Sharing stories of life, faith, and ministry in the United Church and beyond.

In a few days, I will begin my Master of Divinity degree at Emmanuel College, studying with the intent to serve the church as a minister. After having…

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A Reflection of a New School Year" href="/blogs/round-table/reflection-new-school-year"> Emmanuel College, Toronto

Two years ago, I was driving out of a town where one of our congregations was located. My younger son was in the back seat of the car. As we turned onto…

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Holding Up a Candle in the Presence of Racism" href="/blogs/round-table/holding-candle-presence-racism"> A man stands with a candle during a night time vigil.

Not far from Pinawa, Manitoba there is a fascinating place where centuries ago, people arranged rocks into the shapes of turtles, snakes, fish, and humans. There is…

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Petroforms" href="/blogs/round-table/petroforms"> An ancient circle of rocks in Manitoba created by Aboriginal people.

Last week, I wrote about truth-telling and took a walk back along some of the key…

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Walking Backwards: Discovering All Our Relations" href="/blogs/round-table/walking-backwards-discovering-all-our-relations"> A Remembering the Children Aboriginal and Church Leaders tour
Our Reconciliation Journey Continues" href="/blogs/round-table/our-reconciliation-journey-continues"> A Canadian flag with the United Church crest next to it.

I took these pictures last August while visiting my mother’s relatives in the central part of Saskatchewan on the Muskoday First Nation. They capture some of the 825…

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Under the Big Top: Thoughts on National Aboriginal Day" href="/blogs/round-table/under-big-top-thoughts-national-aboriginal-day"> Under the big tent at the Muskoday Powwow.
Photos cannot capture the hope I saw in the faces of people who desperately want peace in Colombia.
Images from Colombia will Stay with Me Forever" href="/blogs/round-table/images-colombia-will-stay-me-forever"> A Colombian roadside landscape, showing a field with cows and a statue of Jesus.

Seventeen people from across The United Church of Canada participated in the …

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Kenya 2017: Hope and Perseverance " href="/blogs/round-table/kenya-2017-hope-and-perseverance"> Huruma Clinic in Nairobi offers hope for those forced to the margins.

There was a full house at the youth service where the United Church Mission & Service pilgrims celebrated Sunday worship in Nairobi.... Hands were up…

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Kenya 2017: Sunday Worship at ACK – St. Veronica’s" href="/blogs/round-table/kenya-2017-sunday-worship-ack-st-veronicas"> Africa Divine Church, Nairobi, Kenya.

It is an exciting time to be a student at Mission & Service supported Jerusalem Girls Secondary School in Kenya... a time to discover you belong only to yourself…

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Kenya 2017: To Whom Do You Belong?" href="/blogs/round-table/kenya-2017-whom-do-you-belong"> Young women classmates at the Jerusalem Girls Secondary School in Kenya.