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Topics: UCC in Focus | History
Youth project at B.C. church captures intergenerational stories
By Pieta Woolley |Pitt Meadows United now has a detailed history of congregants' faith experiences
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Topics: Spirituality | Society
How COVID-19 is reshaping Sunday school
By Pieta Woolley |A change of format may mean a more thorough revamp for many families and churches
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Topics: Spirituality | Religion
Children’s Bibles are North America’s unlikeliest publishing success story
By Pieta Woolley |Christian comics and storybooks aim to get scripture into the hands and hearts of a new generation
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Topics: Ethical Living | Society
Can Christmas be fun and soulful again?
By Pieta Woolley |A look at how the holiday became such a dizzying cultural labyrinth
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Topics: Ethical Living | Relationships, Society
Is the ancient tradition of marriage worth saving?
By Pieta Woolley |Bitterness and boredom seem to define many mid-life marriages, but we might not have to settle for apathy ever after
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Topics: Spirituality | Opinion
I send my kids to Catholic school, but I’m not Catholic
By Pieta Woolley |A lifelong United Church member explains why she's embracing lessons in reading, writing and rosaries.
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Topics: UCC in Focus | Society
Wrestling and other amazing ways to repurpose your church
By Pieta Woolley |Some church buildings go to sleep from Monday to Friday. But elsewhere, the steepled husks moonlight as kooky and political community hubs. Here are our favourite ideas.
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Topics: Ethical Living | Opinion
Why Canada needs a free-range parenting law
By Pieta Woolley |In 1958, Good Housekeeping magazine published the Ten P.M. Cookbook filled with now-questionable food and drink recipes. It featured “Dipsy Doodle,” a dip made with pea-soup mix, sour cream and cottage cheese. Clearly, the booklet’s attraction was not the cooking. Rather, as the title suggests, the appeal was…
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Topics: UCC in Focus | Opinion
The real reason church camps are doomed
By Pieta Woolley |It’s not a lack of faith that’s killing Christian overnight camps. The actual problem is much more pedestrian – and completely fixable.
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Topics: Ethical Living | Society
Refugee clinic doctor reveals our bumpy relationship with newcomers
By Pieta Woolley |In this interview, Dr. Martina Scholtens explores her 10 years at a Vancouver refugee clinic and her recent book, "Your Heart Is the Size of Your Fist."