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,...
The theme of our Vineyard Canada West and East Gatherings this year is Metanoia, which is the Greek word for “change your way of thinking,” often translated repent in the New Testament. Metanoia is a lifelong journey. As summer comes to an end, and as we...
Special Liturgy for National Indigenous People’s Day 2024. “For Esther and myself, our heart as Non-Indigenous writers was to serve and amplify the Indigenous voice, story, and perspective. As Terry shared so generously with us, it became clear that this...
“I hate white people now.” I’ll never forget our 11-year-old son uttering those words as we walked out of a movie theatre together in Bedford, England in 1990. We had just finished watching the newly released movie, Dances With Wolves, and our son...
