Justice
This month’s incredible cover story was 6 years in the making
Behind the scenes of David Wilson's piece about a United Church minister's journey with a death-row inmate
January/February 2023
In this issue:
- The friendship between a Texas death-row inmate and a Canadian minister
- Lawrence Hill on writing the Black experience for children
- The price of pets
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In This Issue
Letters
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Ethical Living
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A closer look
Snapshot
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Ethical Living
The lens (print exclusive)
Photographer Pascal Lee on the joy of being at a basketball game featuring some of the biggest names in North America's Asian community
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Justice
This month in 1998 (print exclusive)
Government issues apology to Indigenous peoples
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Uncategorised
Survey says (print exclusive)
Adults over 50 are barely visible in TV and film
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Justice
Cool things (print exclusive)
Food, fellowship and other ways churches support migrant workers
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Ethical Living
Good advice (print exclusive)
How to limit time spent on social media
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Justice
Tool kit
Animal food bank
Perspective
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Spirituality
Why funerals still matter
End-of-life rituals are essential to the grieving process
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Ethical Living
The billions we spend on our pets could fight global poverty instead
In North America, pets are a $100-billion industry. Shouldn't we value humans more?
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Ethical Living
Author Lawrence Hill on why he doesn’t believe in talking down to children
The Canadian literary icon says he hopes that kids and their parents will engage with the challenging themes in his first book for the younger set
Features
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Justice
Ramiro Gonzales faces execution. His friendship with a Canadian minister has changed them both.
The death-row inmate and his spiritual adviser, Rev. Bri-anne Swan, started out as pen pals
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Spirituality
Christians need to grapple with their relationship to the death penalty
Jesus died by capital punishment. And yet, Christians are so often its most passionate supporters.
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Ethical Living
The incredible story of finding my brother in my 60s
We were born a week apart, in the same hospital, to different mothers — and that is just the beginning of our healing journey
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Justice
Why descendants of Black settlers in Ontario fought to keep a controversial road name
This group has been working to retain Negro Creek Road for 28 years
Spotlight
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Ethical Living
Scarborough gets to play itself in two powerful new films
'Brother' and 'Scarborough' shine a light on Toronto’s city within a city — and the first- and second-generation Canadians who call it home
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Ethical Living
S.K. Ali’s bestselling teen romances put Muslim stories front and centre
The author doesn't try to explain Islam to wider society in her books: "Readers should know who we are," she says
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Ethical Living
In ‘Women Talking,’ the repressed refuse to remain compliant
Sarah Polley's adaptation of Miriam Toews’s book spotlights women in a tight-knit Mennonite colony grappling with sexual assault
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Ethical Living
Castleton Massacre survivor co-authors memoir
The book honours the voices of the victims and sheds light on femicide in Canada
UC In Focus
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UCC in Focus
Recycled wood shop builds funds and community
Rev. Ross White and Rev. Don Robertson are donating almost all of the money they earn to First United in Vancouver
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UCC in Focus
Small-town church celebrates big green win (print exclusive)
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UCC in Focus
Multimillion-dollar bequest boosts United Church of Canada finances
The large donation significantly brightens General Council's financial outlook
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UCC in Focus
How to cope with volunteer burnout at your church
Question Box columnist Christopher White advises a reader worried about the lack of energy in their congregation
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UCC in Focus
Retrospect (print exclusive)
An era for ecumenism
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UCC in Focus
Union United in Montreal has been a Black community bedrock for more than a century
The historic Black congregation is the United Church's oldest
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UCC in Focus
How being a sex therapist has made this minister a ‘better human being’
Rev. Sue Browning on the United Church's unique perspective on sexuality
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Spirituality
Mourning my granddaughter’s death meant facing my anger
A writer on navigating the landscape of loss and grief after a shocking tragedy
