Going to the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) in Toronto, ON, every year meant deep fried ice cream waffles for me. I know this is not the healthiest thing to eat but it is so tasty. Guilty pleasures like this shouldn’t be our regular diet but an exclamation point on our life journey. God so loved…
I have been a rather intense knitter since about 2004, and an Anglican minister since 2015. As I’ve grown in my faith and ministry, my love for crafting of all kinds has grown as well. But when our family moved to Nunavut nine years ago I embarked on a new crafting journey that connected me…
After more than 20 years working for a Canadian justice ministry, I am grateful for the opportunity to share some observations on the sacred calling of all Christians to be agents of justice, peace, and reconciliation. Small is okay When I first started at the Christian Reformed Centre for Public Dialogue in 2002, it was…
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…
This year, close to 300 people commemorated The National Day of Truth and Reconciliation by attending a Broken Walls music concert in Belleville, Ontario. Broken Walls is an Indigenous Christian band dedicated to spreading a message of hope and healing throughout Indigenous communities across Canada and the U.S. The concert was organized by a multicultural…
A new documentary mini-series on Amazon Prime called Shiny Happy People tells the hidden stories of the Duggar family from 19 Kids and Counting, and it also draws attention to the problems with a particular type of cult-like homeschooling that became popular in evangelical communities in the 1980s and 90s – Bill Gothard’s Advanced Training…
I have spent years visiting art galleries and, for a portion of my career, I even had the opportunity to work in one. I am that person who stands and reads each label, curious to understand what the artist wants to express through their work. Because of this interest, one of my next steps in…
Justice, reconciliation and building relationships were at the heart of the Christian Reformed Church’s (CRC) Canadian National Gathering held in Ottawa in May. The four-day conference was an opportunity to hear from Christian indigenous leaders and elders who shared their stories and challenged the largely white audience to sit, listen and learn. Most of the…
Two months ago, I saw the post on Facebook about a missing woman. The name was vaguely familiar, and she was from my hometown, Kenora. I waited a couple of days before sharing the post on my page. She was still missing and there was no information about where in Winnipeg she might be. Then…
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…
“What do [you Indians] want?” This was the question a church official asked a group of Indigenous ministers, working in Indigenous communities, over 20 years ago. There was some frustration behind the question since there were a myriad of complaints about unfair treatment of Indigenous ministers. Back in the 90s when this question was posed,…
“I think it’s just people being stupid,” one man says. “They’re drinking or whatever. Horse-playing. They end up falling in.” “I think there is a possibility that it was foul play,” a woman says. “I also think it could be just, you know, a result of being drunk by the riverbank.” Those quotes are from…
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