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What Black History Month means to Me

Posted: February 26, 2016

As a young Black girl I recall feeling a mixture of discomfort and pride at the start of February. February marked Black History Month and it was a time when teachers would try to rally and cajole their Black students to participate in assemblies

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Live Justly for Lent: for Church Leaders

Posted: February 22, 2016

My hope is that your congregations are not just buildings that just happen to be there, but churches that seek the flourishing of your neighborhoods and the neighbors that call it home.

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Live Justly for Lent: Five Doors to Shalom at School

Posted: February 19, 2016

And that brings us to Lent. These public schools offer an opportunity, a door, to reach out past our comfort zone and meet our neighbor.

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Live Justly for Lent: for Busy Parents

Posted: February 15, 2016

“No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others.

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Live Justly for Lent: Racial Reconciliation

Posted: February 12, 2016

Let’s practice a new heart examination for Jesus before Easter by becoming self-aware and then starting a new habit that may help build the bridge toward racial reconciliation for Christ.

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Who is She: The Stories Behind the Red Dress

Posted: February 8, 2016

Under this red dress is a sign that reads “Who is She?” It is this sign that truly compelled me to read about and pray for the people who are represented by these red dresses that many Canadians have seen in their cities over the past few month.

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What I Learned from the Miskito People of Nicaragua

Posted: February 1, 2016

“Some of our elders died of broken hearts, far from their homes,” said Dionysio Brown, Miskito leader and cultural expert.

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Stewardship of Power for Flint

Posted: January 29, 2016

I think about money a lot. I think about it in a way that I’m told was passed on to me through my Dutch heritage: namely, I think about how to spend the smallest amount possible.

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The Day We Cancelled our Sunday Service

Posted: January 25, 2016

Over the years, God has placed ministry to and with the First Nations peoples on the hearts of several people in our congregation (Emo Christian Reformed Church).

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A Climate for Change: Reflecting on COP21

Posted: January 22, 2016

“Climate change is affecting us all, and is especially impacting our Indigenous brothers and sisters here in North America and in most of the global south.”

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