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From north to south and east to west the people in power in Canada and the U.S. historically have failed to see others in the image of God.

I know Sunday mornings are not the peaceful, relaxed times that so many of your friends enjoy.

Migration is mysterious and amazing.

In the wake of multiple announcements of discoveries of unmarked graves at former Canadian residential schools for Indigenous children, waves of agony have crashed across the country.

The sexual revolution that started in the 1960s is now as pervasive and inescapable as the popup ads on our computer screens. Almost no home or family or person has been unaffected by it.

An estimated 150,000 children went through the residential school system, most of them traumatized and abused.

I remembered learning that if someone isn't speaking your love language, they can love you, but you won’t feel it.

I never experienced the God of rest until my junior year of college. I was sitting alongside the sandy shores of Lake Michigan and trying to not have an anxiety attack.

If Christians would again lead the way in prioritizing social responsibilities over personal rights, it could serve as a counter to the potential “fall of Christianity” in the global North.

Throughout the Bible, stars are often used as a reminder of God’s awesome power shown through his beautiful and awe-inspiring creation.

As an Indigenous person who was adopted into a white family and then connected with my birth family and community later on in life, I’ve learned some important lessons.

With the pandemic winding down, we need a few basic godly goals to help us serve.

Mental health issues are everyone’s problem among prison inmates. What can be done?

Jesus demonstrated how eternity could look by taking seriously people’s needs here on earth.

Though our representation may be flawed, Christ can turn our weakness into his strength.

I look back with amazement at these four decades and find that I am still traveling, living often as a foreigner and stranger.

Writer Charles C. Camosy echoes a call to courage for pro-life constituents to stand "clearly and firmly for prenatal justice regardless of the political consequences."

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Nature has the power to draw us out of ourselves.

Both nature and Scripture are God’s revelation, giving unique insights into God.

The real work in the church, just as in a family, is staying connected when things get hard, even if it gets painful.

That’s how racism is allowed to deepen its roots. We put on blinders and simply choose to ignore what we don’t want to see.