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  • Justice Prayers - November 3, 2021

    Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark, or most in the dark, but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery. - Hannah Coulter China Criticized for...
    November 3, 2021
  • Justice Prayers - October 20th 2021

    Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Psalm 119:105 Nunavut Capital City Declares Emergency After Drinking Water Contaminated Public health officials have told residents of Iqaluit, the...
    October 20, 2021
  • Changing The River Course

    Water is one of the most common metaphors for God in the Bible and is used to convey a range of experiences: being nourished by life-giving rain; being swept along by a powerful river joining in the...
    October 11, 2021
  • A Day of Wonder

    In the days leading up to September 30, 2021, that marked Canada’s first ever National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, many Canadians stood in line as self-employed Indigenous women worked around...
    October 8, 2021
  • Five Ways to Embody and Engage Reconciliation

    September 30th 2021 marks the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. It coincides with Orange Shirt Day, a grassroots commemoration marked by the wearing of Orange Shirts for...
    September 27, 2021
  • Reflections for National Truth and Reconciliation Day

    September 30th 2021 marks the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada. It coincides with Orange Shirt Day, a grassroots commemoration marked by the wearing of Orange Shirts for...
    September 22, 2021
  • Talking in Circle

    Hearts Exchanged is a perfect name for the program I was privileged to participate in this past year. Instead of a purely intellectual exercise about Indigenous people and the church in Canada, this...
    August 20, 2021
  • Why I Write

    A few years back, I sat at the feet of my oldest surviving Aunt. It was a family gathering and nearly everyone had gone home, only a few stragglers remained. My aunt sipped a beer and I waited for the...
    August 13, 2021
  • Laughing Ceremony for the Soul

    There are Indigenous rituals and traditions in the Americas that might alarm the Christian white Euro-centric culture that are not involved or aware of the history and cultural aspects surrounding...
    August 9, 2021
  • Violently Spiritual

    A few years ago, my friend organized a protest at the shelter he was staying at. His protest concerned the use of sermons to wake up shelter participants. While he is a follower of Jesus, he is also a...
    August 6, 2021
  • The Emotions of Hearts Exchanged

    I had the great fortune this past year to be invited to join the first cohort of Hearts Exchanged. I knew going into it that I would learn some new things, and that some of these things might be...
    July 26, 2021