Tag "Racism"
Reflections on the year of vision
I’m thankful that I resisted the temptation to preach a sermon on “2020 Vision” back at the beginning of this year. Not that I didn’t have lots of plans for the year, but by Easter time it became clear that God had different plans for all of us, and for everyone […]
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Pastors gather to discuss racism
More than 100 pastors and Christian leaders joined a videoconference to hear Ottawa’s black pastors share their experiences of racism. The call was a first step in a broader initiative to seek God’s heart for racial reconciliation […]
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Kristallnacht: What shards remain?
Hundreds of people gathered at Ottawa’s Kehillat Beth Synagogue, on November 7, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass)—when Nazi Germany launched the most violent stage of persecution of European […]
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Anti-Semitism: a growing threat to everyone
An Imam and a Rabbi stood together to speak out against the growing threat of anti-Semitism at a special event on Parliament Hill. The two leaders, Rabbi Steven Garten and Imam Mohamad Jebara, were co-recipients of this year’s […]
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Love and unity: Rallying against hatred
The recent slew of graffiti hate crimes came as a total shock to Ottawa residents. It stands as a stark reminder of dark undercurrents in our society, but it also revealed something much more powerful. “It’s not a surprise […]
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