As we acknowledge the painful truths of the Indian residential school system, what does it mean for Thanksgiving?

Scripture tells us that it is God’s will for us to be thankful in all circumstances. When combined with a regular prayer life, thanksgiving has powerful promises attached to it.

It’s not something we often talk about. In North America, 15-20 percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage and one in eight couples have trouble getting pregnant or sustaining a pregnancy. While infertility, pregnancy and infant loss are often ignored by our culture, they are not ignored by God. 

Through the wearing of orange shirts, the colouring of artistic eagle feathers, the placing of small pairs of shoes along stairways and lantern-lit pathways, in conversations shared and stories learned, in lamenting hearts and acts of justice, we are remembering the thousands of children we had previously ignored.

Life as we knew it has been disturbed, and that’s not a bad thing, says Lt-Colonel John P. Murray.

In the post-pandemic days ahead, the path ahead may feel uncertain. Now, more than ever, we need the guiding inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

At a time when the Army is faced with cries for change, the answers to such cries are found in unchanged practices that have been part of our tradition since its inception.

Brave spaces are those that welcome risk-taking, difficulty and controversy, while providing an opportunity for respectful sharing and listening to diverse individuals.

As we are faced with the reality of our mortality and life’s raw unpredictability, anxiety and fear can swell in strong, unexpected waves.

In a season when millennials—the generation born between 1981 and 1996—are leaving the church in droves, we need to start asking honest questions about why.