Two CRC women, Julia Prins Vanderveen from the First Christian Reformed Church of Vancouver and Marlene Wolters from the Frankford Christian Reformed Church, were among the graduates being honoured at...
History is not always in the past. This past week I had the opportunity of travelling with my family to Nova Scotia. At the beginning of our time there we visited Africville, a historic Afro Canadian...
but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,”...
You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror. -...
In Canada, Victoria Day is celebrated on the Monday before May 25th to commemorate the birthday of Queen Victoria. She was Canada’s Head of State in 1867 when the country was formed, and she remained...
Humility and curiosity were key ingredients during my experience with Hearts Exchanged (HE). Meeting monthly, I quickly realized how little I knew. I was humbled by the knowledge, stories, and...
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...
The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. - Psalm 9:7 The Weight of What We Wear There is no machine that miraculously produces clothing. Every garment we wear has been...
Before participating in Hearts Exchanged, I had done mostly "head learning" about reconciliation—building a personal library, studying relevant government and First Nations reports, as well as the...
There’s a moment I keep coming back to. It wasn’t dramatic—no big announcement, no clear turning point—just a quiet conversation in our home after our twins were diagnosed with autism. I remember my...
In dozens of cities across the United States, canopy coverage (or lack thereof) maps directly onto redlining maps. That is, the neighborhoods that have experienced historic and systematic...
Let’s start with an uncontroversial statement, theologically speaking: The God of the Bible wants to be with us. Got it? Great! But when it comes to the role of the church’s mission in the world, the...
