Posts Tagged ‘justice’
Living Justly: A Conversation with Christian Trans* Advocate Tori Phillips
(In the above photo, Tori Phillips is on the top left.) By Rachel Vroege, DMC Staff Note: DMC has recently launched a new LGBTQ+ vulnerable people group webpage. To see the webpage, click here. To see the previous blog post explaining this webpage, click here. I first met Tori just over a year ago after a…
Read MoreBlack History Month and Racism in Canada
In Canada, February is Black History Month, an event that has existed since 1995 to celebrate the achievements and contributions of Canadians with African or Caribbean heritage. At DMC, we thought it would be good to interview someone with Caribbean heritage. So, we approached Bernadette Arthur, Race Relations Coordinator for the Office of Race Relations…
Read MoreThe Freedom Climb: Getting Uncomfortable for God’s Precious Children
In July 2014 I had the privilege of travelling to Colorado from my home province of Saskatchewan. There I joined about 70 other women, from 6 different countries, for “The Freedom Climb”! We summited 7 mountains, each of them over 14,000 feet elevation, in 4 days. We were dizzy from the altitude, with aching muscles…
Read MoreThe Refugee Crisis and the CRC Response
The following was sent out by the CRCNA Communications: With the refugee crisis on many people’s minds, questions have come in to various agency and ministry staff about what the CRC is doing to help. A number of communication items have recently gone out from our office to address the refugee crisis and how churches…
Read MoreNEW! Next Devotion in the series
Follow the link below to download the eighth devotion for deacons in the latest set of devotionals from Diaconal Ministries Canada (DMC). In our conversations with deacons across the country, DMC often summarizes the ministry of the deacon into 4 areas: community ministry, compassion, justice, and stewardship. This devotion is the second of three which will focus on…
Read MoreNEW! Devotion #7
Here is the seventh devotion for deacons in the latest set of devotionals from Diaconal Ministries Canada (DMC). In our conversations with deacons across the country, DMC often summarizes the ministry of the deacon into 4 areas: community ministry, compassion, justice, and stewardship. This devotion is the first of 3 to focus on deacons and justice. Each devotion…
Read MoreHow do Justice and Faith Intersect?
“In Christ’s name, the deacons relieve victims of injustice.” This is the description that many of us hear each spring in the CRC ordination form as new men and women transition into diaconal work. “Injustice” is a word that, for many of us, brings to mind a variety of images ranging from the government and…
Read MoreA Shared Vision
It has often been said that a few of the church’s members do all of the work! I began to ponder about how that unfolds. I wondered: Are we receptive and responsive for all to share their capacity and their gifts? Is there a “welcome” for all to contribute? Studies have shown that 1 in…
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