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  • Cycles of Poverty...and My Place

    My cousin phoned me out of the blue. I haven’t heard from him for awhile. Usually that is the case. I only hear from him when he is in dire straits and this wasn’t the exception. He asked if he could...
    July 27, 2015
  • Charleston and Subtle Canadian Racism

    How do I talk to my children about racism in light of Charleston? I thought it would be easy for me to answer as I do not shy away from real topics with my children. However, I couldn’t come up with...
    July 6, 2015
  • The Dilemma of the 4th of July

    The other day I was eating dinner with my wife in a restaurant located in Gallup, New Mexico, a border town to the Navajo reservation. Gallup was recently named "Most Patriotic Small Town in America"...
    July 2, 2015
  • A Canada Day for All of Us

    How can Canadian Christians celebrate Canada Day this year in a way that rightly honours a great country without falling into either idolatrous patriotism or divisive nationalism? It all comes down to...
    June 30, 2015
  • Stumbling Heavenward

    May we work towards equitable relationships. And may we join our many First Nations sisters and brothers in stumbling heavenward, together.
    June 22, 2015
  • Who is my Neighbour?

    How could I not be deeply dismayed on a Sunday afternoon when my friend Nahla called from a medical clinic--they wanted cash before they would give attention to her ailing son.
    June 15, 2015
  • #LivetheApology

    Today is the 7th anniversary of the Government of Canada’s Residential Schools Apology. If we truly believe that the Gospel is good news for this time and this place, we must respond.
    June 11, 2015
  • Residential Schools are our Story

    This history is our history. It shapes who we were, who we are, and who we will become. Let us take this opportunity to shape our future for the good.
    June 5, 2015
  • Injustice for the Just

    We are blessed to live in a country that is seeking to know the truth, to heal from our brokenness, and to reconcile with each other and with God for our sins as a nation that have done so much harm to the peoples who first walked this land.
    May 29, 2015
  • Milestones- My Creator's Sacrifice

    As I have had the privilege of working in First Nations communities and developing relationships with my Indigenous friends and neighbours, I have been able to learn much about the world through the teachings of the Medicine Wheel.
    May 25, 2015
  • Milestones- Rezoning our Comfort Zones

    Editor's note: This post is the second in a series from the Milestones project. People who have been participated in or been affected by the CRC's work for reconciliation during the past six years, as...
    May 18, 2015
  • Milestones- Knit Together in Relationship

    Editor's note: This post is the first in a series from the Milestones project. People who have been participated in or been affected by the CRC's work for reconciliation during the past six years, as...
    May 11, 2015