This is a small story about what happens when we invite others to our table. In the fall of 2017, in the year of Canada 150 celebrations, the CRC's Canadian Aboriginal Ministry Committee invited...
There’s a strange little Canadian tradition on budget day: the finance minister’s new shoes. No one seems to know where it comes from, but it’s become a gimmicky little tradition—a minister might wear...
From the very beginning of God’s walk with his people, the blessings they enjoyed because of their relationship with God were meant to overflow. “All peoples on earth will be blessed through you,” God...
“...there is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: ‘Mine!’” -Abraham Kuyper My journey with advocacy in the Christian...
This week could be a historic one for Indigenous children in Canada. The Minister of Indigenous Services, Jane Philpott, has called an emergency meeting on Indigenous child welfare, comparing the...
Though born and raised in West Michigan, my career over the past six years has taken me to remote areas throughout Southeast Asia. In Cambodia and Myanmar I have seen firsthand how government...
In keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where justice dwells. —2 Peter 3:13 In the face of injustice, it can be easy for us as Christians to become so...
This is the last post in our Justice and the Reformed Confessions series. View the other posts in the series here. “Stay Connected. Discover new Perspectives. Do Justice.” It’s the month in which we...
You’re more than a consumer. You’re more than a taxpayer. You’re a citizen. That line appears in bold on the About page of our website. Why? There are loud voices in this culture that tell us that our...
In September 2016, the Government of Canada launched a ‘National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’, after decades of advocacy from Indigenous groups. Its mission is defined...
This is an excerpt of a message preached by Mike Hogeterp, Director of the Christian Reformed Centre for Public Dialogue, at Calvin CRC in Ottawa on Aboriginal Sunday 2016. The message was based on...
Hospitality was a big deal in biblical Israel. Abraham hurried to offer “three seahs of the finest flour” and a “choice, tender calf” to three men passing by his tent, even before learning that his...