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  • Justice Prayers - January 26, 2021

    Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly NOW. Love mercy NOW. Walk humbly NOW. You are not obligated to complete the work but neither are you free to abandon it. - The Talmud...
    January 26, 2022
  • Image-Bearing and the Opioid Crisis

    ‘So God created human beings in his own image, in the image of God he created them. Male and female he created them.’ (Genesis 1:27) All human beings, made in God’s image? All of them? Yes, all of...
    January 24, 2022
  • When the shepherds are back with their flocks

    I don’t know about you, but I confess to having a love/loathe relationship with social media. Having said that, I am grateful that social media reintroduced me to The Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman’s...
    January 21, 2022
  • Justice Prayers - January 19, 2022

    Jesus, where you are, fear turns into praises. Where you are, no heart is left unchanged. Where you are, darkness runs for cover. Where you are, the orphan finds a home. And here I am, humbled and...
    January 19, 2022
  • Chairing a Meeting is Earthkeeping, Too

    A month ago I returned home from the COP26 talks to a province suffering from the biggest flood of my lifetime and the second unprecedented climate-related disaster of the last seven months. It was...
    January 14, 2022
  • Justice Prayers - January 12, 2022

    "The wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter God's realm where everything is possible. He specializes in the impossible. Nothing is too...
    January 12, 2022
  • Chris and Cindy Geek Out About Shalom

    Our colleague Cindy Stover joins Chris Orme to geek out about the word “shalom” and set the groundwork for our next season exploring the intersections of charity and advocacy. Season 4 drops January...
    January 12, 2022
  • Bearing God's Beloved Children On Our Backs

    The third Sunday in January is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, and the Office of Social Justice (OSJ) is pleased to offer resources for your church to honor the day. Synod has encouraged Christian...
    January 10, 2022
  • Just Because You Can…

    I was a little bored watching an NFL game last week and began flipping channels for something more interesting. I stumbled upon MLB Network where the 2013 film “42” was showing. The scene that caught...
    January 7, 2022
  • Justice Prayers - January 5, 2022

    We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand. - Charles Spurgeon Praying for Christians in the Middle East American organization Churches for Middle East Peace are...
    January 5, 2022