By Robyn Rapske | Instagram “What is the root of poverty for women on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside?” I was asked this question recently, because I am an outreach worker in this Vancouver neighbourhood. I have some pretty strong feelings about being asked this. It’s similar to how I feel when I am asked these other […]
Salvation in the Grieving
by on September 24, 2017 6 Comments
By Beth Watkins | Twitter: @iambethwatkins Whenever I share about my life overseas, people comment that I chose a hard path. Perhaps I didn’t choose an easy road, but it was a great privilege to even be able to choose a path at all. This is no small thing. And though I endured some difficult […]
How I Learned to See the Future
by on August 19, 2016 9 Comments
I got my first job in the hair industry at 15. At the time, I was technically homeless and not going to school either. I answered an ad to a small shop hiring a receptionist/apprentice. At that time, you could earn a trade license through an apprenticeship. I worked for a quirky Japanese man who was cheeky, but […]
If Your Church Disappeared, Would Anyone Notice?
by on January 2, 2016 26 Comments
“If your church was suddenly gone from your city—would anybody notice? Would anybody care?” This question was posed to my husband and I at a conference and it confronted us deeply. We had been pastors in our city for a many years. We were sure our church family would miss us greatly, but we couldn’t […]
Expanding Our Empathy for the Refugee Crisis
by on July 23, 2015 18 Comments
I hold two passports, for two nationalities. Two passports which both rank in the top five most powerful passports in the world. Between these two documents, few places are restricted to me. I can travel, and have travelled, all over the world, rarely questioned. I have worked in foreign countries. All of Europe is […]
