December 2019, Ethical Living
There’s still much to Christmas that I haven’t explored
But finding new meaning in the season doesn't happen spontaneously
December 2019
In this issue:
- Can Christmas be fun and soulful again?
- Thirty years after École Polytechnique
- Making mental health care affordable
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In This Issue
Letters
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Ethical Living
Responses to our October issue (print exclusive)
Snapshot
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Spirituality
The lens (print exclusive)
Saving Jesus' birthplace
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Ethical Living
Mapped out (print exclusive)
Our cannabis use before and after legalization
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Spirituality
The list (print exclusive)
How to become a saint
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Ethical Living
Churches doing cool things (print exclusive)
Becoming a library and other beautiful ways church buildings are being rejuvenated
Perspective
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December 2019, Ethical Living
The travel industry is selling us a myth about self-growth
And we're buying it
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December 2019, Spirituality
Forget meek and mild, the Virgin Mary was a slam poet
Jesus' mother is an active creator of her own story, a feisty young person who won’t be scolded into silence by her elders
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December 2019, Justice
Why divesting from oil doesn’t always work
Responsible investment is harder than just walking away, but it allows us to advocate for change
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December 2019, Justice
Cathy Crowe sees political 'cold-heartedness' on housing
The activist nurse, who has had a decades-long career caring for people in the streets of Toronto, says she's 'very depressed' about leadership on the issue
Features
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December 2019, Ethical Living
Can Christmas be fun and soulful again?
A look at how the holiday became such a dizzying cultural labyrinth
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December 2019, Justice
After the Montreal Massacre
The shooting at École Polytechnique shocked the nation. Thirty years later, six people close to the tragedy share how it galvanized them to work for change.
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December 2019, Justice
Why it’s so hard to find affordable mental health care
For many of the 6.7 million Canadians affected by mental illness, help is out of reach
Spotlight
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December 2019, Ethical Living
Time-loop TV shows are stories for a secular age
Contemporary programs are rebooting the ancient idea that time repeats itself. Are they searching for a non-religious version of eternity?
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Spirituality
Finding faith on the way (print exclusive)
A writer rediscovers God along an ancient pilgrimage route
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December 2019, Spirituality
New book explores how to be spiritual but secular
"My Year of Living Spiritually" is most inspiring when it finds transcendence in community
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Ethical Living
Poem: Kissing the Ground (print exclusive)
From "Falling for Myself"
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December 2019, Justice
Jill Pelto’s art depicts climate change in way data can’t
The Earth scientist layers line graphs atop colourful paintings that illustrate the numbers
UCC In Focus
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December 2019, UCC in Focus
Lower Sackville church starts free meals food truck
The initiative targets youth and teens, who may not show up to church halls for a meal
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December 2019, UCC in Focus
Richard Bott on the power of storytelling at Christmas
Even in a world like ours, one that is distant in time and space from the world Jesus was born into, the stories of his birth are important
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December 2019, UCC in Focus
Indigenous United Church has a new structure
By the end of August's National Indigenous Spiritual Gathering, a new form of self-governance was in place
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UCC in Focus
Question box (print exclusive)
How can our church reclaim Christmas?
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UCC in Focus
The longest journey home (print exclusive)
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UCC in Focus
Minister supports people with addictions (print exclusive)
