This is a raw and honest conversation about racism and the church. I (Andy) host Niels Jeyasegara and Sherry Ansloos in this conversation which touches on personal experiences of racism, thoughts on the recent events sparked by George Floyd’s murder,...
Many of us recognize the acknowledgement of Indigenous land in the schools and other public spheres has become a political one, but we must ask, “How are we to respond as followers of Jesus? Is it best to just ignore what is happening or is there a way we can...
In view of the recent prevalence of racism and violence particularly toward Asian people in Canada and the USA, and the subsequent cry for justice, what is God’s invitation to us as a Vineyard Family? We know God hears the cry of the oppressed. Psalm 10:18 says,...
All of us will have heard of the discovery, by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nations community, of at least 215 children’s bodies discovered in unmarked graves in what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous Residential School in Kamloops, BC. This...
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. (1 John 3:16,18) Orange Shirt Day was...
Responding to Graves at William’s Lake Remembering the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls Engaging with Black History Month in Canada “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – Martin Luther King Jr. (April 16,...
