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Ethical Living | Editor's Letter
My last conversation with Nanny
Editor Jocelyn Bell reflects on the power of our final words with loved ones.
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UCC in Focus | Editor's Letter
The enduring link between spirituality and land
A note from the editor
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UCC in Focus | Editor's Letter
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
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Parenting | Health
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
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Religion | Interview
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 political leaders
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Faith | Society
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. God is her sense of being connected to everything in the universe
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UCC in Focus | Justice
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 in the way
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UCC in Focus | Interview, Justice
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 to sponsor families
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Justice | Society
Victoria’s homeless have rooms of their own in a $14-million facility
The new building sprang from a collaboration between a United Church drop-in centre and an interdenominational Christian housing centre
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Justice | Interview
Churches, complicit in the slave trade, must promote healing, dignity
The World Council of Churches has called for reparation for churches' roles in failing to take a strong enough stand against enslavement. That means affirming the humanity of all people
