Spirited Reflections
Spirited Reflection: Remembering the innocents of every age
December 18, 2016
Perhaps arising from my very catholic-thinking Anglican grandmother’s nurturing, perhaps because it’s exotic to reformed Protestants like myself, but I have always been interested in the feast days of the saints around Christmas. Stephen’s Day on December 26th reminds us…
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Hope in the struggle: KAIROS Christmas video for sharing
December 15, 2016
“Christmas offers a welcome reminder that God came among us in the very midst of repression, disrupting empire with a most unexpected peace.” Dear Friends, Here is the KAIROS Christmas video. I invite you to take a moment to watch…
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Spirited Reflection: We are the ones to listen
December 13, 2016
Psalm 80, Vs 3-7 Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved. O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers? You have fed them with the bread of…
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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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On leaving Marrakesh: Reflections on the climate road ahead
November 29, 2016
Flying through the labyrinthine alleys of the Medina on a motorbike as the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) UN Climate Change Conference came to a close in Marrakesh, Morocco, I found it an apt analogy to…
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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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Spirited Reflection: Citizens in God’s commonwealth
November 16, 2016
When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were…
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Spirited Reflection: Feast of Christ the King, from South Sudan
November 9, 2016
Last Sunday in the Season of Jesus’ Teaching and Healing Ministry (Also called ‘Ordinary Time’) This sounds like a triumphant feast. But it isn’t. At least not in the gospel and in the lives of people in this war-torn country…
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Spirited Reflection: White privilege & lament
October 31, 2016
The system of the supremacy of whiteness was created to serve white men who were heterosexual, able bodied, Christian, wealthy landowners, to keep power and control in their hands. If we truly want to understand white privilege, the intersections of…
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Spirited Reflection on Zacchaeus meeting Jesus (Luke 19:1-10): Putting economic justice into action
October 24, 2016
Many Christians have read and sung the story of Zacchaeus, the rich tax collector, who encountered Jesus from the branches of a sycamore tree. This short New Testament story speaks volumes to the church about the importance of a just…
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Spirited Reflection: Zest for life – partnering with our sacred earth community
October 18, 2016
Sisters of Earth Conference 2016 Sisters of Earth, an informal association of women committed to Earth Health and Sustainability, gathered this July in Los Gatos, California. According to one long-time participant, “this was the first time there was a connecting…
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Spirited Reflection: Living Jeremiah through a hurricane
October 11, 2016
Like many of us, there is a sense of calm and re-assurance that I get from those familiar words of Scripture: “for I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to…
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Spirited Reflection: Building for peace by Pam Peters-Pries
September 15, 2016
On September 21, the world will celebrate the International Day of Peace, established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. The theme for this year’s Day of Peace is “The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace”. The UN’s…
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Meeting at the intersection, discussing with Jennifer Henry on the World Social Forum
August 22, 2016
Jennifer Henry is Executive Director of KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives. She participated as a panelist in the workshop “Laudato Si‘, a Call for Change” co-organized by CIDSE, Development and Peace and Franciscans International. On that occasion she reflected on…
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Striving for justice, clean air and pure water. Spirited Reflection by Rev. Desmond Jagger-Parsons
July 21, 2016
Two years ago, I left paid accountable ministry in the United Church and returned to my first profession – as a lawyer working what I consider “poverty law” in Central Newfoundland. Although I work with a secular organization, almost never…
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Homily – Witnessing to Hope by Jennifer Henry
June 21, 2016
Celebration of ministries service, Toronto Conference AGM, May 28, 2016, St. Paul’s United Church, Midland, Ontario
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A Call to Conversion(s): Spirited Reflection by Jennifer Henry, Executive Director, KAIROS
May 5, 2016
Photo of KAIROS Elements of Justice Intergenerational Event in North Vancouver, October 2015, taken by Matthew Dueck. I believe at this time in our country and in our world, our faith calls us to twin conversions. The first is an…
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Bread from Heaven. Bread from Earth. Reflexion for Sunday, March 6th, Fourth Sunday of Lent.
March 1, 2016
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Love, an attitude of justice. Reflection on Luke 13:31-35
February 18, 2016
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“Naming and Remembering” a Sermon at Holy Trinity, First Sunday in Lent/Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2016
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Christmas Message from KAIROS Canada
December 17, 2015
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The World is About to Turn: Sermon on Luke 1: 46-55 by Jennifer Henry
December 10, 2015
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KAIROS Thanksgiving Message: Living out Gratitude
October 8, 2015
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Courage of Convictions: Esther and Peter by Jennifer Henry
October 3, 2015
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Reflection for National Aboriginal Day – June 20, 2015 by Melanie Delva
June 26, 2015
Melanie Delva, a non-Indigenous Anglican, reminds us that we’re to not be self-congratulatory about our involvement in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process; rather. WE need to pursue reconciliation because we are broken.
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The Stones Will Cry Out by Jennifer Henry
June 24, 2015
Spirited Reflection offered at the Orientation Assembly of Development and Peace, Otterburne, Manitoba, June 12, 2015 Jennifer Henry is the Executive Director of KAIROS And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” Jesus…
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The Voice of the Bell by Diane Munier
June 12, 2015
Diane Munier is a tearcher and member of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Ottawa. May 31st, 2015 Wellington Street, Ottawa 1:00 pm “Can you see anything? Are they coming yet?” Elizabeth, our church administrator, and I squinted up the street….
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