Changing the Climate
While I was a student at Calvin College, one of the things I both enjoyed and struggled with was learning about different issues that related to international development. I loved being exposed to and...
I Have a Confession
I have a confession: I talk about my congressperson more than I talk to my congressperson. I talk about politics more than I participate in politics. I often rant about how disappointed, upset, or...
Do Justice and Faith Go Together?
Despite the variety of ways in which CRC members in Canada understand justice, there is a strong consensus that doing justice is an important – even essential – part of Christian faith. This suggests...
MMIW: One Indigenous Woman's Perspective
These are the kinds of conversations Aboriginal women are having. It is not normal and shouldn’t be routine. It is scary but necessary. Do other women have to have these conversations?
Listening at the Margins
As people, we naturally gravitate toward those similar to ourselves. It’s simple, easy and it’s comfortable. We gain friendship, empathy and encouragement from such relationships but a problem ensues...
Our Political Representatives are People Too
I'm no expert but over the years we have met a few of our Members of Parliament (MPs). Maybe because we have lived in the ridings of backbenchers and they are happy to interact with their constituents...
Me? A Champion?
Two years ago marked the first time I heard the acronym "CAMC." After responding to a posting for the need for camp counsellors to go to a First Nations reserve in Northern Ontario on the ServiceLink...
Not to Speak is to Speak
Can I be honest with you, reader? The last thing I want to do is write an article about Gaza. Because in the face of what has just happened there, all the words that I keep trying to string together...
The New Prostitution Bill: What You Should Know
I support Bill C-36. It’s a start, a good one, towards protecting those who are vulnerable. But it’s not black and white. In December 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down certain prostitution...
6 Ways to Walk the Talk for Climate Summit 2014
Every few months a new report shows that the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly irreversible. Clearly United Nations’ Secretary General Ban Ki-moon understands the gravity of the climate situation when he noted that, “we know that we are not on track, and time is not on our side.”