Amid reports that Chief Theresa Spence, on hunger strike since December 11, is weakening, Christian Peacemaker Teams' Aboriginal Justice Team requests prayer support for her and the Idle No More movement, and communications to two government officials.

A month in
the life of
CPT Iraqi
Kurdistan

Pray for women in Iraqi Kurdistan and around the world who, obeying the divine voice, are challenging discriminatory harm and inviting the breathe of life to blow afresh through their families, communities and societies.

As the First Nations-led Idle No More
movement shakes Canadian efforts
to alter the legislative landscape,
there are more areas than just one
worthy of an auditor's scrutiny.

A refreshing and gentle breeze is being felt above the plains of Iraqi Kurdistan.  It brings with it courage and enthusiasm, and the prophecy of a new generation of human relationships. It affirms the wisdom within every human spirit that all persons are equally positioned by the Great Creator.

Barrancabermeja's piano has a legend
like this: once a year, two chosen hands reach out
to sing an audience silent. Its ivory keys become the words
that form a single sentence, different for each member in the crowd. 

Pray that justice-seeking communities in Palestine, Israel and around the world stand firm to prevent the eviction of more than a thousand villagers in Massafer Yatta, south of Hebron, West Bank, and the conversion of their homeland into a bombing range. 

Merry Christmas! For each of the twelve 
days of Christmas, Christian Peacemaker
Teams is honoring a specific CPTer. Here
are the last six.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has agreed to meet
with First Nations leaders on 11 January. Attawapiskat Chief
Theresa Spence, whose 25-day hunger strike forced the meeting,
wants the Governor General, Queen Elizabeth II’s Representative
in Canada, to be there too.

Pray for eight peacemakers-in-training this month in Chicago. Give thanks for God's faithful walk with them. Beg the Spirit of Jesus to encourage and prepare them -- heart, mind, body and soul -- for team ministry ushering out the dominion of oppression and war.