Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths. - Psalm 25:4 Gender Violence One in four women and girls around the world have been physically or sexually assaulted by a husband or male...
When the dog bites When the bee stings When I'm feeling sad I simply remember my favorite things And then I don't feel so bad (My Favorite Things, Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rogers, 1961) After...
Mark 10:31 “But many who are first will be last, and the last first.” I got called in to do some spiritual care for someone who was recently housed. To my delight, he was someone I had known for a...
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. - Psalm 119:105 Indigenous and Protected Land Sold on Facebook in the Amazon Land in the Amazon basin that has been protected or reserved as...
In our world today there are over 80 million people who have been forcibly displaced from their homes, including 26.4 million refugees. In my last post I mentioned that less than 1% of refugees are...
When people say ‘we’ve made it through worse before’ . . . all I hear is the wind slapping against the gravestones of those who did not make it, those who did not survive to see the confetti fall from...
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. - Psalm 119:105 Palestinian Homes Destroyed During two major incidents in recent days, Israeli forces demolished or confiscated 46 structures in...
Today is a momentous day in Canadian history. It is our first National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. As the new Interim Executive Director for Restorations Second Stage Homes I am honoured to share...
It may be tempting to think that the call to care for creation is more political than theological, and at best whisked away to a few obscure passages of Scripture; that all the talk about churches and...
“She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” - Genesis 16:13 Revelations about Sexual and Spiritual Abuse With...
We can all affirm that the months that ended 2020 and began 2021 were quite eventful. The COVID-19 pandemic led to months of lock down intended to minimise the spread of the virus. However, as the...
As we close out the OSJ’s “ What’s the Deal With Immigration?” series - in which we first discovered where we were and where we are now with immigration policy in the US - we will answer the question...
