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Spirited Reflection: Revaluing Creation – Looking towards Earth Day
April 9, 2018
Humans put value on Creation based on what it can do for us – how can it feed us? How can we sell it to grow the economy? This attitude – our present development model – has led to the…
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Spirited Reflection on Social Justice
November 13, 2017
Social justice and the protection of the weak and the powerless are central in Jesus’ identity and mission. Luke 4:16ff tells us that Jesus chose the text from Isaiah to reveal both his identity and his mission (to proclaim good…
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Spirited Reflection: The values of food
October 10, 2017
The month of October brings many opportunities to reflect on the place of food in our lives. For those of us in the Christian tradition, it opens with Worldwide Communion Sunday — a day when our sisters and brothers in…
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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 With the assistance of the printing press, Martin Luther’s 95 Theses became the historical document to spark changes in the church.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…
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Spirited Reflection: Spiritual Validity
July 12, 2017
The erroneous mainstream view of Indigenous peoples as being one indistinguishable group across North America with misguided and superstitious spiritual beliefs is summed up in the term Indian. When the damage done to Indigenous cultures by the reservation system, the…
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Spirited Reflection: Shifting from human-centred to ecological-centred
January 9, 2017
What will be the condition of earth for our grandchildren and great grandchildren? What kind of world will they inherit? It depends on our engagement now in trying to understand our ecological problems. This has been called ecological guidance –…
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Temporary Foreign Worker Program: a KAIROS response
October 12, 2016
In May 2016, KAIROS participated in the federal government’s review of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) by making a submission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. The…
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KAIROS statement into the inquiry on missing and murdered Indigenous women
August 4, 2016
The Government of Canada officially launched the long-awaited National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on August 3, 2016 “to identify and examine the systemic causes of violence against Indigenous women and girls.” KAIROS Executive Director Jennifer…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
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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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Indigenous wisdom and spirituality indispensable for climate justice
November 26, 2015
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Making the invisible visible: The Wayuu in Guajira face a humanitarian crisis
December 2, 2014
The Wayuu people are one of 43 Indigenous groups in Colombia facing extinction. In this blog, Wayuu leader Matilde Lopez speaks with KAIROS’ Rachel Warden and Audrey Huntley from No More Silence about the threats facing her people.
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Embracing God’s Springtime at Pentecost — by Marian Noll
June 9, 2014
This reflection asks us to notice God in our everyday lives through creation at this season by Sr. Marian Noll, OSU, Canadian Religious Conference
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The Glorious New Brunswick Shale Gas Rebellion of 2013
June 6, 2014
KAIROS has recently undertaken a research project on the Indigenous right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) regarding proposed resource extraction projects on Indigenous lands. Willi Nolan is a member of the reference group for this project and she…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
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Sacred Water: An Easter Reminder
April 22, 2014
Anglican priest, Laura Marie Piotrowicz, reflects on the celebration of Holy Week just passed: As we, the church, continue to journey through the Easter season, we carry with us the importance and significance of water. We are challenged to examine…
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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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The Joys and Fears of New Parenthood in our Beautiful and Scary World – By Shanna Bernier
January 13, 2014
Shanna Bernier works in Youth Ministry with the United Church of Canada and is mother to Bea. In this week’s Spirited Reflection she explores the injunction not to worry, as found in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, in light of…
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WOMEN’S REGIONAL COURT FOR JUSTICE, TERRITORY AND PEACE IN CALI – Final Verdict
December 10, 2012
WOMEN’S REGIONAL COURT Justice, Territory and Peace PUBLIC HEARING Cali, November 27th and 28th, 2012 The Women’s Regional Court was conceived as a space for the recuperation of memory, for truth, justice for women, the defense and conservation of territories, reparation…
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Attawapiskat: a hard look at the federal government’s response so far
December 2, 2011
1 December 2011 KAIROS Urgent Action Background information As of November 30, federal leaders and the Red Cross have now visited the northern Ontario Cree community of Attawapiskat, which is a step forward. The Red Cross is flying in emergency…
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Beauty and Struggle in Durban
November 29, 2011
I arrived in Durban on Saturday as a delegate to the youth conference Youth for Eco-Justice. The program is hosted by the World Council of Churches and the Lutheran World Federation. It brings together youth from around the world who are working on…
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The Land Our Life
October 28, 2010
A reflection given in worship at the BC/Yukon Regional KAIROS meeting at Sorrento, BC, October 3, 2010, by Janet Gray Scriptural readings: Isaiah 11:1-9, Mark 10:17-22 —————————————- The Land we stand on is sacred ground. We acknowledge this territory is the land…
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Women of Courage gathering and delegation
July 20, 2010
From August 15–25, 2010, KAIROS partners and supporters from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Philippines and Canada will travel to Colombia as part of the KAIROS Women of Courage delegation. They’ll visit Colombian communities that face militarization and daily…
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Western Tour: Yellowknife – No Ice on the Big Water
June 17, 2010
Yellowknife is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake. Known as Tu Cho, or “Big Water” in Dene, it is the deepest lake in North America at 614 m, and the ninth-largest lake in the world, covering 27,200 km²….
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Reflection on Mining the Connections Forum, Tatamagouche NS, November 2008
February 10, 2009
By Tara Hurford (Tara was part of the KAIROS presence at the Forum; these are her views.) Because of a bursary I received from KAIROS at the end of November 2008, I had the opportunity to attend a Mining Forum in…
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Our Common Ground: Canadian and African Voices for Regenerative Agriculture as a Climate Solution
A Webcast by the Africa Climate Action Initiative (ACAI) of the Canada Africa Partnership (CAP) Network, Soil4Climate and ClimateFast September 22, 2020 | 12-1:30pm EDT Soil erosion and desertification are happening today at alarming rates, driving water and food insecurity, forced migration, and climate change. Estimates…
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PRINCE GEORGE: Paddle for the Peace with Rolling Justice Bus
If we believe in the inherent rights of Canada’s original people, how can we be moving ahead with Site C dam? If we are concerned about global warming and its impact on farming, how can we be planning to flood…
