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  • Praying and Working Toward Peace this Advent Season

    As Christians around the world prepare during this Advent Season to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace, I pray we might realize how we are invited to contribute to peace in the world. Today...
    December 11, 2023
  • Hospitality

    I experienced amazing Middle Eastern hospitality in my late twenties and early thirties in Sierra Leone and the West Bank. Once I was welcomed home, I became a friend for life. Meals there consisted...
    December 8, 2023
  • Transforming Conflict Into Grace

    When Stacey Campbell talks about reconciliation she knows what she's talking about. Not only because of her work with Prison Fellowship Canada but also because of the reconciliation she has worked...
    December 8, 2023
  • Justice Prayers - December 6, 2023

    Let us dare to test God's resources. Let us ask him to kindle in us, and to keep aflame that passion for the impossible, that God might make us delight in it with him, because God doesn't find...
    December 6, 2023
  • Old-Growth Christmas Tree

    This December, on the West Lawn of the Capitol Grounds in Washington DC will stand the 2023 Capitol Christmas Tree. Every year since 1964, this site has been home to “The People’s Tree,” cut down in...
    December 1, 2023
  • Justice Prayers - November 29, 2023

    The only way to survive the waves is to keep the beat of your heart in rhythm with the One who walks on water. - Ann Voskamp Qatar says deal reached to extend truce by two days Israel and Hamas agreed...
    November 29, 2023
  • Heartbreak’s Song

    Mindful to not attract the attention of my family, I go off to a quiet corner of my house, carefully shut the door—and cry. This time, my cascade of tears began with a song on social media of a mother...
    November 27, 2023
  • Promoting Justice in a Culture of Extortion

    “Be serious hombre. You gotta catch up on your payments.” That message ticked in on Carlos´ phone while I interviewed him last year. We were sitting in a parked car with the A/C on max yet sweat was...
    November 24, 2023
  • Redefining Belonging: Marlene's Tenacious Story

    Marlene was born In Burns Lake BC to an Indigenous father and a white mother. Her father joined the military when she was 18 months old and she was raised in a variety of towns and Air Bases...
    November 24, 2023
  • Justice Prayers - November 22, 2023

    Perspective is everything. It changes what we see. You can't see what you're not looking for, and the vantage point from which you see something can determine your perspective. When it comes to our...
    November 22, 2023
  • Who’s Teaching Whom?

    Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no...
    November 20, 2023