What land are you on

I live in Edmonton, located within Treaty 6 Territory and within the Métis homelands and Métis Nation of Alberta Region 4. We acknowledge this land as the traditional territories of many First Nations such as the Nehiyaw (Cree), Denesuliné (Dene), Nakota Sioux (Stoney), Anishinabae (Saulteaux) and Niitsitapi (Blackfoot). If you’ve grown up believing that no one…

Messengers of Grace

This morning I watched over the producer’s shoulder (aka Wendy) as the Messengers of Grace were commissioned. The service is taped for re-broadcast tomorrow, and good thing too because right at the end of the broadcast we lost the feed from Winnipeg. Oh boy – pandemic mode! At any rate it turned out just fine…

Salvation Songs 1892

In the many treasures that my Dad had in his possession is this little songbook. There are a few pages missing which do not allow it to be dated easily but you’ll see by the photo of this one page, there is a report on the work of TSA which highlights the year-end of 1891…