In November 2022 I received my ancestral name Switametelót—a name gifted to my great-grandmother from her father Switamet. When my great-grandmother married a non-Indigenous man, she was no longer...
"On that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, ... The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name." - Zechariah 14: 8-9 Almost half...
The Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) has been receiving increased attention as Canada recently announced additional protocol that came into effect on March 25, creating significant barriers to...
The other week, when I took my young sons to a children’s festival at a local church, it was joyous mayhem of the best kind. Throngs of youngsters jumped up and slid down the most enormous bouncy...
You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas - Psalm 65:5 Ontario to see higher numbers of economic immigrants under...
December 9th, I took a circuitous route to the airport making some last minute pick ups. It was the usual dark and cold of winter in the B.C. interior. I traced my way through the lamp lit roads of...
John Klein-Geltink is a long term coach for deacons and passionate foodie—as in food banks. In his work with Operation Sharing in Woodstock Ontario John has helped switch from food donations to food...
As I’ve said before on this blog, I’m a person with spastic cerebral palsy and other disabilities. That means that – like all people, let alone other folks with disabilities! – I require access to...
Think of your grandma, mother, sister, daughter, granddaughter and reflect on how special these loved ones are to you. What was the first memory that came to mind? Was it sitting at the table enjoying...
The first time I sat in a Cree circle I was just fifteen years old. The Cree Elder did not present a ‘woe is me’ argument against white people for his young audience, rather, he spoke of the equality...
As part of DARC (Decolonization and Anti-racism Collective, the new name for the Canadian Advisory Committee on Antiracism), I was asked to talk with BIPoC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour)...
You are mightier than all the breakers pounding on the seashores of the world! - Psalm 93:4 Earthquake death toll tops 41,000 in Turkey and Syria In the continuing aftermath of the earthquake, 100...
