At a recent THHS Senior Leadership meeting I was honoured to be asked to offer a Land Acknowledgement. Friends, we all know about these because the reciting of Land Acknowledgements has become so commonplace that you’ll hear them at the start of hockey games and concerts, meetings and conferences and all manner of events, and […]
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When you look at the life of Jesus, many things can be said about him, including that he was a great disruptor. He disrupted the religious norms. He disrupted societal etiquette. He disrupted perceptions and stereotypes. He disrupted the status quo on every level. He flipped the tables and changed how people thought about and
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Let me get vulnerable with you here.On this International Women’s Day, I am exhausted.I know I am not alone.I want to remind the women around me:You are strong, amazing, powerful women who are fighting against many systems, and that is an exhausting beautiful mess.As women, we are fighting against the system.As a mom who is mixed race
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All of us, at one time or another, call out for justice to be done. We want things to be done fairly. Of course, it depends on your point of view as to how justice is to be done. On television, the reality judge shows reveal the completely different stories that are to be decided.
Nowadays, St Patrick’s Day is green drinks, food, clothes and parties. But did you know St Patrick had a strong connection to many that we work with? When he was 16 years old he was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Ireland. He was a victim of labour trafficking, forced to work without pay. When
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It’s the first day of accreditation…and many of you have been working non-stop to get ready. How can we survive with the stress of accreditation coming at us from all sides?
Across the barriers that divide race from race: Reconcile us, O Christ, by your cross. Across the barriers that divide rich from poor: Reconcile us, O Christ, by your cross. Across the barriers that divide people of different cultures: Reconcile us, O Christ, by your cross. Across the barriers that divide Christians: Reconcile us, O
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“See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey…He will proclaim peace to the nations” – Zechariah 9:9-10 Yesterday, Palm Sunday, marked the beginning of Holy Week. Christians around the world follow Jesus’ final footsteps to the cross in an effort to remind us of the beautiful example and
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“And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” – Micah 6:8 During the season of Lent, as we prepare for Easter, we focus on Justice & Reconciliation because it is the example Jesus lives during His ministry on earth. Throughout Jesus’ ministry, He focuses on
It’s already March. The sun is shining brighter, the days are longer, spring jackets are coming out and winter gear becomes less and less frequent. Does anyone else feel like this year is zooming by? Easter is just around the corner! As we move into March and look at some of the things happening this
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