by Deb Judas | Jan 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The word shalom is a rich and heavily loaded word. It is impossible to simply insert an english word to use in its place. We have tried to do this by using the word “peace”. Shalom does mean peace, but that merely scratches the surface. It is so much...
by Sara-May Cardy | Nov 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
“While We Wait” is an Advent devotional series that seeks to engage our excitement as we anticipate the celebration of the One who has already come. Advent also speaks to our yearning for the One who will come again.During this holy season, let us practice active...
by Karen Wilk | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
We took nothing. We didn’t have the capacity to come alongside a neighbour in need, so I inquired with another neighbour, who was coming out of her own struggles. Katie* had just separated from her husband and was feeling lonely, isolated and empty—she had too much...
by Karen Wilk | Jun 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Could Jesus be saying that entering the house of another is like entering the holy temple? That living in our neighbourhood is sacred work in a sacred place? “Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals.” —Luke 10:4a This instruction often catches us off guard...
by Merv Budd | May 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
We’ve all heard the expression “the tail is wagging the dog.” In an organization it implies that something secondary, that should be responding to the primary thing, has taken over and now controls in a way that has displaced what is primary. This kind of situation...
by Sara-May Cardy | Feb 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Isaiah 9:2 “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.” Matthew 4:16 “the people living in darkness have seen a great light on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light...
