The last few weeks have shaken us again. This is not business as usual or prayer as usual. Our African American sisters and brothers in Christ have been calling for lament, for equality, for justice...
Dear Church, As I write this letter, I find myself in a place of lament. I lament the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and many black lives taken by the grasp of white supremacy...
Have you ever been asked that weird ice-breaker question: if you could have a superpower what would it be? My answer would be super-weakness. Let me explain. I have always wondered why Superhero...
I have long found Celtic Christianity and prayer to be a source of sustenance. Its tradition of integrating worship and work, prayer and practice, neighbour love and ordinary labour always meets me...
Like many around the globe, my ministry, my family, and I have had to make changes to our way of life in light of COVID-19. This spring, Restorations had been looking forward to completing the...
In the middle of a pandemic of their own, the characters in Albert Camus’ The Plague are weary. The quarantine, disease, and death are enough to exhaust anyone. But -- of course -- the painful things...
The theme of this year’s annual advocacy summit for Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is Equal in God’s Eyes: Human Rights and Dignity for all in Israel/Palestine. For some, this statement will...
I was recently invited to join an online prayer group of ministers and elders and was asked to offer a prayer of comfort during our time together in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course I...
This world is not perfect. It is not peace-full. It is not unbroken. It is not wholly good. This world witnesses hardship, oppression, death, injustice; and it walks on. Relentless. Unapologetic. It...
This is Holy Week, and today is called Maundy Thursday. The name is derived from mandatum, the Latin word from which we get our word ‘mandate’, or command – and commemorates Jesus' new command in John...
Over the past two weeks rhetoric has heated up with regards to race. I heard one woman question whether COVID-19 was passed through Chinese food. I’ve heard from Chinese friends that they’ve been...
As employees of the CRC we’re working from home as much as possible to do our part in preventing the spread of COVID-19. So we’re sharing some of our favourite podcasts with each other and with you...
