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To Repent, to Reconcile, to Make New
December 7, 2014
Sara Stratton reflects on the call to repentance and reconciliation in this sermon for Advent 2.
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections
To Remember is to Work for Peace
November 3, 2014
Sara Stratton tells us why she wears both a bright red poppy and a pin that reads “To remember is to work for peace” in the lead up to Remembrance Sunday.
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Northern Gateway and National Aboriginal Day: Reconciliation postponed, by Sara Stratton
October 31, 2014
We’re at a watershed moment for Canada, one where we have the opportunity to carry on as we always have in our relationship with Indigenous peoples, or one where we can move forward in new, more respectful ways. Which path…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
KAIROS Members Call for Peace in Gaza
August 1, 2014
KAIROS member churches and organizations continue to speak out for peace in Gaza, urging the Canadian government to become more engaged in building a just peace.
Post filed in: Middle East
Support Grassy Narrows
July 11, 2014
Today’s Supreme Court decision affirming Ontario’s right to log on Grassy Narrows treaty land is a disappointment, but the First Nation’s fight to protect its traditional territory and waters, as well as the right to hunt, fish, and trap, continues.
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Holy Trouble in the Watershed
February 12, 2014
Whether it’s overfishing or the environmental and human rights impacts of resource extraction, as watershed disciples we are sometimes called to make holy trouble. In this sermon at Toronto’s Trinity St. Paul’s United Church, KAIROS member relations and campaigns coordinator…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Reconciliation in the Watershed
December 18, 2013
In this homily given at Toronto’s Church of the Holy Trinity on December 15, KAIROS Member Relations and Campaigns Coordinator Sara Stratton reflects on the connections between the Truth and Reconciliation commission and the pursuit of Watershed Discipleship. What will…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections
Bioregional Discipleship: What’s That All About?
February 4, 2013
Sara Stratton, Education and Campaigns Coordinator for Sustainability issues at KAIROS, recently preached at Kingston Road United Church in Toronto on Luke’s story of Jesus initiating his ministry … and on KAIROS’ own initiation of a new piece of its…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Tailings Ponds: A Toxic Legacy for South Brook?
December 20, 2012
A dam breach in the tailings pond of the defunct Gullbridge copper mine in central Newfoundland has reinforced for me that all of our work here at KAIROS is connected. I often explain KAIROS in a kind of shorthand –…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Temples and Pipelines: Northern Gateway via the Gospel of Mark
November 30, 2012
KAIROS continues to reflect on the consequences of the Northern Gateway pipeline for Indigenous communities and all of Creation. In this sermon for Trinity St. Paul’s and Bathurst Street United Churches, Education and Campaigns Coordinator Sara Stratton explores those questions…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Rallying for Climate Justice!
December 5, 2011
Sunday, December 4 By Caroline Foster The climate justice rally was one of the highlights of my time in Durban so far. Although mixed reports are coming in on the actual number of participants (anywhere from 3,000 to 20,000), thousands…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Is Canada Placing Conditions on Climate Adaptation Funding?
December 2, 2011
By John Dillon Environment Minister Peter Kent maintains that Canada is refusing to commit to further greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions under the Kyoto Protocol (KP) because the KP only applies to developed countries. He says developing and emerging countries…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Remembrance and Resistance
May 27, 2011
10 years is a long time. It’s amazing what you remember. I remember coming into my office at Deer Park United Church on Monday, June 4, 2001, to find colleagues frantically trying to determine the whereabouts of Kimy Pernia Domico,…
Post filed in: Latin America, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Eastern Tour: St. John’s – Make It Right
June 14, 2010
The eastern leg of the “Not Business as Usual” tour kicked off in my home province of Newfoundland with a walk on the rocky beach at Middle Cove, a meal of fish and chips in Beachy Cove and a day…
Post filed in: Africa, Ecological Justice, Latin America