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Read more about the article Social Justice: Doing Hope

Social Justice: Doing Hope

  • Post author:Claudia Stecker
  • Post published:January 15, 2024
  • Post category:Reflections/Social Justice/World Events
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Advent 2023 was a different one for me. Against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian war wreaking unimaginable devastation on already bereft people, the ongoing violence in the Ukraine, Myanmar, and…

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Read more about the article Bed-Stuy: Service with a Smile

Bed-Stuy: Service with a Smile

  • Post author:Claudia Stecker
  • Post published:November 13, 2023
  • Post category:Mission Work/Poverty/Social Justice
  • Post comments:3 Comments

I look forward to Tuesdays. The day gets off to a quick start as my companion and I ready ourselves for the rather long bus-train trek to Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn,…

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Read more about the article From Survival to Solidarity

From Survival to Solidarity

  • Post author:Claudia Stecker
  • Post published:September 11, 2023
  • Post category:Memorial/New Beginnings/World Events
  • Post comments:5 Comments

September 11. Memories of that fateful day when horrific terrorist attacks forever changed the lives of thousands of people reverberate still in global consciousness. The 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan was…

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Read more about the article Seeing Through the Smoke

Seeing Through the Smoke

  • Post author:Claudia Stecker
  • Post published:July 10, 2023
  • Post category:Climate Change/Our Times and Culture
  • Post comments:2 Comments

“Sorry about the smoke, eh?!” the Canadian MC quipped as the celebration of Canada Day got underway in New York’s Central Park. “We have some huge fans set up along…

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Read more about the article Trusting Transition

Trusting Transition

  • Post author:Claudia Stecker
  • Post published:May 8, 2023
  • Post category:Reflections
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Today marks the 30th day of the Easter season! My attentiveness to these Easter days has taken on a different quality this year as recent “Sabbath” experiences1 continue to gently…

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Read more about the article Paying Attention

Paying Attention

  • Post author:Claudia Stecker
  • Post published:March 6, 2023
  • Post category:Reflections/Social Justice
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Human-trafficking affects 40+ million people around the globe. Climate change, gender inequality, systemic racism, poverty, neoliberal capitalism, war and conflict, forced migration drive its proliferation. Traffickers make billions of dollars…

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Read more about the article Let Us Be Blessing

Let Us Be Blessing

  • Post author:Claudia Stecker
  • Post published:January 2, 2023
  • Post category:Reflections
  • Post comments:4 Comments

This entry marks our 100th blog article! Special thanks to all who have contributed and commented over the last few months.The autumn “Sabbath” with which I was gifted1 has eased…

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Read more about the article A Time for Remembering

A Time for Remembering

  • Post author:Claudia Stecker
  • Post published:October 31, 2022
  • Post category:Reflections
  • Post comments:2 Comments

The mornings are crisp and cool these days when I venture outdoors to greet the dawn, once leafy trees laying their many-coloured splendour at my feet. Summer’s labour over, Earth…

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Read more about the article A “Yes!” Renewed

A “Yes!” Renewed

  • Post author:Claudia Stecker
  • Post published:August 29, 2022
  • Post category:Jubilee
  • Post comments:5 Comments

I’m gonna open my heart and say yes, yes to lifelike the crocus growin’ up through the snowI’m gonna open my heart and say yes, yes to lifelike the frozen…

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Read more about the article Springtime Tenderness

Springtime Tenderness

  • Post author:Claudia Stecker
  • Post published:June 27, 2022
  • Post category:Eco-Spirituality
  • Post comments:2 Comments

I have been fascinated by spring’s unfolding this year, my first in Toronto since 1994. A collection of morning walk photos describes its gradual emergence – attesting to snowdrops and…

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