WELCOME HOME AFTER MORE THAN 2 DECADES OF TEACHING!
Welcome Home! Scholars Return to Canada After More Than...
You'll still see the words "Anonymous in Asia" beside a silhouette on our GSC Scholars page, but we wanted to celebrate the safe return of a dedicated scholar who served faithfully for over 20 years abroad. They'd been in lockdown since the end...
John & Anne will begin serving with Global Scholars Canada in South Africa in 2020. They have many years of international travel, education, and mission behind them already, and they are excited to embark on their newest adventure at Mukhanyo...
Dia Diafwila, a GSC scholar since 2016, teaches online from Canada to his home country of D.R. Congo, as well as Cameroon.
He is working with educational leaders to establish an e-learning centre in Kinsasha, Congo.
They are in need of teaching materials, online textbooks, computers/laptops, and professors! Courses will be offered in Social Work, Victimology, Pastoral Care, Counseling, and Psychotherapy.
If you know of anyone who may be interested in supporting this venture, please let us know!
NEW BOARD MEMBER
Welcome New Board Member - Deborah Bowen
Deborah Bowen grew up in the south of England in a house full of books where both parents were professional writers. After studying English Language and Literature at Oxford University, she taught first in high-school in Bristol and then...
While preparing to preach on the complaints of Psalm 102, I noticed Anglican theologian N. T. Wright published a short article in TIME magazine on March 29th provocatively entitled “Christianity Offers No Answers About the Coronavirus. It's Not Supposed To.” In this article he invites the reader not to long-winded theological explanations as to why COVID-19 has shaken the planet, but rather to considAer the Psalms, where the God-hungry poet cries out, asking “Why?” In other words, he calls people to lament, to enter into the suffering of their neighbours, mourning with those who mourn.
In fact, Wright adds that “the mystery of the biblical story is that God also laments.” The Spirit groans with us, and with creation, leaning into redemption. What Wright did not know at the end of March was that there would be news erupting that would overtake the headlines of the virus—stories of racism, murder, riots, and protests. Again, there is a temptation to pontificate about what this means, why these horror stories of police brutality flood our screens. But Wright’s wisdom once again applies: venture lament, and enter into God’s lament. It’s a good place to start.
Within every lament is a latent hope: God hears, and God cares. Our laments lead us to listen, and to well-considered collective action. May God give all our scholars wisdom as they navigate the vulnerable and volatile waters of their campuses and countries, so that they may be a “redemptive influence” as our vision states. Please pray for those threatened by COVID and its restrictions and those caught in the tensions and talk around racism, policing, and systemic change.
A Letter to My American Friends and Partners: Canada is...
Some of the news coming from the U.S. of late has been quite shocking, and not just the COVID death statistics. George Floyd's murder and the reaction to it, including the burning of a police station in Minneapolis and President Trump's tweets...
Two Cheers for Zoom: Video Conferencing during COVID...
Zoom means fast. Zoom is so fast it connects two distant points almost instantly. In fact, Zoom assumes social distance, and to some extent the whole modern world is zooming away during COVID: families, friends, churches, businesses, governments, ...
Continued healing for COVID cases, successful containment and vaccination research
Praise for new GSC scholars
Guidance and creativity for scholars worldwide
Pray for many new programs developing in the Congo through Dia and his associates
Praise for safe travel home for anonymous GSC Scholar who was in Central Asia!
Wisdom and discernment for GSC Scholars seeking placement
Praise for a good time of fellowship online June 6th
Continued success in networking across Canada for with potential partners and scholars
Blessing on SCS efforts in building a community of scholars around the world
MEET THE GSC SCHOLARS
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