"He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm." - Mark 4:39 1 Year Anniversary of Ukraine War It has been one year since...
John Klein-Geltink is a long term coach for deacons and passionate foodie—as in food banks. In his work with Operation Sharing in Woodstock Ontario John has helped switch from food donations to food...
As I’ve said before on this blog, I’m a person with spastic cerebral palsy and other disabilities. That means that – like all people, let alone other folks with disabilities! – I require access to...
Think of your grandma, mother, sister, daughter, granddaughter and reflect on how special these loved ones are to you. What was the first memory that came to mind? Was it sitting at the table enjoying...
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. -Isaiah 42:3a (NIV) Israeli Lawmakers Move to Rein in Judges as Protests Fill...
The first time I sat in a Cree circle I was just fifteen years old. The Cree Elder did not present a ‘woe is me’ argument against white people for his young audience, rather, he spoke of the equality...
Rev Dr Ben Lowe wrote the book on doing good without giving up. (Literally.) He works as Deputy Executive Director of A Rocha International. Ben shares the practices that sustain his work and an...
As part of DARC (Decolonization and Anti-racism Collective, the new name for the Canadian Advisory Committee on Antiracism), I was asked to talk with BIPoC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour)...
You are mightier than all the breakers pounding on the seashores of the world! - Psalm 93:4 Earthquake death toll tops 41,000 in Turkey and Syria In the continuing aftermath of the earthquake, 100...
A couple of weeks ago at a community collaborative meeting, I had the privilege of listening to and learning from a few survivors of human trafficking about ethical storytelling. This is a topic I am...
When you became a deacon, did you know what you signed up for? Most new deacons hear the Deacon’s mandate read at their ordination and then sit at their first meeting thinking – what now? My job at...
In the early hours of the morning on February 6th, a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked south-eastern Türkiye (Turkey) near the Syrian border, killing hundreds of people as they slept, injuring...
