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How Porn is a Justice Issue

Posted: April 20, 2015

"...and the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over [Babylon] for no one buys their merchandise anymore: merchandise of gold and silver, precious stones and pearls, fine linen and purple, every kind of citron wood, every kind of object of

Mary Jo Leddy: The Call of Refugees

Posted: April 17, 2015

So the neighbourhood became a place of welcome, not an agency but a neighbourhood. We began to paraphrase the African saying, “It takes a neighbourhood to welcome a refugee."

An Indigenous Education Success Story

Posted: April 13, 2015

Although it is sad to say, the truth is that Aboriginal education in Canada is stuck. It cannot move forward with much-needed reform.

Make Your Garden a National Wildlife Federation Wildlife Habitat

Posted: April 11, 2015

Last year, our yard recently qualified as a National Wildlife Federation Wildlife Habitat. We have a sign in the yard to prove it!

Reconciling with the Church through Worship

Posted: April 10, 2015

Like many, I am a Christian both in spite of the church and because of the church. I would like to suggest that there are eight ways that congregations can cultivate worship practices that embrace those who bear scars inflicted by Christians.

Ash and Oil: Easter!

Posted: April 6, 2015

The resurrection is central to our faith! “If Jesus is not raised from the dead,” Paul says, “then our faith is futile.” In fact, he goes on to say, “We of all people are most to be pitied!” (1 Cor. 15:19)

Ash and Oil: April 3

Posted: April 3, 2015

At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? … With a loud cry, Jesus breathed his last. (Mark 15: 33,34)

Ash and Oil: April 1

Posted: April 1, 2015

For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth…But be glad and rejoice for ever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight...