The Holland I never knew
A first-generation Dutch-Canadian wrestles with her religious history in the land of her ancestors
An evolutionary Christian on the limitations of the human experience
Bruce Sanguin talks about the evolution of the soul, the limitations of the human experience and his new book.
When faith and tradition collide with sexual education
In the face of a new sex-ed curriculum, one United Church-minister-turned-teacher is using her own coming-out experience to educate young people
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
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