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  • Justice Prayers - March 18, 2020

    The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. - Psalm...
    March 18, 2020
  • Species Extinction and Earth Stewardship

    Christians talk about our calling to be "good stewards of God's creation," but often we don't carry that commitment into the details of political policies. In today's world, there are urgent matters...
    March 13, 2020
  • Justice Prayers - March 10, 2020

    "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer." - Romans 12:12 Unborn Child Protection Act On February 25, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was defeated in the Senate. The...
    March 11, 2020
  • A Season for Everything

    We know that there is a season for everything ( Ecclesiastes 3:1). And this season has been one of change and transition for the Office of Social Justice. In our community it has created some rumours...
    March 9, 2020
  • Turning Things Upside Down

    Hundreds of protestors gathered at the steps of the Colorado State Capitol to protest Columbus Day and called to abolish the holiday. The protest was about the historical conquest of North America by...
    March 6, 2020
  • Justice Prayers - March 4, 2020

    Lent comes to us providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. - Pope Francis Prayer for Decision-Making Wisdom A rollback of a significant environmental law in the U.S. is being...
    March 4, 2020
  • Becoming a Better Racial Justice Ally

    Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John— although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea and went...
    March 2, 2020
  • Treatyless on Wet’suwet’en Yintah

    If faith doesn't matter in all things then faith doesn't really matter. For our valley, unresolved land title has created a crisis. I know it's complicated, with so many stakeholders and participants...
    February 28, 2020
  • Advocacy Works!

    For the past four months, the Office of Social Justice has published a blog entitled, “ The Chipping Away of U.S. Legal Immigration,” an exhaustive list of policy changes and events that happened each...
    February 24, 2020
  • Human Trafficking Awareness Day

    On February 22, 2018, Ontario’s Provincial Anti-Human Trafficking Coordination Office launched its first Human Trafficking Awareness Day. And this year – in 2020 – there is advocacy to recognize this...
    February 21, 2020
  • Justice Prayers - February 19, 2020

    To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. - Martin Luther Church Attack in Burkina Faso At least 24 people were killed after unidentified gunmen attacked...
    February 19, 2020
  • Bear Your Own Cross: Selfless Self Care

    My friend Bush is a kind man with intense focus, only broken by the odd joke and corresponding side laugh. He is Indigenous, a survivor of residential schools, and has a history of homelessness. I...
    February 17, 2020