Nestled in a busy urban area near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Peña de Horeb Christian School is seeing the fruit of an initiative: “I Like and Take Care of the Community Where I Live.” The project began several years ago as teachers at the school sought to answer a simple but profound question: How can…
Nestled a short walk from the shores of Lake Malawi is a rust-coloured brick elementary school called Bandawe Primary. Maxwell Jr. is one of its 62 students in the classes for deaf students. The fact that he attends school is a remarkable story in itself – UNICEF reports that only 33 percent of children in…
Reconciliation – it’s a big word and an even bigger idea to put into practice. It’s made even more difficult because there is no one size fits all recipe – a good next step for reconciliation can depend on where you’re located, where you feel the Holy Spirit’s conviction, and the gifts that God has…
Throughout Hearts Exchanged, participants encounter ‘hearts broken’ experiences as they hear first-hand stories from Indigenous people, and learn history from a new perspective. Hearts Exchanged offers the space and opportunity to discuss, reflect, and turn to right relationships – both personally and corporately. Jasper Hoogendam (from Coldsprings, Ont.) participated in Hearts Exchanged over the past…
“You don’t belong” is a spoken and unspoken message most of us have heard at one time or another. We’re all familiar with that sinking gut feeling when we’re told that we don’t fit in. For many Indigenous people, this experience has been true even in the church, where they have received the message to…
“The Lord is God. He watches over all the lands, and we are put together, from the earth, by His hands,” sang Don Amero, a Cree musician and member of a Winnipeg CRC church. They are the opening lyrics to a song Amero wrote for the Canadian Indigenous Ministry Committee (CIMC). The committee’s focus for…
The Canadian Indigenous Ministry Committee is a CRCNA committee that cares deeply about the relationships between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous people in Canada. Established in 2006, the committee has been leading the journey of reconciliation and providing resources for others on the path. In light of this, here’s five things you might not know: The…
I recently heard a story of a Jewish student who went to his rabbi and asked, “Why does the Torah say to write God’s word on our hearts? Why does it not say to write God’s word in our hearts?” The rabbi replied, “Because God knows that our hearts are closed, so we lay the…
At the CRC Canadian Indigenous Ministry Committee we mark all kinds of remembrances. August 17th is the anniversary of the discovery of Tina Fontaine’s body. October 23rd is the date Chanie Wenjack died running away from a residential school. May 5th is the National Day of Awareness for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls. …
Hearts Exchanged is being piloted as a process of equipping Reformed Christians to engage with Indigenous peoples as neighbours in a way that grows trust and transformation. Hearts Exchanged came to germination after being planted at a Cross-Cultural Ministry Forum of the Christian Reformed Church in North America way back in 2000. The report from…
I remember the turmoil I felt when Tim Bosma, a young father from Ancaster, Ont., was killed. It felt so random, so unexpected, a man selling a truck goes out with buyers and doesn’t come back. And I think what gave me such a sense of uneasiness was the fact that this could have been MY father. Bosma’s last name sounded similar to so many people I know. His church background was the same as mine.
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