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Death | Ethics
Religious leaders sit down with The Observer to talk ethics and death
Against the backdrop of an aging population, advances in medical technology and looming legal battles, eight Winnipeg faith leaders discuss the spiritual nuances of assisted dying
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UCC in Focus | Church News
United Church’s new moderator is a poet, a preacher, a pioneer
Rt. Rev. Gary Paterson brings a keen intellect and a passion for words to his new role as the United Church’s elected spiritual leader. And by the way, he’s gay.
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Spirituality | Religion
Rev. Bruce Sanguin brings an athlete’s intensity to his spiritual questing
The United Church minister is busy reconciling traditional theological thinking with science and the universe's natural mysticism
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Death | Interview, LGBTQ2S+
Cancer death of gay partner flows into poignant memoir, with tears
David Hallman's partner of 33 years lived for just 16 days after his cancer diagnosis, and the story of their life together poured out in the weeks that followed
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Religion | Interview
Scholar of New Testament, Amy-Jill Levine, talks about anti-Semitism
Feminist, Jewish academic teaches at a Protestant divinity school in the "buckle of the Bible belt." In this interview, she explores the state of Jewish-Christians relations
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UCC in Focus | Interview
United Church must realize it can’t be everything to everybody
Nora Sanders, the general secretary, says the church is in an exciting time of finding new directions and making choices about the way forward
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UCC in Focus | Interview
United Church’s main theological school has new principal from U.S.
Mark Toulouse comes from Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas, but says Canada and the U.S. have a long history of association among theological schools
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UCC in Focus | Women
United Church Women faces challenges as family time constraints rise
"There's no question, we were the backbone of the church," UCW president Joyce MacKinnon tells The Observer
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World | Health, Interview
United Church supports lunch plus schooling for Kenyan AIDS orphans
Cate Dewey, a professor of veterinary science at the University of Guelph, was in Kenya on a research trip when she noticed many children were not going to school. She came up with a program on the spot
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UCC in Focus | Interview
United Church is too easily seduced by Empire, the moderator says
Those values are measured by money and numbers, but the United Church doesn't have a big disciple-factory out by the highway
