And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. - Ephesians 6:18 Hurricane Dorian The...
Don’t miss part one where Prof. Kevin den Dulk explains the origins of the returning citizens project. As student researchers, we have spent long hours compiling organizations to be transferred onto...
I’ve been procrastinating on writing this blog, hoping that some inspiration would hit me and I would punch out a message that would lift you up and fuel your desire to care for God’s world and its’...
Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. - Psalm 54:2 Amazon fires Thousands of fires are burning in Brazil, many of them in the world’s biggest rainforest, which is sending clouds of...
A few years ago I joined some members of my church to think together about mass incarceration. One of the participants in our group was a returning citizen, a man who had served time and was trying to...
"He put another parable before them, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is...
Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. Psalm 25:5 Cuts to Poverty-Focused Programs in Canada Child-care and health-care advocates are...
The conculsion to "Sharing Stories: Mary Robinson, Climate Change, and Us" series. “The mountains are calling, and I must go.” For the 47 years of our marriage those words have driven my husband and...
We received this letter from Pastor Samuel Lopez in Ciudad Juarez and Pastor Angel Lopez in West Michigan about their ministry to asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border. Together, these brothers are...
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. - Ephesians 2:10 U.S. Rule Change Will Restrict Legal, Family Based Immigration The...
This article is the third installment of our climate justice series. Read the other articles here. Reading the fifth chapter of Mary Robinson’s book, Climate Justice, introduces us to two women...
Recently, a gal named Carly Pritchard sent OSJ the best kind of email. It was a creative kind of email, asking if she and the coffee company she worked for might be able to help raise some financial...
