Religion
Maybe it’s time to take the Advent call to repentance seriously
A holiday message from the moderator of The United Church of Canada
December 2022
In this issue: Iconic playwright Tomson Highway on trickster wisdom; For these Canadians, reconciliation has become a personal call to action; Four LGBTQ2S+ writers on how they’re rebuilding Christmas with love.
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Editor's Letter
More than 30 years after École Polytechnique, the fight against misogyny is no less urgent
The tragedy was a feminist awakening for me, but decades later, there is still so much work to do
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Culture
Forget Hallmark Christmas movies – these films serve up the holidays without the schmaltz
Sugary sweet films have taken over our holiday screens. But some movies still deliver a dose of reality.
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Theology
1 Corinthians 13 forced me to look at love in a new light
I used to see the words as sentimental, but recently I realized they were meant to be lived
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Opinion
Multigenerational living could be a game-changer. So why don’t more people consider it?
Larger households save money and waste less
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Environment
Can the courts save us from the climate crisis?
In countries around the world, people are using the law to force those in power to act, and in some cases, to prevent action
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Religion
The United Church of Canada is healthier than most people think: Brian Arthur Brown
The longtime minister and author of “Keys to the Kindom” is hopeful about the denomination's future
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Environment
In ‘Dinner on Mars,’ food researchers redesign our agricultural system from scratch
Evan D.G. Fraser and Lenore Newman present radical solutions to our current food problems
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Indigenous
Giving land back and other ways Canadians are making reconciliation personal
These settlers are going beyond orange shirts and land acknowledgments
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Interview
Manock Lual is using his talents on the court to help kids in his hometown
The former professional basketball player's non-profit, Prezdential Basketball, empowers young people through and beyond the game
