The deafening sounds and scary sights of the war in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, are taking a toll on parents and children – especially as the conflict grinds on toward its fifth year. “When you go into the city, you can hear the sound of sirens. You can see that people are a little bit tense or…
The blue van turned off Royal York Road onto South Drive. The man on the back ramp gripped a bar with one hand, and with the other, pitched my bundle of papers onto the side of the road, just a few feet from where I stood. A biting wind carried an early snow flurry. A…
At this time of year, many of us turn our thoughts to Europe, and to the tyranny of the German Nazi regime during World War II. Many of us have stories we remember, or that have been told to us, about what our families experienced in the early 1940s. One such story I remember well….
Can there be resurrection /
among the ruins? /
Dare we imagine new life /
rising from these streets of death?
On November 26, Israel and Hezbollah finally agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon, bringing reprieve after more than a year of violence. At the end of September, Israel had launched a ground invasion and intensified its bombing. As a communications specialist with World Renew, I’ve been receiving updates from my colleagues living in the midst…
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria December 8 was easily the best political news of 2024. It was a moment of hope and freedom for Syria, and a moment of truth for the international powers that have created so much devastation in the region over the years. It is also a moment for…
“You can’t understand what it means to us when you come to us in this hard time,” the bishop said. It was our first day in the West Bank: a dozen Canadians on a 10-day Solidarity Pilgrimage hosted by Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. Despite only living four miles away from where we…
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