Be still my soul. The Lord is on your side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain. Leave to thy God to order and provide in every change he faithful will remain. - Kathrina von Schlegel Arctic...
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...
The systemic racism and white supremacy trainings I’ve attended are backed with mounds of data. On leaving the last training, I felt emotionally drained and exhausted because the current laws and...
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...
Laura is the newest member of the Office of Social Justice team. She joins our team this week as the Justice Mobilizing and Advocacy Fellow, a one year position with our office. Laura comes to us with...
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...
This article is part of our ongoing series tracking the many changes in immigration legislation. You can access the full series here. 7/6: ICE announced that international students on M-1 and F-1...
I spend some of my time volunteering with the Christian Reformed Centre for Public Dialogue doing advocacy in creation care, and with this call comes some strange experiences. A few months back I had...
June 22-23, 2020 a group of pastors, missionaries, staff, lay leaders and invited guests from the Christian Reformed Church in North America and the Reformed Church in America met for a Journeys Into...
