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A reflection on the First Sunday in Advent, 2012
November 23, 2012
Welcome to the first KAIROS reflection for Advent 2012! It’s written by Miriam Spies, a United Church candidate for ministry through Emmanuel College, and KAIROS’ community placement for 2012-13 through Emmanuel. This reflection accompanies KAIROS’ first-ever Advent resource, Seeking Shelter. Learn…
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Spirited Reflection: Moonstruck
November 21, 2016
[The LORD] shall judge between the nations, and shall arbitrate for many peoples; they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any…
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Prepare IN the Wilderness: Reflection for Advent 3 by Stephen Larson
December 9, 2014
Stephen Larson from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada tells us that punctuation is important in that it is IN the wilderness times of our lives that we prepare the way of the Lord.
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Advent, Human Rights and International Migrants Day
December 18, 2013
Alfredo Barahona, KAIROS’ Migrant Relations Coordinator, reflects on Advent and International Migrants Day from the perspective of his own personal experiences as a migrant to Canada from El Salvador, and his recent visit to Quito.
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A Climate Justice Advent Reflection
December 12, 2012
By Jennifer Henry For what does the bell toll? Is it joy as of a wedding or a birth? Is it a summons or obligation, as to dinner or to church? Is it alarm, crisis–a warning of imminent danger? Or is…
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Growing Justice – KAIROS Advent Resource (pdf) (2013)
Following on the success of 2012’s “Advent Posadas” but building on a new tradition, KAIROS has once again worked with the broader KAIROS family to prepare an Advent resource for 2013 (Revised Common Lectionary Year A). “Growing Justice” focuses on…
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Advent 2015: Seeking Shelter (pdf) (2015)
Seeking Shelter was originally created in 2012 with scripture texts from the Revised Common Lectionary Advent Year C. It deals with migrant justice issues which are relevant this Advent season as Canada strives to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees.
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Gendered Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
November 27, 2013
Michiko Bown-KAI reflects on where we can find hope in the context of gender-based violence and a war over mineral wealth in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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To be in Bethlehem in Advent
December 2, 2014
Paul Gehrs reflects on the shortest Advent ever — from his church in Winnipeg to the manger in Bethlehem in 24 hours.
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Spirited Reflection: Celebrating advent, peace and International Human Rights
December 11, 2019
“O Come, o come, Emmanuel – fill the world with heaven’s peace.” These words come from the well-known advent hymn based on the ancient liturgical “O Antiphons.” The scriptures Isaiah 11:1-9, Matthew 3:1-17 support this Advent Peace theme. The reading…
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Reflection for Advent 2 (Isaiah 11:1-10)
November 28, 2011
by Jennifer Henry “The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.” Isaiah 64:1 Photo by Sara Stratton…
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Reflection for Advent 1 (Isaiah 64: 1-5)
November 21, 2011
by Jennifer Henry “O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence…” Isaiah 64:1 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains…
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Reflection for Advent 4: Midwifing Solidarity
December 13, 2011
I had a January baby (she is now almost eight!). So I remember the December before her birth as a month of profound anticipation. Advent for me was not symbolic, but intensely real as preparations unfolded and my hope and…
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The Call to Justice Discipleship
December 16, 2013
In this, the final week of Advent, Michiko Bown-KAI explores the essential question of justice discipleship.
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Hope and Light for COP28 and Beyond
November 18, 2023
As Climate Action Week wraps up, we turn our eyes to COP28 (UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties). From November 30-December 12, world leaders, civil society, Indigenous peoples, youth leaders and others will gather at the COP28 conference in Dubai to…
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Spirited Reflection: Living Hope
November 30, 2018
Jeremiah: 33: 14-16 Luke 21: 25-36 As we begin this Season of Advent, the passage in Jeremiah is a message of hope and promise. The One who will come will bring justice and righteousness. God will not abandon the people….
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Spirited Reflection: Listening to voices of young women
December 5, 2016
Advent readings: Isa 35.1-10 | Ps 146.5-10 | Mt 11.2-11 | Jms 5.7-10 Not many teenage girls make national headlines. One who has caught our attention in recent years is Malala Yousafzai, of Pakistan. Her courageous advocacy is a significant…
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Spirited Reflection: Borderlands, illumination and preparing the way
November 29, 2016
3:1 In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming, 3:2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” 3:3 This is the one of whom the prophet Isaiah spoke when he said, “The voice…
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Christ Candle Prayer
December 22, 2014
Here is a Christmas Eve/Christmas Day candle-lighting prayer that matches the other candle-lighting prayers used in the KAIROS 2014 Advent resource One: Called to be a reconciling people, we gather together to experience the birth of the Christ child, one…
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VICTORIA: St. Luke Cedar Hill Anglican Church – First Sunday of Advent Service
St. Luke Cedar Hill Anglican Church along with Lutheran Church of the Cross, Knox Presbyterian Church, and Holy Cross Catholic Church invite you to a First Sunday of Advent Service Readings and music to light the beginning of Advent. Guest…
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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.
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Spirited Reflection: Where there is darkness, be light
December 23, 2018
Advent is a time to pause and reflect on the action of God in our lives. It is both an opportunity and a challenge to set aside the busyness of this time of the year and pay attention to the…
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Temporary migrant workers who pay Employment Insurance are no longer eligible to collect benefits
December 17, 2012
Ironically, changes to Employment Insurance Regulations announced earlier by the Government of Canada came into effect on December 10, International Human Rights day. As a result of these changes, migrant workers who pay into the Employment Insurance (EI) system while…
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KAIROS Advent Resource – Building Reconciled Relationships (pdf) (2014)
This year’s Advent resource focuses on what reconciliation will look like after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) finishes its mandate and releases its final report in June 2015. How will your church community approach reconciliation – with the land,…
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Reflection for Advent 3: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
December 5, 2011
by Jennifer Henry “to provide for those who mourn in Zion– to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.” Isaiah 64:1 61:1 The spirit…
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Til The Moon Be No More
December 3, 2013
“In his days the righteous may flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more!” In this reflection for Advent 2, Pepe Elwert explores the connections between Scripture and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Duck Re-Inflating a Deflated Activist
December 8, 2022
Duck re-inflating a deflated activist. Author Kathleen Dean Moore told us this was the first drawing by artist Bob Haverluck that she saw and that it sparked a connection and drew them together. A re-inflation of activists is the purpose…
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Believing in impossible change: KAIROS Christmas video message for sharing
December 24, 2020
Dear Friends, May we be ready this Christmas to really welcome the Holy One, the radical love and justice that changes everything. Let’s believe in impossible change and join our hands and hearts to the movements around the world that…
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