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  • How Should Christians View Asylum?

    We’ve received this question from folks a lot recently. In answering this question, there are a few things we should consider, including the historical context of asylum, what the Bible says about...
    May 8, 2023
  • Justice Prayers - April 5, 2023

    "On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, ... The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name." - Zechariah 14: 8-9 Almost half...
    April 5, 2023
  • Busting Myths About the Safe Third Country Agreement

    The Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) has been receiving increased attention as Canada recently announced additional protocol that came into effect on March 25, creating significant barriers to...
    April 3, 2023
  • Waiting at the Airport

    December 9th, I took a circuitous route to the airport making some last minute pick ups. It was the usual dark and cold of winter in the B.C. interior. I traced my way through the lamp lit roads of...
    March 6, 2023
  • Justice Prayers - March 1, 2023

    "He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm." - Mark 4:39 1 Year Anniversary of Ukraine War It has been one year since...
    March 1, 2023
  • 103 Million Displaced: Who Deserves Protection?

    Last week the United Nations reported that the number of forcibly displaced people around the world has risen to 103 million, the largest number ever in recorded history and a number that has...
    November 21, 2022
  • A Less than Humanitarian Response for Afghanistan

    In August, my husband and I went to see The Kite Runner on Broadway. Promoted as “an uplifting Broadway adaptation” of the bestselling novel 2005 by Khaled Housseini, a sign displayed outside of the...
    September 9, 2022
  • Justice Prayers - August 24, 2022

    Lead, kindly Light, amid the gloom of evening. Lord, lead me on! Lord, lead me on! On through the night! On to your radiance! Lead, kindly Light! - John Henry Newman China drought causes Yangtze to...
    August 24, 2022
  • A Newcomers Perspective on Community

    My name is Bryan Mwaka and I work on the Community Engagement Team in Edmonton. My story in Canada starts on January 24th, 2020, the day I arrived at Pearson International Airport in Toronto. It was...
    July 1, 2022
  • How Cubans Influenced the CRC

    This is the last installment in a short series. You can see the previous blog posts on this topic here. In the U.S., Cubans faced difficult questions of how to integrate into a church body that worked...
    April 25, 2022
  • Justice Prayers - April 20, 2022

    “We are secure, not because we hold tightly to Jesus, but because he holds tightly to us.” - R. C. Sproul U.S. to Resume Leasing Federal Lands for Oil, Gas Last Friday, the Interior Department...
    April 20, 2022