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  • A river rushing through a forest

    Justice Prayers - May 20, 2026

    For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them. - Isaiah 61:8 Human Trafficking A recent CBC report...
    May 20, 2026
  • A community health volunteer in Kenya supports an expectant mother.

    Midwives of Justice

    When I married my husband and first began visiting his family’s home in Southern Africa, I realized I was posing a problem. In our rural village, the polite way to address someone is to refer to them...
    May 15, 2026
  • A river rushing through a forest

    Justice Prayers - May 13, 2026

    In our world, where many journey alone, nameless in the bustling crowd, Satan and his evil forces seek whom they may scatter and isolate; but God, by his gracious choosing in Christ, gathers a new...
    May 13, 2026
  • Walk in the Spirit of Reconciliation

    Walk in the Spirit of Reconciliation

    For Liz Tolkamp, Canada West Thrive Regional Connector and member of the planning team, the Walk in the Spirit of Reconciliation is part of an ongoing commitment to respond to the 2015 Canadian Truth...
    May 11, 2026
  • A group of people digging a trench in Honduras

    In Praise of Long-Term Cross-Cultural Partnerships

    Nine years ago, I stepped off the plane in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for the first time and was met by a group of World Renew-Honduras staff members and translators who have since become allies in the...
    May 8, 2026
  • A river rushing through a forest

    Justice Prayers - May 6, 2026

    Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! - Isaiah 30:18 AI Centers in North...
    May 6, 2026
  • Curiosity and Wonder

    Botany, according to the dictionary on my desk, is “a branch of biology dealing with plants and plant life.” It also states that a botanist is someone who studies botany. Our level of botanical...
    May 4, 2026
  • On Justice and Doubt

    “You showed the difference between humanity and authoritarianism, and that difference is doubt....your characters wrestled with their doubt, and so they retained their humanity. The authoritarian...
    May 1, 2026
  • A river rushing through a forest

    Justice Prayers - April 29, 2026

    “To be an incarnational follower of Christ, there must be a relinquishing of control, a reversal of social order. According to the natural perceptions of this world, it’s an upside-down kingdom. But...
    April 29, 2026
  • Light shining through a crack

    Light in the Cracks

    When you tell someone you are going to Alaska, the usual response is either, “Oh man, that’s amazing. I went there on a cruise once,” or, “Why? It’s so cold.” Once I correct them and explain that I am...
    April 27, 2026
  • A black hand and a white hand link pinky fingers

    The Uncomfortable Work of Unlearning

    I remember attending an anti-racism training event and sitting through the first session in total confusion. The teaching was centered on a challenging concept: that race is a social construct...
    April 24, 2026