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  • The Life We Hunger For

    Immigration has, once again (and as it often does), become an inescapable topic of public discussion across North America. In Canada, surveys show that “Canadians are now significantly more likely...
    October 4, 2024
  • Justice Prayers - September 25, 2024

    Jesus, the shepherd of my soul when in the valley deep Death like a shadow hides my way, still You are leading me - Jesus the Shepherd of My Soul National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Sept 30...
    September 25, 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 - July 17, 2024

    Lead on, Good Shepherd, I’ll follow all my days There ain’t nothing sweeter Than to watch You make a way - Lead On Good Shepherd, Patrick Mayberry Assassination Attempt Consequences reverberate after...
    July 17, 2024
  • Walk for Reconciliation

    How shall we demonstrate our solidarity with our First Nations brothers and sisters? This was the question that a small group of people from several Langley, BC area churches asked themselves over...
    July 12, 2024
  • Prayers for the Missing

    In my email to the editor of Do Justice, I asked, ‘How can I talk about how our bodies are disposed of in the dump or in the river and without being blunt, crude, disrespectful or violently graphic...
    July 8, 2024
  • Justice Prayers - July 3, 2024

    Oh, the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God Oh, it chases me down, fights 'til I'm found, leaves the 99 - Reckless Love, Cory Asbury Unrest in Turkey In Turkey, tensions between Turkish...
    July 3, 2024
  • Justice Prayers - June 26, 2024

    Our true identity is flat and plain, not puffed up with the wrong kind of ingredient. The Messiah, our Passover Lamb, has already been sacrificed for the Passover meal, and we are the Unraised Bread...
    June 26, 2024
  • Pretendians: Indigenous Identity Fraud

    Indigenous identity fraud has become so common that there is a “Pretendian List” circulating on the internet that includes Canadians and Americans. The term “Pretendian” is used to call out a person...
    June 21, 2024
  • We Are HOME

    Recently I visited Joseph Bya and his wife Sana in their home in Cornwall, Ontario. Sitting in their bright, comfortable kitchen, we reminisced about the day, 8 years earlier, when we first met in...
    June 17, 2024
  • Engaging Across Experiences for a More Just Society

    I have had the privilege of participating in several conferences this spring, each of which touched on a different aspect of my work on poverty in Canada. They explored issues including housing...
    June 10, 2024