Respect & Love Bringing About Change
What do a poet, a freedom activist, and a conservationist have in common? These three leaders have used their own talents, strengths and interests to try and bring about that which is at the very heart of how Jesus taught us to live. Each of them project a message of respect and love for those who share the earth with us.
Poetry, Peaceful Protests, & Prosperous Planting
Exploring Joy Through Sorrow
by Leah Rumack | January 11, 2021
In this interview the poet Ross Gay speaks about his understanding of joy, stipulating the difference between it and happiness. He describes joy as something that is a deep feeling gained from experiencing and overcoming suffering. To him joy is a state where alienation from a person, or from the earth does not exist. He equates this type of joy with the word Love.
I Have A Dream
from SALT Projects | January 4, 2021
When Martin Luther King gave his now infamous speech, "I have a Dream" did he know how important it would become? Did he know that fifty-seven and half years later, his words portraying a world where humans of every race live together in mutual respect, would still raise goosebumps of hope on those who hear it? One thing he must have known is that love, true love for one another, would be the way towards achieving this dream.
Planting Trees of Hope
by Lynn O’Brien | January 18, 2015
Wangari Maathai's approach to reviving the degradation of the land where many Africans live in poverty, was to start with inspiring and paying these very people to plant trees. As villagers and farmers witnessed their water supplies become cleaner and more abundant, they were impowered to continue to work together to bring about important change in their environments and communities. Her love and passion for the African people and the land has left a legacy of green where there once was desertification.
Living Our Faith Day-to-Day
Hymn to Freedom
Here’s a chance to practice first hand the very thing that Candice was speaking about in her Fresh Start chat — really looking into people's faces. Every face has a story, every face has a colour, every face has something to teach you, every face is the face of the divine.
The Black Lives Matter movement is asking us all to look more closely at the world around us, the people in it, and to take responsibility for changing it. Listen to Oscar Peterson's civil rights musical contribution and practice the art of seeing with anointed eyes.