How we Mend
We rarely identify with Zachaeus, a wealthy tax collector who used the system to steal from his neighbors. After reading Mend: An Invitation from Jesus to Return to Land-Based Repair by Jodi Spargur, I see a parallel story of Zachaesus and modern settler Canadians. The story of his redemption could serve as a template for us in our own repentance as a country and in mending the relationship with the First Peoples of the land.
Beds and Landfills
The bodies of the victims have been removed from the landfill and returned to their communities. The wrong done to these women is a documented reality, but the decision to return and find them is a redemptive thread woven into this story's fabric.
Speechless
Those who change the world are the ones who are better at listening than talking
A Better Story
When I've listened to a First Nations speaker, I will sometimes hear them speak of past events as if they are currently happening in the present. I started thinking about that years ago, and since then, it's helped me understand that not only did Canada commit genocide on the indigenous populations before and years after confederation, but that genocide is ongoing. That hurt is alive. The cries continue.