Spirited Reflections

Where the Thunderbirds Live

July 26, 2023

Last week I was fortunate to spend time with northern Anishinaabeg in Thunder Bay. I am no stranger to this city and lived in the East End while I attended high school, working at Victoriaville Mall in a small educational…

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New Resources in 2023

June 9, 2023

KAIROS is pleased to release two new resources. KAIROS Worship Resource 2023 KAIROS was founded so that Christian churches could work together, out of shared faith, towards greater social and ecological justice. The KAIROS Steering Committee, representatives of the member…

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Never a Better Time

March 31, 2023

KAIROS Regina invites you on a journey of faith, one that challenges our comfortable lives and changes the very buildings we worship in. On October 15, 2022, they hosted a workshop called, “Creation Care in our Places of Prayer: Energy…

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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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The Court Case of the Creatures by Bob Haverluck

November 18, 2022

More stock available for sale at KAIROS  For a fresh and funny look at the seriously important work of Reconciliation in the Watershed, immerse yourself in The Court Case of the Creatures by Bob Haverluck. This is a court case…

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Candles for COP27

November 18, 2022

Vigils for Climate Justice The experiences were different, from four people on a bridge braving a minus-twenty-degree windchill to a large circle of people gathered on the autumn leaves with robust drumming, but the sentiments are remarkably similar. It all…

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Taking a deeper risk

October 12, 2022

KAIROS Regina invites you on a journey of faith, one that challenges our comfortable lives and changes the very buildings we worship in. On October 15, KAIROS Regina will host a one-day hybrid conference called, “Creation Care in our Places…

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Cast the net wide

October 7, 2022

KAIROS Regina invites you on a journey of faith, one that challenges our comfortable lives and changes the very buildings we worship in. On October 15, KAIROS Regina will host a one-day hybrid conference called, “Creation Care in our Places…

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Yeast to Raise the Ambition

October 3, 2022

KAIROS Regina invites you on a journey of faith, one that challenges our comfortable lives and changes the very buildings we worship in. On October 15, KAIROS Regina will host a one-day hybrid conference called, “Creation Care in our Places…

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Reflection on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation September 30, 2022

September 29, 2022

By Jose Zarate, PWRDF The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada concluded and issued its Final Report and Calls to Action in June 2015. Implementing the Calls to Action represents an incredible opportunity and responsibility for individuals, families, communities,…

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Our Call to Care for Creation

September 7, 2022

KAIROS Regina invites you on a journey of faith, one that challenges our comfortable lives and changes the very buildings we worship in. On October 15, KAIROS Regina will host a one-day hybrid conference called, “Creation Care in our Places…

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The call to anti-racism is a call to transformation

July 27, 2022

Acknowledging Indigenous territory I write to you from Treaty One Territory: the land of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation. I acknowledge that from time immemorial, Indigenous Peoples have lived as stewards…

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Honouring Indigenous Peoples on this Day

June 21, 2022

Kwey Kakina Asema niwi bigidnā Kichi Mīgwech ndi kid bīdābung ensa kījeb Kichi Mīgwech ndi kid ondji shki kījigak Ni Kichi Mīgwechwindam ondji bimādiziwin Ni Kichi Mīgwechwindam kina gegō kwenādjiwang Kichi Mīgwech ndi kid ondji asemā gamijyang wii ayamiyewiyāong Hello…

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Spirited Reflection: Through a different lens

April 29, 2022

We forget at times, that we are all light beings. Each connected to the other, connected to the Creator and to all who walk, crawl, swim, fly and grow upon Mother Earth. All are connected to you, and we are…

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Spirited Reflection: New beginnings

June 2, 2021

This past weekend I ventured down to the lake. It was teeming with people. Runners and walkers, individuals, couples and families, the young and the mature. Everyone was out to enjoy a bit of the warmer weather that has come along with…

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Spirited Reflection: Pentecost message from Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle

May 20, 2021

Send forth your spirit and renew the face of the Earth.(Ps. 104)  As Our Lady of Guadalupe Circle, focused on the work of reconciliation between Indigenous and all Canadians, we want to renew and celebrate the Spirit of Pentecost. Still…

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Spirited Reflection: A great number of people followed him . . . crowds who had gathered there

March 31, 2021

Large numbers of people, bodies crowded together in one place, along the side of a road, or on top of a hill . . . these images fill me with unease in the Easter season of 2021—a year after a…

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Spirited Reflection: Live your truth

February 25, 2021

We have dealt a lot over the last 12 months. It has turned out to be a year of rapid change, deep transformation, and a battle of the mind. Many issues and big headline stories from COVID to Trump. Friends and families isolated and…

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Called to a Sacrificial Love

January 6, 2021

2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 Reflection by Leona Lortie During the Season of Epiphany, we reflect on the appearance of Christ to the world. This time is intertwined with the incarnation, the profound event of…

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A Ceremony of Gratitude

January 5, 2021

Is. 40: 21-31; Psalm 147: 1-11, 20c; I Cor. 9: 16-23; Mark 1: 29-39 Reflection by Sister Mary-Ellen Francoeur After reading the Scripture of this Sunday, what popped up for me was the Ceremony of Tobacco Offering described by Richard…

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Gratitude for the Fish and the Birds

January 5, 2021

Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 By Henriette Thompson “And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’ …’And God saw…

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Steadfast Love in a Time of Flux

January 4, 2021

Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 62:5-12; I Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 Reflection by Matthew Diegel Each of our readings speaks of uncertain times, times on the edge of change. Jonah enters the great city of Nineveh and begins to proclaim the…

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Final message from Jennifer Henry, Executive Director

December 24, 2020

When I think of what KAIROS is, at its essence, the first words that come to mind are “together,” “accompaniment” and “solidarity.”  Almost 20 years ago, KAIROS was created out of rich legacy as a place for churches and religious organizations…

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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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Spirited Reflection: Being known under the tree

December 23, 2020

1 Samuel 3:1-10, (11-20); Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18; 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; John 1:43-51 This cold and blustery January may seem far removed from lush and leafy summer gardens, but the fig tree mentioned in the gospel reading for this week has…

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Spirited Reflection: The baptismal drive

December 23, 2020

Genesis 1:1-5; Psalm 29; Acts 19:1-7; Mark 1:4-11 As a young adult, I became interested in alternatives to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Being someone interested in all kinds of things, it was…

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Spirited Reflection: Glorious display

December 22, 2020

Version en français Epiphany has many subtle meanings in the original Greek. The one I like best for this year and these lectionary readings is ‘glorious display’, and what a display of glory is offered to us! We need to…

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Réflexion Spirituelle: Manifestation de gloire

December 15, 2020

English version Dans son étymologie grecque, épiphanie a plusieurs significations quelque peu différentes. Celle que je retiens cette année pour cette lecture du lectionnaire est celle de « manifestation de gloire». Et, en effet, quelle glorieuse manifestation nous est présentée! Nous devons…

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