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  • New Refugee Resettlement Opportunity for U.S Churches

    The U.S administration in 2023 introduced a new refugee resettlement program called Welcome Corps. Welcome Corps is a public-private sponsorship program that allows everyday Americans to resettle...
    September 23, 2024
  • Manipulation Tactics that Silence

    Trigger Warning: this blog references abuse, victimization, and manipulation tactics As a safe church team member and parent of young children, I am always on the lookout for recommended children’s...
    September 20, 2024
  • Justice Prayers - September 18, 2024

    Taking our sickness taking our pain Jesus the sacrifice Lamb has been slain -Don Moen, All We Like Sheep Former President Safe After What F.B.I. Describes as an Assassination Attempt Former President...
    September 18, 2024
  • Stories that Free Us to Live More Faithfully

    Biblical stories guide us in our walk of faith and are often told through the land— the Isrealites journey through the desert, Moses’ burning bush, gatherings by the shore to hear Jesus preach, and...
    September 16, 2024
  • Over the Hill: Aging, Disability, and Faith

    I’m going to turn forty in early September, just after Labour Day. Because I’m a person with multiple disabilities, getting to forty is important for me! I sometimes find that people with temporarily...
    September 13, 2024
  • Justice Prayers - September 11, 2024

    You make my footsteps and my path secure So walking on water is just the beginning - Bethel Music, Shepherd “Anything That Can Be Built Can Be Taken Down” Jeremiah 1:4-10 4 The word of the Lord came...
    September 11, 2024
  • Land Acknowledgements and a Thanksgiving Address

    At Waterloo CRC we have a group of folks who are learning about justice for Indigenous peoples and are committed to acting on that knowledge. We call ourselves JIP – Justice and Indigenous Peoples...
    September 9, 2024
  • Justice from the ground of Thanksgiving

    The book of Genesis begins with a beautiful telling of the creation of the universe. It is a good creation and after humanity is on the scene it is a very good creation. The human story is a beautiful...
    September 6, 2024
  • Justice Prayers - September 4, 2024

    The Lord is our shepherd The Lord is our helper Oh-oh-oh Jesus lead us And show us the way to follow You - CeCe Winans, Shepherd Protests in Israel; UK suspends some arms exports Israel’s prime...
    September 4, 2024
  • A Poetic Response to the Doctrine of Discovery

    Our Hearts Exchanged cohort spent time learning about the Doctrine of Discovery through readings, videos, stories and conversation. We had taken in the magnitude of how contrary to the way of Jesus...
    August 30, 2024
  • Justice Prayers - August 28, 2024

    Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in...
    August 28, 2024
  • Hope In The Broken World

    In one of my recent blogs in 2023, I shared about an elderly lady who my wife met. The greatest question was who is my neighbour? What are the expectations of the neighbours? As a Christian the body...
    August 26, 2024