Photo credit: Marvin Meyer (unsplash) For months now, I’ve been wanting to write a post about misinformation and disinformation online and how to navigate it as Christians, as people who are supposed to love and speak the truth, but this past week I read this piece from Patrick Miller at The Gospel Coalition and thought, why write my own thing … Read More
Crisis in Ukraine: How You Can Help
On February 24, in an act of pure imperialism, Russia deployed its military into Ukraine. This “war will lead to grave human suffering. The world will bear witness to innocent deaths, and the destruction of daily life will result in massive displacement. This will be felt across Europe and the globe. The war will also impact food supply for countries … Read More
Reflections on the trucker convoy, freedom, and our True Hope
Written by: David Hood I want to start by saying that I get it. I get peoples’ frustration with the current state of things. We are all emotionally and mentally exhausted from two years of uncertainty, endless pivoting, confusing and mixed messaging, inconsistent and contradictory protocols, lies and over-promises, family divides and fractured friendships, loss of all kinds, dashed hopes, … Read More
Choose Life: A Prayer
Written by: David Hood On the first Sunday of this new year, I shared the following verses with my church from Deuteronomy 30: “This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach. It is not in heaven so that you have to ask, ‘Who will go up to heaven, get it for us, … Read More
Is Getting Vaccinated a Gospel Act?
Written by: David Hood NOTE: I initially wrote this privately for my church family, but I’ve been encouraged that it is worthwhile to share publicly. I hope you find it helpful. The goodness and necessity of vaccines is, unfortunately, a deeply thorny issue in evangelical circles and has been for years. The COVID pandemic has once again brought this conversation … Read More
Afghanistan- How You Can Help
Our denomination, the Mennonite Brethren, is home to Canada’s first Afghan church, The Afghan Church of the GTA, whose mission is to reach Afghans, Iranians, and Tajiks with the love of Jesus. They have services in Mississauga and Scarborough and are looking to plant more churches, and have an online ministry, Afghan Online Christian TV, that reaches thousands all over … Read More
The Christians We Need Right Now- part 3
Written by: David Hood This is part 3 of a 3 part series. Read parts 1 and 2 here an here. In these posts, I am asking the question what kinds of Christians do we need right now in these tumultuous and volatile times? In this post, I would humbly suggest we need Christians who work for peace and unity, … Read More
Resources on Racial Justice- Spotlight on Anti-Indigenous Racism in Canada
The discovery of the remains of 215 children buried in unmarked graves at the Kamloops Residential School in BC has brought to the forefront again the dark stain of the residential school system on our nation’s history and the history of the institutional church. Untold suffering was inflicted on our indigenous neighbours by our government and by people like us, … Read More
The Christians We Need Right Now- part 2
Written by: David Hood This is part 2 of a 3 part series. Read part 1 here. In these posts, I am asking the question what kinds of Christians do we need right now in these tumultuous and volatile times? In this post, I would humbly suggest we need Christians who use Scripture properly. This past year has revealed that … Read More
The Christians We Need Right Now- Part 1
Written by: David Hood Last year, early on in the pandemic I wrote two posts on the kinds of Christians we don’t need in a crisis. We are now currently battling the third wave of this virus with warnings that a fourth wave is inevitable if we don’t make changes, and now we’re hearing that we will most likely see … Read More