Archive for 2014
Bone-Dry – by Margaret Evans
April 1, 2014
Margaret Evans will begin her term representing the Presbyterian Church in Canada on the Dignity and Rights Circle this spring. In this week’s Spirited Reflection she offers thoughts on the lectionary text from Ezekiel. Are we too being called to…
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Surviving, Thriving, and Refusing to “Get Over It”
March 29, 2014
As KAIROS youth delegate Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt explains in her blog on Day 3 of the TRC National Event in Edmonton, residential school trauma is not something you can “just get over”!
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Thoughts on Solidarity at the TRC
March 29, 2014
On Day 2 of the TRC National Event in Edmonton, KAIROS youth delegate Elizabeth Kessler explores the meaning of solidarity.
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Truth and reconciliation and our hopeful shared future
March 27, 2014
I am attending the seventh and final National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Edmonton (March 27-30). I have been at all but one of these events. I know to prepare myself, that the listening will be…
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TRC Reflection Day 1- Wisdom
March 27, 2014
On Day 1 of the TRC National Event in Edmonton, KAIROS youth delegates Elyse Brazel and Jesse Root reflect on how acknowledging the existence of many “truths” is an important step on the road to reconciliation.
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KAIROS Gears Up for the TRC’s Alberta National Event
March 25, 2014
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC’s) Alberta National Event is taking place in Edmonton from March 27-30, 2014 and KAIROS will be well represented by the Executive Director, three staff, a youth delegation and countless KAIROS volunteers.
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Faithfully Preparing for the TRC Hearing in Edmonton
March 24, 2014
Jesse Root is currently interning at KAIROS as part of his program requirements for his Master of Arts degree in Immigration and Settlement Studies.
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Psalm 23 and Wisteria: a chance for new beginnings or right relationships? – by Carmen Lansdowne
March 24, 2014
First Nations theologian and ordained minister Carmen Lansdowne has written a very personal Lenten reflection. Her openness and honesty call us into our own Lenten journeys, to examine our own hearts, to pay attention to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission…
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A Garland Instead of Ashes – by Stephen Allen
March 17, 2014
Stephen Allen, KAIROS Board member and Associate Secretary for Justice Ministries of The Presbyterian Church, reflects on Isaiah 61 and a history of seeking justice. “We live with the tension between the values of the year of the Lord’s favour…
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KAIROS Canada to bear witness at final Truth and Reconciliation Commission National Event
March 13, 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 13, 2014 KAIROS Canada to bear witness at final Truth and Reconciliation Commission National Event Toronto, ON – KAIROS Canada will join thousands of people from across Canada at the final Truth and Reconciliation Commission…
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KAIROS Times: March 2014
March 12, 2014
Read the March 2014 issue.
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Decisions, Decisions – by Cindy Bourgeois
March 11, 2014
“A few years ago I ran into Josh, whom I knew to be homeless. I met Josh at the free dinners hosted by my church. We chatted for a bit and when we were about to part he hit me…
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Letter from Jennifer Henry to Toronto Star re. “Tories reject inquiry for missing Aboriginal women”
March 10, 2014
My grief in reading “Conservatives reject inquiry for murdered, missing aboriginal women“, Saturday, March 8, 2014, was magnified by the fact it appeared on International Women’s Day. On this day, when women around the world renew their call for “bread…
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Join KAIROS in Celebrating International Women’s Day!
March 6, 2014
On March 8 – International Women’s Day – KAIROS, our members and our global partners will recognize and celebrate the incredible contribution that women make to our movements for social and ecological justice. From Colombia to Congo, from the Philippines to…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Sisters are mining for the truth
March 6, 2014
Rachel Warden, gender justice coordinator at KAIROS, draws the relationship between the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention in Toronto, International Women’s Day, and violence against women in this article published in Toronto’s NOW magazine.
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Latin America
Caring For All Creation: Towards the Healing and Fullness of Our Lands, Waters and Communities
March 4, 2014
KAIROS, BC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and others are co-sponsoring a six week study on Caring for All Creation. Find out how you can participate in person in Victoria and Vancouver, or online from anywhere!
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URGENT ACTION: As peace talks resume, South Sudan needs your support today!
February 27, 2014
Since mid-December 2013, widespread violence, killings and displacement have been the daily reality for millions of South Sudanese. Church leaders in South Sudan issued a plea for peace shortly after the violence broke out on December 15. This is the…
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Mountain-top Moments and the Valleys of Reconciliation: Reflections on Matthew 17:1-9 – by Marcie Gibson
February 25, 2014
“Justice Murray Sinclair states, ‘Reconciliation is about forging and maintaining respectful relationships. There are no shortcuts.’ As finishing touches are underway for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s seventh and final National Event in Edmonton, on March 27-30, 2014 (www.trc.ca), I…
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Time for Climate Activists to “Turn the Other Cheek” – by Greg Powell
February 18, 2014
Greg Powell, a UCC Divinity student and activist, challenges us to find and live out the modern equivalent of ‘turning the other cheek’ for the sake of climate justice.
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Spirited Reflections
Ecologists Call for a Transformed Financial System – Policy Briefing Paper #34
February 16, 2014
Ecologists, alarmed by how human activity is de-pleting ecosystems faster than they can be replen-ished, have added their voices to calls for a trans-formed financial system. Ecological economists point to how excessive consumption leads to more extraction of raw materials…
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Bringing a message of urgency and hope from Congo to Parliament Hill
February 14, 2014
The KAIROS “Women of Courage” delegation to DRC reunited in Ottawa in December 2013 to brief politicians on the urgent situation in eastern Congo and what Canada can do to help build peace and prosperity. Read more about their recommendations.
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Portant un message d’urgence et d’espoir du Congo jusqu’à la Colline du Parlement
February 14, 2014
En décembre 2013, des députés et sénateurs de toutes parties politiques se sont assemblés sur la Colline du Parlement pour une table ronde de KAIROS sur la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Les représentants et représentantes des Églises canadiennes qui…
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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…
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KAIROS Times: February 2014
February 11, 2014
Read the February 2014 issue.
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Mandela and The Prince of Peace – by Jennifer Palin
February 11, 2014
UCC minister Rev. Jennifer Palin reflects on the swirl of media discussion following Nelson Mandela’s death and what a ‘living’ faith depends on.
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How will you show your love on February 14?
February 7, 2014
On February 14, send a valentine to your elected representative asking them to ‘Have a Heart’ for First Nations children and youth. Shannen Koostachin was a courageous girl from Attawapiskat First Nation who believed “school is a time for hopes…
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Talking about sin—and redemption—in the quest for justice – by Paul Heidebrecht
February 3, 2014
Lent and social justice – do these themes relate? Paul Heidebrecht, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) staff and former KAIROS Board member, reflects, “Advocacy presumes that the institutions of our own day are also fallen,” but he is also talking about…
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Fasting from Inaction and Complacency – by JoAnne Lam
February 3, 2014
In this week’s Spirited Reflection JoAnne Lam, seminary intern at St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church and CPJ, explains, “In Isaiah 58:1-9a, the people of Israel struggled with the efficacy of their fasts. They had thought that God required from them…
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