For Liz Tolkamp, Canada West Thrive Regional Connector and member of the planning team, the Walk in the Spirit of Reconciliation is part of an ongoing commitment to respond to the 2015 Canadian Truth...

The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. - Psalm 9:7 The Weight of What We Wear There is no machine that miraculously produces clothing. Every garment we wear has been...

Before participating in Hearts Exchanged, I had done mostly "head learning" about reconciliation—building a personal library, studying relevant government and First Nations reports, as well as the...

There’s a moment I keep coming back to. It wasn’t dramatic—no big announcement, no clear turning point—just a quiet conversation in our home after our twins were diagnosed with autism. I remember my...

In dozens of cities across the United States, canopy coverage (or lack thereof) maps directly onto redlining maps. That is, the neighborhoods that have experienced historic and systematic...

Let’s start with an uncontroversial statement, theologically speaking: The God of the Bible wants to be with us. Got it? Great! But when it comes to the role of the church’s mission in the world, the...

Prayer does not mean much when we undertake it as only an attempt to influence God, or as a search for a spiritual fallout shelter, or as an offering of comfort in stress-filled times. Prayer is the...

In 1995 Cree politician, Elijah Harper, called for a sacred assembly. He saw the rising tensions and violence between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples across Canada and realized that the solution...

In January, I had the honour of joining a gathering in Winnipeg to commemorate the Sacred Assembly, first called by Elijah Harper in 1995. That original gathering drew Indigenous leaders, churches...

I know you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always, though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are...

For Sandra Pronteau, the story of Grassy Narrows is not distant or abstract. It is deeply personal. Sandra is Cree–Métis, originally from northern Manitoba, and a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. She...

While living in Alberta and working at the University of Alberta in Edmonton I came across the origin of universal health care in Canada. It was an Indigenous idea. Indigenous people in Canada have...