It’s time for equality for women in the United Church
'It’s a wonder that we continue to see male ministers as normative and attach shame to female ministers’ biology and sexuality.'
Our magazine’s plastic problem
"While I can easily defend the use of a polybag on financial grounds, it would be unconscionable to deliver a cover story
My last conversation with Nanny
Editor Jocelyn Bell reflects on the power of our final words with loved ones.
The enduring link between spirituality and land
A note from the editor
We’ll miss you, David Wilson
After 30 years at The United Church Observer and 11 as editor, the magazine says goodbye to an old friend and mentor
Infertility took Jocelyn Bell on a gruelling ride. This is her story
Being unable to get pregnant shook her to her core and led to years of painful self-reflection
Summit of interfaith leaders across Canada to deliver G8 message
Karen Hamilton, general secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches, is coordinating the meeting, which will produce its own declaration for the
Convention of atheists causes writer to fine-tune what she believes
She can't denounce her faith in God, just as she can't denounce her faith in love, art, nature, science, beauty or humanity.
Blindness is a nuisance, but it carries blessings, too, minister says
Sharon Ballantyne is the United Church's first blind ordained minister. It's not about being a pioneer. It's about not letting fear get
United Church’s point person on refugees talks to the Observer
Susan Ferguson says Canada is going to start getting a wave of people fleeing the Iraqi war and that congregations may want
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June 2025 Issue In this issue: Facing the next century with faith; How the legacy of the social gospel has shaped the United Church; The story of the Indigenous Church and a journey to right relations |
