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  • Dignity: where did it go?

    Bob Dylan wrote a song called “Dignity” on his album Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, Volume 3 in 1994. This song chronicles the author in his search for dignity, asking various characters if they have seen...
    March 31, 2025
  • It has been life giving

    I have participated in Hearts Exchanged three times, once as a facilitator. Each journey has brought new ideas and insights to my own learning and healing. It has been especially meaningful to me as...
    March 10, 2025
  • Justice Prayers - March 5, 2025

    With the ashes, we tell the truth of our sin and mortality. With the oil, we tell the truth of our belovedness. With the sign of the cross, we tell the truth of Christ, the one who makes it possible...
    March 5, 2025
  • Let’s talk about truth

    As a Christian, the topic of truth excites me. After all, my saviour and personal friend Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. As I grow closer to him I’d like to think he gets equally as excited...
    February 28, 2025
  • Justice Prayers - December 4, 2024

    “With that we face the shocking reality. Jesus stands at the door and knocks. He asks for help in the form of a beggar, a down-and-out, a man in ragged clothes, someone who is sick, even a criminal in...
    December 4, 2024
  • Justice Prayers - November 6, 2024

    Gentle shepherd come and lead us For we need You to help us find our way In the day when our ears are bombarded by beckoning voices And our world is polluted with sound Lord, let us hear you - Gentle...
    November 6, 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
  • Justice Prayers - September 11, 2024

    You make my footsteps and my path secure So walking on water is just the beginning - Bethel Music, Shepherd “Anything That Can Be Built Can Be Taken Down” Jeremiah 1:4-10 4 The word of the Lord came...
    September 11, 2024
  • Land Acknowledgements and a Thanksgiving Address

    At Waterloo CRC we have a group of folks who are learning about justice for Indigenous peoples and are committed to acting on that knowledge. We call ourselves JIP – Justice and Indigenous Peoples...
    September 9, 2024
  • Justice from the ground of Thanksgiving

    The book of Genesis begins with a beautiful telling of the creation of the universe. It is a good creation and after humanity is on the scene it is a very good creation. The human story is a beautiful...
    September 6, 2024