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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: Choosing life and hope

Spirit prompted me to reflect on the nature of hope during my final offering of theological reflection at this past weekend’s national justice-making Turn! gathering in Pinawa, Manitoba. 



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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: Conversations at the table

Saturday’s Saskatoon StarPhoenix got it right: I’m boarding the Spirit Express this morning as the means by which to continue participating in all kinds of “conversations at the table.” I am grateful for many opportunities to share myriad concerns and joys of members and leaders, and for the ways your concerns and joys lead you—and me—into deeper participation in God’s healing work.



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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: By the rivers of Babylon

When we realize we need God’s healing, we’re more open to feel the touch of the Holy. That’s true not only in our personal lives but also in the life of our church. At this time in our church, we are aware of our need for healing.



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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: Balloons and believers

“Do you have any balloons?” asked the little boy, looking directly at me. The women beside me would have looked far more familiar to him. Each was wearing a hijab as we chatted beside a display table at an Eid celebration last Friday. My head was uncovered and I was wearing my big beaded cross necklace.



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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: Vacation

 

As I begin vacation, I give thanks for an extraordinary year of blessing and privilege. Last week I returned to wisdom that the Children of the 40th General Council offered the Moderator. These precious words are held in my treasured "General Council Investigators Agency Intelligence Manual," as presented to me at my installation.

 

These agents offered great advice for all of us who are taking time for rest and reflection in preparation for another busy year:



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What's in a preposition? A church "of" Canada or "in" Canada?

I’ll never forget the summer I worked at a Mennonite camp—Fraser Lake Camp—near Bancroft, Ontario.


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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: Dinner with the Queen

I promised you a blog about dinner with the Queen, and am indebted to a new friend, the Moderator of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, the Rev. Dr. Herb Gale, who will help me enormously with this account. Herb paints a great picture of the evening we shared with her Majesty at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto on July 5th. There’s no need for me to try to do any better than Herb has done with details of the evening.



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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: Canada's healing

How does The United Church “of Canada” contribute to the health and healing of Canada?



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Moderator Mardi Tindal's blog: More on the TRC—for our children and grandchildren

It’s been about a week since the end of the first national gathering of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Since then I’ve enjoyed joining the More Franchises: A Second Cup event where, among other things, I interacted with those “tweeting” in response to my sermon during the preaching time.

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