George Beverly (Bev) Shea, who always prefaced Billy Grahams sermons with a simple gospel song, passed away last week at the age of 104. Shea, more than anyone on the Billy Graham team, had strong and continuing links to Ottawa and its environs. He was born in 1909 in Winchester, a 30 minute drive south […]
Rock the River rocks the rain
Despite the rain, mud and intimidating cloud cover, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) hosted some 7,970 people August 7 for their much anticipated Rock the River concert held at Millennium Park in Surrey, BC The line-up of artists included Tedashii, downhere, The Almost, Starfield and Skillet; interspersed between performances were several short messages from […]
Bella comes to Canada, and Billy Graham gets the bio treatment
A lot can happen in a year or two. Take the case of Bella, an independent film that has been heavily promoted to Christian groups as a ‘prolife’ film. When it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006 – winning the People’s Choice Award, no less – this gentle and unassuming film, produced […]