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Creative Hospitality in the Port of Vancouver
By PortalBot • February 07, 2022

At the start of each ship visit, Port Chaplains never know how God will use us to share His love and extend ‘creative hospitality’ to the seafarers that we meet. This is even more reason why we pra...

Beyond the Mistletoe
By PortalBot • December 13, 2021

Christmas is not all, and only about green mistletoe, tasty pastries, and sweet fluffy calico cats. It is, I believe about two puzzling and paradoxical truths...

Breathe! It's Thanksgiving
By PortalBot • October 06, 2021

Breathing connects us and reminds us to be forever grateful for the gift of life in relationship with the Creator and with each other.

Living in Hope
By PortalBot • March 29, 2021

We are clinging to any sign of hope. Yet, it does not take long before we realize that these hopes are on shaky ground. Circumstances change and suddenly we are afloat, looking for another lifebuoy...

Memory and Hope
By PortalBot • December 21, 2020

Memory and Hope are twin companions - at Christmas, as well as throughout our year - mingling the past with the future as we walk in the present.

Christmas in a Time of Numbers
By PortalBot • December 20, 2020

At this particular time in history, we are inundated with numbers. 

Over the past nine months, I have become exhausted by daily reports about the pandemic—new cases, deaths, hospitaliz...

Port Chaplains Adapt to COVID-19 Pandemic
By PortalBot • October 22, 2020

The Chaplain Ministry for seafarers has had to change & adapt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Bill shares some of the challenges, and some of the joys of ministering to the seafarers during this ...

Insight & Oversight: A Story of Blindness
By PortalBot • September 03, 2020

Every person and thing we encounter has a story, but often our own story and our own filters, like beliefs and prejudices, hinder our ability to truly see others or even ourselves. A exploration of...

Coming Full Circle
By PortalBot • August 31, 2020

Once an engineer at the marine terminals in Vancouver, life came full circle for Bill Wong when he returned to the same marine terminals, but this time as a Chaplain.

Should Pastors be Required to Marry All?
By PortalBot • July 30, 2020

Should pastors be required to marry any couple that asks, including same-sex couples? Where is the line between religious rights & legal requirements? A look at civil and religious marriag...

Better Together: The Story of Lazarus
By PortalBot • May 20, 2020

Exploring the story of an East Side Kid & the story of Lazarus. Did Jesus believe in "Better Together"? 

Fear of my Lord
By PortalBot • May 13, 2020

My comforter yes. Yet I feel, I confess, a faint trace of disquietude in His presence.

Not because I doubt His love for me…but, rather, because I am certain of it.

And His love is a...