Campus Ministry

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Sparking lively dialogue about the powerful implications of the Christian faith for academic work and personal life, through scholarly campus forums and small group formation.

Dr. Gordon E. Carkner, the Director of Graduate & Faculty Campus Ministries, along with his wife Ute love connecting with future global leaders within the graduate student university community. Through hospitality, biblical investigation, prayer and discussions of faith and academic studies, these students are drawn into kingdom concerns and introduced to God's powerful agape love. This is a transformational experience that builds community at the crux of high achievement passion, loneliness and stress. With a team of faculty, the ministry mines the wisdom of the ages, employing excellent Christian scholarship.

A Rapprochement Between Faith & Reason

The Forum Lecture Series at UBC

Engaging the University

Rescuing the Lost Language of Meaning

Some elements in modern culture have worked to repress/restrict our language usage--in particular w...

Sent & Sending: Gord & Ute Carkner

A closer look at Gord & Ute's campus ministry at UBC.

Some allege that the resurrection of Jesus was a hoax. We must decide whether there is a more plaus...

Science & Scientism

Dr. Ard Louis, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford, speaks on "Science and...

Re-thinking our Myth of the Secular

Many people seem to be hungry for fresh perspectives on the current Western cultural ethos. Dr. Gor...

What are the theological and philosophical roots or drivers of hospitality? From his research on ...

The Perils of Radical Individualism

In this webinar, Dr. Gordon Carkner analyses what is at stake in a radical individualist stance. He...

The Genius of Truth

Dr. Gordon E. Carkner, a Meta-Educator with postgraduate students at UBC Vancouver, examines some o...

Incarnational Spirituality Series: A New Horizon. Read part one, and find links to the rest of this...

Christian freedom flourishes within a trinitarian horizon. Trinitarian divine goodness proves to be...

The Big Question: Why Do We Suffer?

Dr. Gordon E. Carkner leads an inspiring discussion on this key universal question. He claims that ...

In the modern quest for identity, there is no better place to turn than premiere Canadian philosoph...

Dr. Gordon E. Carkner opens this sensitive discussion of Millennial angst from a compassionate stan...

Protecting Democracy from the Outside

John Owen Lecture. Wednesday November 18, 2020 put on by the UBC Graduate & Faculty Christian Forum...

Gnosticism, both historically and presently, offers a starkly alternative religion to Christianity ...

Sy Garte - UBC GFCF Lecture

For the benefit of you and your friends and family, here is the Sy Garte lecture from Thursday, Oct...

Voices Around the World

Gordon & Ute Carkner share snippets from letters they've received from past alumni at UBC.

Reflections on UBC Comagape Conference

Conversations with a Jewish Professor & UBC Students. These are Gord Carkner's reflections on the r...

Pre-eminent McGill University Emeritus Philosopher Charles Taylor is an iconic international schola...

God’s word of love becomes flesh in us, is embodied in us, is enacted through us and in doing so, t...

OC Reads: One Thousand Gifts

OC Reads: Book Recommendations from OC Team Members. Read Gord Carkner's recommendation for An...

The Prayer of a Student Skeptic

Dear God, Buddha, Allah, Plato, Krishna, Beings from other planets, Jesus, Confucius, Zeus, Ra, the...

The Great Escape from Nihilism

This book is about a journey: out of the confines of nihilism into the heart of meaning. It presses...

Campus Ministry

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Dialogue on Jesus

There exist today in the minds of people many different versions of Jesus. Cultural interpretation ...

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A Rapprochement Between Faith & Reason

"What should we believe about faith and reason whatever our starting point or prejudgments? It is perhaps a life-long quest to understand the nuances of this faith-reason, knowledge-religion relationship. Nothing is mor...

The Forum Lecture Series at UBC

The upcoming, online lecture series from UBC Graduate and Faculty Christian Forum for the 2022-2023 school year.

Engaging the University

An intro video to Graduate Christian Union at University of British Columbia.

Rescuing the Lost Language of Meaning

Some elements in modern culture have worked to repress/restrict our language usage--in particular what Charles Taylor calls the 'meta-biological', the language of significance. Restricted language means necessarily limi...

Sent & Sending: Gord & Ute Carkner

A closer look at Gord & Ute's campus ministry at UBC.

Is there Rational Evidence for the Resurrection?

Some allege that the resurrection of Jesus was a hoax. We must decide whether there is a more plausible alternative than an actual physical, bodily resurrection. Much hangs on the answer.

CAMPUS MINISTRY

Campus Ministry

A Rapprochement Between Faith & Reason

The Forum Lecture Series at UBC

Engaging the University

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