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  • Ash and Oil: February 20

    “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.” (Amos 5:24) God requires justice from his people – and not just a little drip of it here and there, but a rushing...
    February 20, 2015
  • Ash and Oil: Ash Wednesday

    Join us as we ponder the connections between Christ's walk to the cross, our mortality and sin, and creation's limitations.
    February 18, 2015
  • On Giving Up

    Schimmel, you fiend, you barely gave me a chance to supervise this one! You just learned of this Kelly, assessed her progress towards a life of justice as discipleship, and have already steered her off the path.
    February 6, 2015
  • Worship Resources for Refugee Justice

    The following prayers and litanies are only a sample of the resources available from the new Refugee Justice toolkit. Want more? You can find sermon examples, children's messages, children's books...
    November 5, 2014
  • I Have a Confession

    I have a confession: I talk about my congressperson more than I talk to my congressperson. I talk about politics more than I participate in politics. I often rant about how disappointed, upset, or...
    October 3, 2014
  • Our Political Representatives are People Too

    I'm no expert but over the years we have met a few of our Members of Parliament (MPs). Maybe because we have lived in the ridings of backbenchers and they are happy to interact with their constituents...
    September 19, 2014
  • Lament for Immigration: Wisdom

    It doesn’t matter how much we talk, what kind of words we may use, or even in how many languages I can say something. If my talk does not go together with my walk, the words are just noise.
    July 9, 2014
  • Lament for Immigration Part 2

    Nehemiah could not ignore the dangerous state of the city he loved. The gates had been burned and it all needed rebuilding. Nehemiah knew that a city in such a broken state, facing constant threat...
    July 8, 2014
  • Faith and Business on the Razor's Edge

    I’m driving down a dirt road somewhere in Western Kenya. It has been raining heavily in recent days, so the consistency of the surface of the road is something like semi-melted butter. I’m with my...
    July 3, 2014
  • To Lament is to Reconcile

    Reconciliation requires lamentation. An expression of sorrow at the ways we allow oppression to persist is an important step before true reconciliation can take place. Accordingly, this is my reconciliation lamentation…
    March 31, 2014