Read Reflect Do you listen to country music? Most of us probably wouldn’t admit it. Pickup trucks, pretty girls, lost dogs and the hardships of life. Hurt and revenge and a nostalgia for back home. Country music tends to be a whole lot of sadness and just a glimmer of hope. Today’s scripture passage reminds […]
Read More mercy, justice, forgiveness, unfaithfulnessRead Reflect It is always a sobering site to visit a war memorial, still more shocking to visit a town or village ravaged by violence and war. I have seen many such places in my travels abroad, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after years of civil war in the Kivu Region, for example. […]
Read More God’s wrath, exile, devastationRead Reflect In 2016, Canadians received the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s and its findings of the abuse and mistreatment of our indigenous peoples. For over 150 years, religious and civic leaders exploited, abused and mistreated our native populations. Thousands of children were taken away from their families and communities and placed in residential schools which were […]
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Read Reflect Every year, millions of women, men and children around the world are victims of human trafficking, mostly bought and sold as commodities into prostitution and forced labour. This exploitative trade criss-crosses the planet and is a very lucrative business. The International Labour Office estimates that human trafficking generates $150 billion in illegal profits […]
Read More justice, the poor, shalom, human trafficking, peace-makers, advocatesRead Reflect Well, isn’t this ironic? I am writing this meditation of the evening of the first Presidential Candidate’s Debates in the 2016 electoral campaign in the United States. Sentences in today’s passage are not unlike the brash declarations being heard in this most bizarre of campaigns. “Run for you lives”, “Light a signal fire”, […]
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