Archive for August 2017

Seeds of Truth: A Tale of Two Mountains (Part 1)

August 31, 2017

We arrived in Guatemala City late Saturday night. Inside the hostel there was a bare wall where a lonely 14 inch TV aired the McGregor / Mayweather fight. What a spectacle. I knew before attending this exchange that there are…

Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Latin America

Seeds of Truth:  On our way to Guatemala

August 30, 2017

It was so exciting – and such a relief – to meet up with members of the KAIROS Blanket Exercise Youth Exchange at the airport this afternoon before boarding our flight to Guatemala.  Although we’ve had several orientation conference calls…

Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Latin America

Seeds of Truth: Indigenous women, food security and the genocide of the Americas

August 24, 2017

My name is Tyra Cox and I am of Sahtu Dene and Anishinaabe lineage within Canada (North America). As an Indigenous women, there were very specific areas of Indigenous rights that I wanted to explore on the journey with Central…

Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Latin America

Spirited Reflection: Social Justice in the 500th anniversary of the Reformation

August 18, 2017

In 2017, Lutherans worldwide are commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Reformation spearheaded by Martin Luther in 1517. With the assistance of the printing press, Martin Luther’s 95 Theses became the historical document to spark changes in the church. Luther…

Post filed in: Spirited Reflections

Seeds of Truth: Healing Together

August 16, 2017

I’m fortunate to be a part of the first KAIROS Blanket Exercise youth exchange to Guatemala being organized in partnership with Breaking the Silence and New Hope Foundation, Guatemala  At the end of May, we had the opportunity to meet…

Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Latin America

Spirited Reflection: The virtue of justice

August 4, 2017

Justice is one of the four cardinal virtues identified by the philosophers of ancient Greece.  These four virtues (wisdom, justice, courage and temperance) were adopted by Christianity and placed into the traditional list of seven Christian virtues along with the…

Post filed in: Spirited Reflections