Posts Tagged "jennifer henry"
God of Life, Lead Us to Justice and Peace: Follow KAIROS at the WCC Assembly!
October 28, 2013
As Executive Director Jennifer Henry heads to the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Busan, Korea, she offers some thoughts on what the global church may aspire to and accomplish in the busy days ahead.
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Heart Listening…A Requirement for Settler Christians – by Jennifer Henry
October 7, 2013
Taiaiake Alfred asserts that: “The convenient way to deal with the founding injustice of Canada is to allow colonialism to continue by ignoring the truth, to erase it from our memory, ban it from the schools, and suppress it in…
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Be Not Afraid – 40 years of bold witness to ecumenical social justice
June 3, 2013
May 8, 2013, The Church of the Redeemer, Toronto Joe Mihevc, co-editor of Coalitions for Justice Jennifer Henry, Executive Director of KAIROS Jennifer: Tonight we are here to celebrate 40 years of bold witness to ecumenical social justice. We want…
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Reflection on an Ecumenical Solidarity Visit to Chief Spence
January 6, 2013
Epiphany Sunday January 6, 2013 We came to Victoria Island with an arrangement to meet her, but travelling gently knowing that her strength and health were tested. We wanted our solidarity to be gift and not burden. When we arrived,…
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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…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Spirited Reflections
For the Harvest of the Spirit
October 9, 2012
For the harvest of the Spirit, thanks be to God. For the good we all inherit, thanks be to God. For the wonders that astound us, for the truths that still astound us, Most of all that love has found…
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Spirited Reflection: Somewhat Unexpectedly
September 5, 2012
On August 27th, somewhat unexpectedly, the Colombian government announced its willingness to restart peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), offering a glimmer of hope on the horizon after 60 years of protracted conflict. Our partners’ response, as…
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Spirited Reflection: Back to the Circle
June 22, 2012
Time and again it comes back to the circle. The first day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Saskatchewan National Event begins with the lighting of the sacred fire and ends with a round dance. In her poem, “Reconciliation”, Rebeka…
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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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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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KAIROS: The importance of faith
March 11, 2011
“KAIROS is one or many ways that the churches strive to live out their faith in a God, in whose image and dignity all persons were made, and in whose creation we are called to abundant life. “
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The Value of Gold
March 2, 2011
I heard a surprising story the other day. A pastor preaching his Sunday sermon on the topic of wealth illustrated his lesson with some stories about the toxic legacy of gold mining. He had traveled to the Philippines a year…
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Women of Courage—then and now
November 25, 2010
A reflection on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by Jennifer Henry Their names are Yolanda, Vernie, Chantal, Fahima, Lilia, Zaynab, Wafa, Theresa, and Jill–women whose contexts are diverse, but whose stories similarly resonate with courage…
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