There is a topic central to the work of racial equity which has caused people to either turn toward the work of equity or to turn away from the work of equity. That topic is white privilege. Upon...
"[God] never mocks your weaknesses or throws your sin in your face. He never gets tired of you or gives up on his relationship with you. He doesn’t ask you to earn what you can never deserve, and he...
Well, it's not often we can say this, but Canadian politics got very interesting over the course of the last weeks. First, a dramatic resignation of Bill Morneau as Finance Minister, then a proroguing...
I arise today In the strength of the mighty Creator In the strength of the rising Savior In the strength of the life-giving Spirit In the strength of the mighty Three Whose love is One. - Celtic...
In my area land rights violations and abuse have escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Abusers have taken the weak structure and desperate situation communities are experiencing as an opportunity...
Since 2011, I’ve been speaking and raising awareness about issues relating to human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation. Over the years, my presentation style changes and evolves to work to...
At a church planting conference, I heard this metaphor which really described my own experience with systemic racism. Pastor Norton Lages argued “Canadian culture treats other cultures like an abusive...
It is the first week of August, and the high summer heat of treaty 6 territory in northern Alberta is beaming through my window. I am thinking about the fall. I work with university students, and I am...
For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. - Isaiah 43:19 NLT Beirut...
Your faith will not fail while God sustains it; you are not strong enough to fall away while God is resolved to hold you.” ― J.I. Packer 70th Anniversary of Korean War 2020 marks the 70th anniversary...
In this time of highly visible racial tension political leaders and media personalities have said noble and earnest things recently such as ‘we have to do better’. And our church denomination has...
"Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it." - Ezra 10:4 Facebook Canada Invests in Combatting Hate Online Faced with a rising tide of online hate and advertiser boycotts...
