“I just think that truth and reconciliation is sequential, that you can’t have the reconciliation without the truth.” - Bryan Stevenson The times that we are living in are increasingly putting people...
It is the command of Jesus that we not worry, as the world worries, in ways that make us crazy, or mean or angry or hateful or quarrelsome. It is a command spoken by Jesus who himself is un-anxious...
We as image-bearers of God have an unprecedented opportunity to re-engage with our community tables that have been set before us. Our tables need to be large enough to invite our neighbors to join us...
We are quickly approaching Orange Shirt Day on September 30th! Orange Shirt Day was started to honour the history of children who were sent to residential schools and give an opportunity for everyone...
"What might it look like to replace your well water with God’s living water? If you’re ready, dump out your well water. Let it go. Close your eyes and hold your empty cup in front of you. Say this...
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love for ever and ever. - Psalm 52:8 Fires in Moria Refugee Camp The Moria Refugee Camp on the Greek island of...
My mother called me out of the blue a few weeks ago. She wondered how I was doing since I have a tendency of not calling her frequently. I thought it would be a conversation about weather in Michigan...
In the first post of this tale, I used a metaphor from Pastor Norton Lages to describe systemic racism: “Canadian culture treats other cultures like an abusive husband who sends his wife to...
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...