Episode 124 of The New Leaf Project is here! Elle is joined in this episode by Albert Chu, the Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership at St. Andrews Hall.  In their conversation they talk about the realities that need to be faced by Canadian practitioners; considering new paths forward that don’t ignore very real constraints but imagine new ways of doing ministry. Learn more about the certificate program in Missional Leadership at the Centre for Missional Leadership, St. Andrews Hall: - https://www.standrews.edu/cml/ Albert Chu is the Director of the Centre for Missional Leadersh ..read more

Episode 123 of The New Leaf Project is here! Elle is joined in this episode by Krista-Dawn Kimsey, the Director of Learning and Innovation of Servant Partners Canada. Krista-Dawn is a longtime friend of the New Leaf Network, and has been teaching the Canadian Church from her perspective of seeking God's shalom by pursuing holistic transformation of urban poor communities alongside our neighbours. Learn more about the certificate of Community Transformation that Servant Partners Canada offers : - https://www.servantpartners.org/certificate Krista-Dawn Kimsey is a Ukrainian-German Canadian ..read more

Episode 122 of The New Leaf Project is here! Hear the story of the epiphany that led Wendy Janzen to start a forest church, and subsequently co-found the Wild Church Network. Forest Church/Wild Church are unique expressions of church, where we worship both in and with all creation. It is not just taking a regular worship service and moving it outdoors - it is engaging with God's imminent presence among us, recognizing we are standing on holy ground, and opening ourselves to ways that creation itself both praises God and reveals God's love, wisdom, and provision. Learn more ..read more

Episode 121 of The New Leaf Project is here! Today on our feed we're featuring the second episode of the Disability & the Canadian Church podcast, part of of the New Leaf Network of Podcasts. This second Cynthia Tam and Stephen Bedard about autism and the church. Cynthia and Stephen help us to learn from multiple perspectives: parent, pastor, professional, self-advocate, ministry leader, and author. We talk about friendship and family, kinship and community, the language we use and the beauty of communication beyond words. You can find Stephen’s writing on the Disability and Faith Forum at ..read more

Episode 120 of The New Leaf Project is here! Today on our feed we're featuring the first episode of the Disability & the Canadian Church podcast, part of of the New Leaf Network of Podcasts. This first episode of the limited series is an honest and vulnerable conversation about healing vs. curing, barriers to accessibility, finding belonging in church communities, and resisting normalcy. The hosts Jasmine and Keith are joined by Bethany McKinney Fox, a public speaker, contemplative, and the author of “Disability and the Way of Jesus,” and Matt Arguin - a Community Member with Wis ..read more

Episode 119 of The New Leaf Project is here! In this week's conversation, Dr Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme, Professor in Sociology at the University of Waterloo, shares with us the ethnocultural and religious take-aways from the 2021 Canadian Census, released at the end of 2022.  Sarah gives expert data interpretation to those parsing through this invaluable religious affiliation data for Canadians.  She unpacks all the major findings, including the unexpected data that non-religious Canadians have more than doubled in the past 20 years — to 34.6 percent, up from 16.5 percent in 2001 ..read more

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent. Elle Pyke shares her reflection for Christmas Day - The Embodiment of Christmas Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com ..read more

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent. Rohadi shares his reflection for the fourth Saturday of Advent - Advent Solidarity Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com ..read more

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent. Jared Siebert shares his reflection for the fourth Friday of Advent - The Road Marked Unease Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com ..read more

Slow down, pay attention, and listen to the words as writers share their Advent Reader reflections on Known and Unknown: Dwelling in the Mystery of Advent. Sonia Reid Noble shares her reflection for the fourth Wednesday of Advent - Getting Comfortable with Uncomfortability Music by Canadian Award Winning Singer/Songwriter Drew Brown www.drewbrownmusic.com ..read more