our society today. I value it far more than the idea of tweeting constantly and whipping out our phones to take yet another photo of our food and drink. Though our generation thrives on these things, when concerning the former, […]
Burlap to Cashmere is Back
Burlap to Cashmere is back with a newer more refined, but familiar sound. The band was popular during the 90’s and had won two Dove awards for their work. But their success came quick and was taxing. In the late 1990’s they each decided to go their separate ways. Lead singer […]
TOMS ends partnership with Focus on the Family
The partnership of Blake Mycoskie and Focus on the Family has gone sour. Last month TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie spoke at an event called “Feet on the Ground” put on by Focus on the Family. The two organizations had hoped to form a partnership by having Focus become a distributor […]
Royalty and the spiritual void
By national law, each and every coin in Canada is inscribed with the cryptic cipher, “D.G. Regina.” Fully expanded, the phrase is Dei Gratia Regina, or, to translate from the original Latin, “By God’s Grace, the Queen.” It’s a centuries-old expression of monarchical justification that the state spouts to this day; the […]
