2022 Reflections

A Message from the Bedford House Board of Directors In December, as the light of the day diminishes and cold descends, kin and kind draw closer to strengthen and celebrate…

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Conscientization Anyone?

by, Allan Smith-Reeve Last Saturday I attended an all-day gathering of representatives from United Church Communities of Faith in our Eastern Ontario Region. Interesting to see how an old church…

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Sabbatical Works in progress

September 2022 It was so good to be back in church last Sunday with the choir in full form.  Old friends and new singing along with them praising our Creator,…

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Join Our REVOLUTION of KINDNESS

Dear Friend,  At a Neighbours Network meeting this fall, Matt Barlow, one of our newest Catalysts (Team members with lived-experience of poverty) told us that he feels he’s become part…

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An Oasis moment: Neighbours meet August 4th

Allan Smith-Reeve In the midst of a summer with record heat waves, wildfires beyond recorded memory, as the arrival of Global warming sinks into our psyches…the Neighbours Network gathered.  Out…

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A Failure of Imagination

Allan David Smith-Reeve, September 6, 2019 Instead of working to “fix” poverty and “the poor” – which is not working no matter how many resources we throw at it. Why…

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How does wealth isolate us?

Reverend Allan Smith-Reeve, August 2020  “Loneliness and social isolation are now being recognized as public health issues in Ontario. In his recent report, Connected Communities: Healthier Together. Ontario’s Chief Medical…

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