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  • The Cry of the Future: A Groaning Creation

    As we embark into this new year, the new journey, the new decade it is with a sense of urgency that the people of God are awakened. In our world today we there are wars and rumors of wars, calamities...
    January 13, 2020
  • A Theology of Advocacy - Musings of a Practitioner

    Many years ago, the Rev. M.P. Bill Blaikie explained to Church leaders that it’s important for people of faith to show up in legislatures as often as the Canadian Fire Fighters Association does -...
    January 10, 2020
  • Top Do Justice Articles of 2019

    Thank you for joining us this year on Do Justice. It is our hope and prayer that these articles blessed you and moved you to new action. Enjoy this look at the top Do Justice articles written in 2019...
    January 3, 2020
  • Looking Back on 2019

    As reformed believers the staff at the Office of Social Justice and Centre for Public Dialogue understand that we live and work to the glory of God. This past year has continued to demand much of our...
    December 30, 2019
  • "Without Money and Without Cost"

    Elderly women from a near-by senior low-income housing building sat at the back of our church foyer, bending over boxes overflowing with apples, carrots, and onions. They unrolled plastic produce bags...
    December 27, 2019
  • After the Madrid Meeting on the Climate Crisis

    In 1992, the nations of the world met in Rio de Janeiro and agreed that they had a responsibility to respond to the reality of climate change. They created the UN Framework Convention on Climate...
    December 20, 2019
  • Spark!

    In November we held a conference here in Truro, Nova Scotia called “Spark!”. It was a new take on an old conference – we’ve held a Day of Encouragement event here every two years for a long time...
    December 16, 2019
  • Stable Hospitality

    In the fall, we gifted our outgoing Board Chair with a snow globe featuring the nativity scene with Mary, Joseph and Jesus. As the present was unwrapped, someone around the table – reflecting on the...
    December 9, 2019
  • Two Marches

    Over the years, I have marched in the Denver, Colorado Four Directions All Nation March where the marchers step off from four directions and rally at the Colorado State Capitol. One might ask why do...
    December 6, 2019
  • Why is the UN meeting on climate change so important?

    In 1992, the nations of the world met in Rio de Janeiro and agreed that they had a responsibility to respond to the reality of climate change. They created the UN Framework Convention on Climate...
    November 22, 2019
  • #NotEverythingHasTo BeAProtest

    I have yet to join a Friday Climate Strike. Not because I don’t think climate is important. I understand the clear science behind climate change and have seen firsthand the devastating impacts both in...
    November 18, 2019