Table of Contents
Preface: Liberating the Bible Steve Heinrichs xi
Return to the Good Marcus Briggs-Cloud 3
Goodness Turns Christina Conroy 8
The Foolishness of Petropolis Steve Heinrichs 12
The Oath of Melchizedek Norman Habel 17
I Chose Miriam Jennifer Henry 21
The Failed Assimilation of Saxon Peter Haresnape 24
Economies of Enough Carmen Lansdowne 28
In the Seventh Round of the 13 Moons Rarihokwats 31
Not Your Promised Land Tamara Shantz 34
Scouting the Haldimand Tract Sara Brubacher 37
The Boundaries and Limits of Settler Colonialism Pekka Pitkänen 40
The 15 Commandments Musa W. Dube 47
Destroy Everything Derrick Jensen 52
To the Present Day Daniel Hawk 57
Heroes Save Lives Tobin Miller Shearer 60
What about Orpah? Vivian Ketchum 63
Give Us a King Deanna Zantingh 66
The Storyteller's Rebellion Bob Haverluck 71
The Land: Our Life Ellen F. Davis 76
Lost and Found Steve Heinrichs 79
Unmasking State Theology Gerald O. West 82
Prayer of the Sent-Away Ryan Dueck 88
The Moons of Renewal and Growth Robert Two Bulls 92
They Were All Captive Sarah Travis 96
The Truth of Bimaadiziwin Kathy Moorhead Thiessen 100
Will You Walk? Leah Gazan 104
See the Colonizing Mandate Stan McKay 108
Reconciled Rarihokwats 112
You Alone Listened Lori Ransom 115
Today, Know This Robert O. Smith 120
No Fence Can Hold Cheryl Bear 123
A True Reckoning Darrin W. Snyder Belousek 127
The Jewish Indigenous After Marc H. Ellis 131
Lament on Coast Salish Land Benjamin Hertwig Céline Chuang 134
Remember that Spot? Peter Haresnape 140
Yosemite Laments Katerina Friesen 145
These Bones Live Roland Boer 148
Truth to Power Randy Woodley 154
A Secure Word Walter Brueggemann 158
With Mountains and Rivers Bearing Witness James W. Perkinson 162
Word of Liberation Peter C. Phan 167
The Fire of Kisemanito Mark Bigland-Pritchard 172
Yon and Madre Tierra Rose Marie Berger 176
Talking Back: A Sermon Julia M. O'Brien 180
Resisting the Great Co-mission Mitzi J. Smith 184
A Shaman Appealed in Ventura Ched Myers 190
Mending the Broken Circle Steve Heinrichs 196
Beyond the Strong Man Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval 200
An Urge in Letter Kwok Pui-Ian 204
Reclaiming People Power Joerg Rieger 208
Go Listen Rachel Chris Brnjas 211
For God so Loved Rebecca Voelkel 216
Stolen Waters, Thirsty People Susanne Guenther Loewen 220
Unholy Alliances Joshua Grace 223
Voices Rise Joy De Vito 230
Resistance with Love Daniel L. Smith-Christopher 234
No Gods David Driedger 237
White Law Alain Epp Weaver 240
Dancing with God Anita L. Keith 243
Good News to the Colonized? Neil Elliott 247
Totalizing Lisa Martens 250
Let Us Imagine Miguel A. De La Torre 256
We Saw Our Grandchildren Sara Anderson Edward Benton-Banai 260
Ripe for Judgment Sheila Klassen-Wiebe 266
Survival Space Chris Budden 271
Peter's Letter to Canadian Christians Steve Heinrichs 273
O Cedar Tree, Clap Your Hands Wes Howard-Brook 278
Turtle Island Renewed Dan Epp-Tiessen 281
Afterword: We Need Our Lands Sylvia McAdam 285
