April 2020
In this issue:
- The myth of Mary Magdalene
- Discovering I’m autistic in midlife
- Indigenous petroglyphs under threat
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In This Issue
Letters
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Uncategorised
Responses to our January/February issue (print exclusive)
Snapshot
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Justice
Lens
Tommaso Protti's photos show the humanitarian and environmental crises in the Brazilian Amazon
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Ethical Living
The List (social media exclusive)
4 libraries we'd love to visit
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Ethical Living
Ode (print exclusive)
Hot cross buns
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Ethical Living
The Marathon of Hope (social media exclusive)
This month in 1980
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Ethical Living
Cool Things (social media exclusive)
The Big Bang Theory and other inventions by Christian leaders
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Justice
Needed (print exclusive)
Useful items to donate to local refugee houses
Perspective
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Justice
There is no excuse for taking the life of a disabled person
We should show no mercy for people who commit 'mercy killings'
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Spirituality
I’m learning to honour both my Muslim and Anishinabe sides
Choosing one belief system isn't an option for me
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Ethical Living
One sapling at a time
Planting a few trees won't end the climate crisis. But we should do it anyway.
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Ethical Living
Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq on what she’s fighting for
The NDP politician doesn't want future generations to have the same conversations as she did growing up
Features
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Spirituality
Unravelling the myth of Mary Magdalene
Church fathers cast her as a fallen woman. It's time to rethink her role in the Easter story.
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Ethical Living
Sacred Indigenous rock art sites under threat
Across Canada, stories are told through drawings on stone. But protecting them shouldn't mean turning them into artifacts.
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Ethical Living
I learned I had autism at 46. I now understand myself.
A significant number of people like me are diagnosed in midlife. For reasons that are still coming to light, many of them are women.
Spotlight
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Ethical Living
Rock opera lives on
Fifty years later, Jess Christ Superstar is still at the centre of my faith
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Ethical Living
Captivating patterns
New exhibit reveals a trove of original fabric prints by Inuit artists
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Spirituality
New book documents bond between L’Arche, United Church
The two organizations have had a fruitful and reciprocal partnership since the 1970s
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Spirituality
The Passion in dinosaur country
A first-hand account of one of Canada's strangest religious spectacles
UCC in Focus
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UCC in Focus
Nova Scotia church restores beautiful hiking path
The community pitched in to help St. Ann's Bay United revitalize the Red Island Trail
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UCC in Focus
Crock-Pot program gets community cooking
barb sneyd runs a monthly com-mun-ity dinner at Trinity United in Collingwood, Ont. But she began to realize that the dinners were a handout, and that people also needed a hand up. In 2018, she started a program that teaches parti-cipants how to make easy, nutritious meals…
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UCC in Focus
Hamilton urban ministry named a best charity (print exclusive)
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UCC in Focus
Question box (print exclusive)
Congregations in conflict
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UCC in Focus
The way of the cross
The moderator's take on a powerful Easter tradition
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Spirituality
Activist on the root cause of Indigenous trauma
The activist campaigns for Indigenous peoples' right to make choices about their own land and water
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UCC in Focus
Indigenous youth explore heritage at equine program
A United Church initiative pairs young people with horses to build skills, make friends and heal
