5 facts about the Gideons
1. The Gideons International in Canada employs 32 people and has an annual budget of $8 million. It’s funded by membership dues,
Who says religion and pornography don’t mix?
Online erotica is booming, and so are porn addictions. But mainline churches seem all too content to look away.
The conversion of Michael Coren
Canada’s most strident Christian conservative has had a change of heart
Bruce Cockburn, celebrated singer, writes about activism in memoir
Travels in the 1980s and '90s convinced him that the United Church has stood out as an agent of change
Founder of Toronto’s Romero House talks about faith in the public square
Mary Jo Leddy is also a writer and theologian.
The unlikely ascent of Kathleen Wynne
Ontario’s first female premier has surmounted barriers all her life. But she’s never strayed far from her United Church roots.
New research says praying can change your brain, no kidding
More activity in the frontal lobes, and parts controlling visualization, language, emotion
Unravelling the mysteries of prayer
New research suggests that praying really can transform you — starting with your brain
Progressive Kansas City church calls itself the future of faith
Integral Christianity recasts the Trinity into Infinite, Intimate and Inner, relies on mysticism and song
Baseball has religious echoes, says writer and lecturer Peter J. Schwartz
The game has a resurrection in spring and a finale every fall in the "holiest of holy" days, the World Series' last
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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 |
