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Alison Bekendam joined Catherine Cooper's group12 hours ago
Indigenous Rights
A place for people to learn, discuss, and contribute to a healthy dialog about the issues involved in the achievement of indigenous peoples' rights.
Alison Bekendam replied to Brian V's discussion 'The 350 International Day of Climate Action' in the group CRC Ecojustice12 hours ago
I'm currently volunteering with a group affliated with 350. Our goal is to get as many Canadians as possible on parliment hill on October 24 to let the government know we are concerned with climate change and that we want them to take possitive ac...
Ken Bosveld added a blog post13 hours ago
'The Carpenteros and Friends' is a southern Ontario group that has been working closely with CRWRC on community development in Honduras for the past eight years. Please continue to keep Honduras in your prayers, asking that God will bring a peacef...
Dave Timmer replied to Brian V's discussion 'The 350 International Day of Climate Action' in the group CRC Ecojusticeyesterday
Hi Brian - I can relate to the bit of uneasiness to the single-issue approach that often surrounds the climate change debate. There has been an effort on the "change" side to broaden that approach....but as a whole they haven't gotten too far beyo...
Brian V added a discussion to the group CRC Ecojusticeyesterday
The 350 International Day of Climate Action
I'm curious if anyone or any congregations have considered participating in the upcoming October 24 It's another day of action inspired by Bill McKibben in which various people, organizations, communities, and faith communities around the world a...
Marc Peterson added a discussion to the group The Persecuted Churchyesterday
SOMALIA: ISLAMISTS BEHEAD TWO SONS OF CHRISTIAN LEADER
Father refuses to give al Shabaab extremists information about house church pastor. NAIROBI, Kenya, July 1 (Compass Direct News) – Islamic extremists have beheaded two young boys in Somalia because their Christian father refused to divulge inform...
Stephanie Dykstra added a blog postyesterday
Hi all! I am in Uganda! i am safe and here in Uganda right now. in the CRWRC office typing this out to you. :) so far everything has been great! There is so much to take in. so much to see and so much to understand. we havent met the ugandan team ...
Marc Peterson commented on Jeremy Heyboer's blog post 'A Consistent Ethic of Life and the Election'on Wednesday
Hey Jeremy, I hope you also had a good Sabbath. On the pacifist thing, I think we know each others positions and I'll keep thinking of better ways to state my opinion, but for now I'll leave it with a couple of comments. You say conservatives want...
Ntende Daniel left a comment for Nicole Marie Perregauxon Wednesday
Catherine Cooper commented on Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma's blog post 'Eat Well Food Tour: MCC cookbooks as culture making'on Tuesday
My mother introduced me to her tattered 30-year-old copy of More with Less a few years ago, and we coincidentally discovered Simply in Season the day before I read this blog post. I can't wait to get a copy, especially after reading that apple len...
Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma added 6 blog postson Monday
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Wendy H. commented on Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma's blog post 'Eat Well Food Tour: MCC cookbooks as culture making'on Monday
I have More with Less and Simply in Season. I use SIS more but I do enjoy reading both. Yes, I'm a cookbook reader :-) I might have to put Extending the Table on my Christmas list to complete the trilogy.
Meghan Kraley left a comment for Alison Bekendamon Sunday
Derek Drenth added a blog poston Sunday
What I am worried about in preparations: that I will forget or neglect something What I am worried about during the trip: that I will make cultural blunders, that I will become sick, that I may offend someone from a different culture, and that I w...
Alison Bekendam updated their profileon Sunday
Alison Bekendam is now a member of CRC Justice Seekerson Sunday
Welcome Them!
Jeremy Heyboer commented on Jeremy Heyboer's blog post 'A Consistent Ethic of Life and the Election'June 27
Hypocrisy is such a loaded word, isn't it. I hope to be short in my replies, only because it's the end of the week and my brain needs a sabbath. So here goes my lightening round of points to ponder: 1. Sorry for not connecting the bible story of H...
Mark William Mulder left a comment for Derek DrenthJune 27
Derek Drenth left a comment for Mark William MulderJune 27
Marc Peterson commented on Jeremy Heyboer's blog post 'A Consistent Ethic of Life and the Election'June 26
Also, this from the AP.... Apparently, he is still finding leading to be very different than campaigning. WASHINGTON – The White House is considering issuing an executive order to indefinitely imprison a number of Guantanamo Bay detainees conside...
 

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Ken Bosveld

Situation in Honduras

'The Carpenteros and Friends,' a southern Ontario group, has worked closely with CRWRC on community development in Honduras for the past eight years. Please keep Honduras in your prayers, asking God for a peaceful outcome. Please also pray for the safety of two Carpenteros, Steve and Jordan Fox, who arrived in Honduras the day prior to the coup.
Assorted news stories can be accessed from our homepage - www.carpenteros.ca

Posted by Ken Bosveld on July 3, 2009 at 3:30pm

Stephanie Dykstra

Uganda

Hi all! I am in Uganda!
i am safe and here in Uganda right now. in the CRWRC office typing this out to you. :) so far everything has been great! There is so much to take in. so much to see and so much to understand. we havent met the ugandan team yet but either tonight or tomorrow we will get to. they have been meeting twice a week for two hours each time!

i am getting along great with my team they are all so much fun to get to know! but i have to go, also i dont know how much i will be on the… Continue

Posted by Stephanie Dykstra on July 2, 2009 at 9:56am

Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Eat Well Food Tour: Big Mama's Kitchen (Omaha, NE)

Our friends Matt and Elizabeth from Shickley, Nebraska said that if we were going through Omaha on our way to Chicago, we should really consider stopping at Big Mama's Kitchen. Matt gave us a business card he'd been keeping in his wallet for just such a recommendation. And we're glad Elizabeth gave us very specific instructions for finding the restaurant once we arrived at the Turning Point Campus on the north side of the city. Formerly a school for… Continue

Posted by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma on June 29, 2009 at 5:17pm

Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Eat Well Food Tour: Interview with Matt & Elizabeth Troyer-Miller

Rob and I owe a large portion of the credit for inspiring the Eat Well Food Tour to Matt and Elizabeth Troyer-Miller. Friends whom Rob met during his time at Goshen College, Matt and Elizabeth joined three others last summer in traveling around the region for the Central Plains Mennonite Conference. The mission of their tour, through conversation and worship, was to reinvigorate cong… Continue

Posted by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma on June 29, 2009 at 2:22pm

Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Eat Well Food Tour: Support Cottage Industry Laws

For several years now, Rob and I have been involved with the Three Rivers Sustainable Food Group (or just the Food Group for short). Our friend Karla started the project as part of her doctoral work in spirituality and sustainability and it's continued as a point of connection for sharing meals, local food resources and advocacy concerns.

One of the group's advocacy projects over the past couple of years has been encouraging legislation for a cottage i… Continue

Posted by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma on June 29, 2009 at 12:51pm

Derek Drenth

june blog

What I am worried about in preparations: that I will forget or neglect something
What I am worried about during the trip: that I will make cultural blunders, that I will become sick, that I may offend someone from a different culture, and that I will shy away from cross cultural interactions
Why am I worried? Because theyre things I don’t want to happen but I see the possibility that they will happen
In what situations will I need to be strong and courageous? When I am out of my comfort zone in… Continue

Posted by Derek Drenth on June 28, 2009 at 5:55pm

Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Eat Well Food Tour: Lunch at Dawg's (Shickley, NE)

With a population of 360, Shickley is one of many tiny towns dotting the Nebraska prairie. As Rob and I were driving in on Wednesday evening, we could see a storm approaching for over an hour across the vastness of the plains. We arrived at the home of our friends Matt and Elizabeth just after dark as they were about to walk the dog. Only two blocks from downtown, their house is at what would be considered the northeast edge of town.

The next morning, we walked to visit Elizabeth at the small g… Continue

Posted by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma on June 26, 2009 at 6:44pm

Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Eat Well Food Tour: Butler's Cafe & Coffee (Sioux Center, IA)

As often happens with tours of this sort, we packed our schedule extremely full--too full, perhaps. So when a particular stop didn't work out during the second week of our big Midwest leg, it was actually quite a relief to sit down in a coffee shop for a few hours and catch up on blog posts.

When Rob and I attended Dordt College in 1997-1999, there wasn't really a great coffee shop in town. There was one that was okay, and there was a better one across the cornfields in Orange City, but we desi… Continue

Posted by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma on June 26, 2009 at 6:42pm

Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Eat Well Food Tour: MCC cookbooks as culture making

One of the things that’s accompanied us these 1,300 miles so far is a crate of food-related resources, including two cookbooks created by the Mennonite Central Committee. One is Extending the Table, featuring recipes from around the world and stories to connect cooks to other cultures in meaningful ways. Another that we have with us is Simply in Season, which organizes recipes according to vegetables that are in s… Continue

Posted by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma on June 26, 2009 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma

Eat Well Food Tour: Interview with Harriet Kattenberg

In the course of planning the first leg of the Eat Well Food Tour, Dan Perkins suggested I get in touch with the Kattenbergs at Seed Time & Harvest, a certified organic CSA and market garden in Hull, Iowa. While Dan was at Dordt College, he had worked at the farm, one of the many students who have participa… Continue

Posted by Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma on June 24, 2009 at 4:00pm

 
 

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