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  • Reckoning: A Prayer for Settler Christians

    It has been a difficult month. The recovery of unmarked graves near former Indian Residential School sites in Kamloops in BC, Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, and Cranbrook, BC has prompted...
    July 16, 2021
  • A Kingdom of Belonging

    Amidst the wildfire of a movement that Black Lives Matter brought, Canadians were pushed to confront their colonial history and their treatment of marginalized communities, myself included. This past...
    June 25, 2021
  • Justice Prayers - June 23 2021

    "He leads us on by paths we did not know. Upward He leads us, tho' our steps be slow; Tho' oft we faint and falter on the way, Tho' storms and darkness oft obscure the day, Yet, when the clouds are...
    June 23, 2021
  • Looking Forward: National Indigenous People’s Day

    Shannon Perez, the CRC’s Justice and Reconciliation Mobilizer is leaving this team to become the Director of the Indigenous Family Centre in Winnipeg, MB. The justice team at the CRC is deeply...
    June 21, 2021
  • Justice Prayers - June 9, 2021

    "Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way...
    June 9, 2021
  • A Call to Prayer and Action

    In memory of 215 Indigenous Children of Creator found in unmarked graves at a residential school in Kamloops BC, on the lands of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation. Jesus said, Let the little...
    June 2, 2021
  • Justice Prayers - June 2, 2021

    The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth. - Isaiah 26:7 Ethiopia confirms massacre by Eritrean soldiers After months of denial, a recent report by...
    June 2, 2021
  • Ramblings from a Heart Exchanged

    This last year I partnered with my friend Johnny Lee to help teach Christian youth about Indigenous justice through The Mustard Seed’s Seed Serve program. I usually start the conversation like this...
    May 28, 2021
  • Justice Prayers - May 19, 2021

    God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. - Hebrews 6:10 Devastation in Gaza As of Tuesday morning, at...
    May 19, 2021
  • Diaspora

    In studying Bible commentaries, I came across a word “diaspora”. Historically, the word diaspora was used to describe the mass dispersion of a people from their original “indigenous” territories to...
    April 26, 2021
  • Exchanging Hearts

    “When it comes to cross-cultural ministry, I could give you techniques, but what has made the greatest impact is when we exchanged hearts.” (Ray Aldred, Hearts Exchanged Report, 2000) Inspired by...
    April 16, 2021
  • Re-attachment: Creation AND Humanity

    I have been following a few different topics that, I believe, have a common intersecting point: re-attachment. The Canadian government is discussing a newly proposed Bill C-15 to implement UNDRIP. And...
    April 9, 2021