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  • Justice Prayers - June 9, 2021

    "Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way...
    June 9, 2021
  • I Don’t Want Peace

    As Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage month came to a close, a passage from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sermon, “ When Peace Becomes Obnoxious”, kept ringing in my ears: [...] and if...
    June 4, 2021
  • A Call to Prayer and Action

    In memory of 215 Indigenous Children of Creator found in unmarked graves at a residential school in Kamloops BC, on the lands of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation. Jesus said, Let the little...
    June 2, 2021
  • Justice Prayers - June 2, 2021

    The path of the righteous is level; you, the Upright One, make the way of the righteous smooth. - Isaiah 26:7 Ethiopia confirms massacre by Eritrean soldiers After months of denial, a recent report by...
    June 2, 2021
  • Reading Ecclesiastes in a Pandemic

    This is an excerpt from a sermon I recently preached at the CRC’s Campus Ministry at the University of Toronto (my alma mater!). Words spoken by the wise bring them favor, but the lips of fools...
    May 31, 2021
  • Ramblings from a Heart Exchanged

    This last year I partnered with my friend Johnny Lee to help teach Christian youth about Indigenous justice through The Mustard Seed’s Seed Serve program. I usually start the conversation like this...
    May 28, 2021
  • Justice Prayers - May 26 2021

    "I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice" - Proverbs 8:20 One year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder This has been a revealing year where the majority culture’s understanding...
    May 26, 2021
  • Interview with Karen Gonzalez

    Melissa Stek interviewed Karen Gonzalez about her book The God Who Sees. Read their conversation below! How do you hope that people of faith will grow as a result of reading your book? My desire is...
    May 25, 2021
  • The Three Hardest Moral Acts

    At nine years old, I decided I wanted to become a journalist. It was the same time my brother Fred and I started delivering the Chicago Daily News. The newspaper was the third largest circulation...
    May 24, 2021
  • Justice Prayers - May 19, 2021

    God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. - Hebrews 6:10 Devastation in Gaza As of Tuesday morning, at...
    May 19, 2021
  • Former Fellow: Hope Zigterman

    About a year and a half ago, I walked into the denominational building in Grand Rapids for my first day as the Mobilizing and Advocacy Fellow for the Office of Social Justice of the Christian Reformed...
    May 17, 2021