A couple of weeks ago at a community collaborative meeting, I had the privilege of listening to and learning from a few survivors of human trafficking about ethical storytelling. This is a topic I am...
When you became a deacon, did you know what you signed up for? Most new deacons hear the Deacon’s mandate read at their ordination and then sit at their first meeting thinking – what now? My job at...
In the early hours of the morning on February 6th, a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked south-eastern Türkiye (Turkey) near the Syrian border, killing hundreds of people as they slept, injuring...
Let the King of my heart be the wind inside my sails and the anchor in the waves. - King of My Heart Earthquake’s Toll Rises Past 6,200 in Turkey and Syria Rescuers in Turkey and Syria were...
Among the passages of scripture that Christians are inspired by is the parable of the Widow and the Judge found in Luke 18:1-8. The passage informs the Christian call to social justice and the...
The Do Justice editor has invited me to contribute to “Do Justice” every three months, and this post marks the launch! This week I’m retiring from regular employment, and one of my post-employment...
While we live in a world subject to the evil one, we belong to God. Let us mourn, and let us dance. - Henri Nouwen Tyre Nichols’ violent death by police On January 7, 2023, five police officers from...
Jonathan Nicolai-deKoning (is the director of the Micah Centre at King’s University, which helps students explore ways of seeking justice in today's local and global contexts. He joins Chris to talk...
Lead Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Commissioner Murray Sinclair has the wonderful ability to speak important truths in great one liners. Two of those one-liners have stuck with me for the...
Dylan Roof wanted to start a war. On June 17, 2015, Roof felt his white race was losing the battle in maintaining white Southerner’s way of life where black people knew their place. He had to find a...
He calls us all to step aboard his ship, Take the adventure on this morning's wing, Raise sail with him, launch out into the deep, Whatever storms or floods are threatening. If faith gives way to...
We’ve turned into a new calendar year, with all of its cultural energy around newness. And Christians carry on into the church year begun at Advent, and the newness brought into history in the...
