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  • This is Going to Hurt

    I felt stupid and scared this week, and I took it out on a well-meaning white guy. Here’s what happened: I was working as part of a team to plan a high-profile event for local pastors to speak out...
    June 15, 2020
  • The Original Pandemic

    Mark this down: May 2020 was the month that America woke up to the original cry of the original pandemic. What happened? The hunting and killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia happened in March 2020. The...
    June 12, 2020
  • Justice Prayers - June 10, 2020

    Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life. - Psalm 143:8 In response to the continued calls for...
    June 10, 2020
  • Upholding Treaties During a Pandemic

    It is time for Canadians to know that First Nations people have held up their end of the treaties. Legal cases, demonstrations, justice advocacy and writing are all reminders and prompts for the...
    June 8, 2020
  • A Letter to My Children

    Dear Children, One day driving home your dad asked me when we should talk to you all about how the world really works. Perplexed at the idea that we would have to intentionally rip away your innocence...
    June 5, 2020
  • Justice Prayers - June 3, 2020

    The last few weeks have shaken us again. This is not business as usual or prayer as usual. Our African American sisters and brothers in Christ have been calling for lament, for equality, for justice...
    June 3, 2020
  • Dear Church

    Dear Church, As I write this letter, I find myself in a place of lament. I lament the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and many black lives taken by the grasp of white supremacy...
    June 1, 2020
  • Justice Prayers - May 13, 2020

    Hear my prayer, Lord; let my cry for help come to you. Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. - Psalm 102:1-2 Bethany Christian...
    May 13, 2020
  • Justice Prayers - April 8, 2020

    The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 (ESV) Violence in Colombia Advocates are...
    April 8, 2020
  • Being Christ to All in a Coronavirus Context

    Over the past two weeks rhetoric has heated up with regards to race. I heard one woman question whether COVID-19 was passed through Chinese food. I’ve heard from Chinese friends that they’ve been...
    April 3, 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