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  • Silence the Lions, Magdalene

    This story was written by Sonya VanderVeen Feddema as a submission to the Climate Witness Project creation care worship resource collection. It could be read as children’s sermon or it could be...
    May 3, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - May 1

    We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." Violence in Worship Spaces -- San Diego and Burkina Faso...
    May 1, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - April 24

    Lord, hear your Easter people's prayers! We live in hope, because He lives. Over 300 Dead, 500 Injured after Bombings in Sri Lanka On Easter Sunday a series of coordinated suicide bombings at churches...
    April 24, 2019
  • Creation’s Easter Celebration!

    Christ is risen from the dead, and creation celebrates! Have you ever thought about what Easter means for the created world? Have you ever thought about why it matters that Christ’s resurrected body...
    April 22, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - April 17

    Lord, in this Holy Week as we walk with your Son to the cross and wait for resurrection, hear our prayers! Sudan Government in Turmoil, Protests Continue Last week the Sudanese military carried out a...
    April 17, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - April 3

    We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." Tension Heightened after Airstrikes between Palestine, Israel...
    April 3, 2019
  • An Election Budget, Wild Times, and a Call to Prayer

    Political pundits and partisans often use the annual budget announcement as an opportunity to evaluate a government – to sing its virtues or to decry its follies. Many civil society organizations...
    April 1, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - March 27

    We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." Cyclone Idai Kills Hundreds in Southern Africa More than 750...
    March 27, 2019
  • What if? How then?

    Recently I found this picture in an article from National Geographic. What a beautiful sight. A sign of hope in a broken world. An oasis in the desert. I was even more delighted to find out that in...
    March 18, 2019
  • An Inheritance for my Grandchildren

    In honor of today's Global Climate Strike, we offer this post from long-time climate organizer, Rev. Rich Killmer of the CRC's Climate Witness Project. I am 76 years old. I often think about the kind...
    March 15, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - March 6

    We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." Renewed education funding for Indigenous youth in Canada Last...
    March 6, 2019
  • Justice Prayers - February 27

    We bring our prayers to Creator God, who both "takes up our pain and bears our suffering" and will "let justice roll down like a river." Former Calvin Prison Initiative Student Faces Deportation A...
    February 27, 2019