Biblical stories guide us in our walk of faith and are often told through the land— the Isrealites journey through the desert, Moses’ burning bush, gatherings by the shore to hear Jesus preach, and...
I’m going to turn forty in early September, just after Labour Day. Because I’m a person with multiple disabilities, getting to forty is important for me! I sometimes find that people with temporarily...
You make my footsteps and my path secure So walking on water is just the beginning - Bethel Music, Shepherd “Anything That Can Be Built Can Be Taken Down” Jeremiah 1:4-10 4 The word of the Lord came...
At Waterloo CRC we have a group of folks who are learning about justice for Indigenous peoples and are committed to acting on that knowledge. We call ourselves JIP – Justice and Indigenous Peoples...
The book of Genesis begins with a beautiful telling of the creation of the universe. It is a good creation and after humanity is on the scene it is a very good creation. The human story is a beautiful...
The Lord is our shepherd The Lord is our helper Oh-oh-oh Jesus lead us And show us the way to follow You - CeCe Winans, Shepherd Protests in Israel; UK suspends some arms exports Israel’s prime...
Our Hearts Exchanged cohort spent time learning about the Doctrine of Discovery through readings, videos, stories and conversation. We had taken in the magnitude of how contrary to the way of Jesus...
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in...
In one of my recent blogs in 2023, I shared about an elderly lady who my wife met. The greatest question was who is my neighbour? What are the expectations of the neighbours? As a Christian the body...
Ten years ago this month, the army of the Islamic State (or ISIS) swept through Sinjar and the Nineveh Plains in northern Iraq. These two regions were the ancestral homelands of two of Iraq’s oldest...
The King of love my shepherd is, whose goodness faileth never. I nothing lack if I am his, and he is mine forever. - The King of love my Shepherd is Israel’s war on Gaza live: UN says Israeli ‘strikes...
The Bible is bookended with trees. In Genesis, the tree of life stands in for the Garden of Eden. In Revelation, the tree represents the restored New Jerusalem, a tree whose leaves “are for the...
