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  • Ash and Oil: February 23

    Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. (Proverbs 31:9) In the month of April 2013, the community of Kijabe, Kenya received rainfall levels equal to their total average...
    February 23, 2015
  • 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