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  • Once it is Gone, it is Gone

    Once it is gone, it is gone. If a child breaks a toy or if you inadvertently burn a letter to you from your grandmother, it is gone. It doesn’t come back. The world has a very special asset, located...
    December 11, 2020
  • Justice Prayers - December 9th 2020

    This week may you be filled with shalom as you reflect on the peace advent candle. “The Lord gives his people strength. The Lord blesses them with peace.” - Psalm 29:11 National Day of Remembrance and...
    December 9, 2020
  • The Other 99%

    I was recently invited as a guest speaker for a webinar with ecumenical partners, to share some information on global forced displacement and migration. This time rather than throwing out a lot of...
    November 16, 2020
  • An Election in a Country Not My Own: A Prayer

    I write this the morning after an election in a country not my own. An election in a country not my own, and yet this moment feels fraught even for me. So much depends on the votes counted, for those...
    November 6, 2020
  • Reconciliation through Education

    During my five-week internship with the Centre for Public Dialogue, I had the opportunity to create lesson plans to be used by independent schools in B.C., Alberta, and Ontario. These lesson plans...
    October 26, 2020
  • Is Voting a Sacred Task?

    Many of us have found it instructive that John Calvin, the theological father for reformed Christians, in the 1559 version of his Institutes of the Christian Religion wrote this about those in civil...
    October 16, 2020
  • International Student: IR

    IR is an international student at Calvin University. She came to Calvin from Honduras and studied Economics and Data Science. Throughout this interview you’ll hear how proposed legislation around...
    October 2, 2020
  • Kezia Tjahjanto

    Kezia Tjahjanto lived in China and Malaysia before her dream of being accepted at a University in the U.S. came through with an acceptance to Calvin University. Kezia discusses making decisions about...
    September 21, 2020
  • Jose Suarez

    Jose Suarez is an international student from Colombia majoring in Religion and International Relations. In this interview Jose discusses his experiences looking for work to support him during his...
    September 18, 2020
  • Building Back Better: Interdependence and Anti-Racism

    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...
    August 31, 2020
  • Protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    The Trump administration, on August 17, 2020, finalized its plan to open up part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska to oil and gas development, a move that overturns six decades...
    August 28, 2020