By: Studies Check out the group studies ready to be downloaded at www.thethoughtfulchristian.com There are too many to list here. Information about First Nations and resources available for study on various justice issues can be found...
By: Ron DeBoer The day the pickle jar was scheduled to appear on my desk at the front of the classroom was the day no one even considered skipping class. It was the only day of the school year when 30 boys could sit shoulder-to-shoulder in a tiny classroom and make...
By: Jim Kok Mark Van was a young pastor successfully building a new congregation in a middle-class suburb. He was highly regarded for his well-crafted and enthusiastically presented sermons. Then he was knocked down by a stroke. Several years later, Mark said, “As I...
By: Cathy M. Kolwey You walk with us in deserted places And show us the way to the Promised Land. Guide us through the thorny thickets that entangle us, the arid refuge of serpents and scorpions that puncture our resolve. That our determination to continue in your...
By: Katherine Baker I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things...
By: David Phillips Why are we in the situation we are in today in Canada in respect to our First Nations and Métis? The answer is found in large part in the system of residential schools established in Canada. These schools, in many cases, were a joint venture of the...
