Grace and peace to you through our Saviour, Jesus Christ, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea. ...The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.” - Ps. 46:1,2,11 As Montreal enters the second wave of the pandemic, we are all digesting the news differently. Amidst our myriad ways of dealing with this, the one constant in all of our lives is learning to live with uncertainty. This is hard for us because many of us in North America have not experienced uncertainty on this level before. And yet, we are all learning how to have faith in th
Grace and peace to you through our Saviour, Jesus Christ, “And God said, ‘See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit.’” - Genesis 1:29 I am sure you join with me in offering condolences to the Kahnawake community after the untimely death of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake’s grand chief, Joe Norton. In their weekly newspaper, The Eastern Door [for Friday, August 21, 2020 (Vol. 29, No. 34)], they described him as “one of the most influential indigenous leaders in the world” (pg. 1). He is described as not just a leader, but the kind of statesman who you only meet once in a lifetime. As the community grieves, the
