Spirituality
Wishing you a soulful and inspiring summer
Get whisked away with stories about the moon and spiritual journeys across Canada
July/August 2019
In this issue:
- 10 Canadian spiritual road trips to feed your soul
- Moms vs. church: standing up for their queer kids
- Who owns the moon? The race to possess our celestial neighbour
Scroll down for more content from the July/August 2019 edition.
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In This Issue
Letters
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Ethical Living
Responses to our May issue (print exclusive)
Snapshot
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Justice
The lens (print exclusive)
Photographer explores queer Indigenous identities
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Ethical Living
Survey says (print exclusive)
Views on vaccinations
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Spirituality
Name that televangelist (print exclusive)
How well do you know the evangelical preachers who prayed, sweat, shouted and cried on our television screens for decades?
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Ethical Living
Gender-inclusivity and other ways church camps are accessible (print exclusive)
These groups offer the quintessential summer experience to those who might otherwise be left out
Perspective
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Ethical Living
It’s time Christians started including Latter-day Saints
Marginalizing the LDS further oppresses the Christian sect, says the author
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Ethical Living
What not to say to a parent of a child with a disability
Bringing God into it is not ideal
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Spirituality
My mosque is an empowering place for women
"Islam teaches us that men and women complement each other. We respect each other’s similarities and differences while we both strive for the shared goal of becoming closer to God."
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Justice
UN watchdog shocked by homelessness in Canada
Leilani Farha says she worries about the financialization of housing in this country
Features
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Ethical Living
50 years after Apollo 11, we’re still fighting over the moon
The author explores why humans feel entitled to possess our celestial neighbour
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Justice
These moms chose their LGBTQ2 kids over their conservative churches
When religious institutions reject their kids, these women fight back. They call themselves Mama Bears.
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Spirituality
10 Canadian spiritual road trips
Feed your soul this summer with these destinations
Spotlight
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Ethical Living
Great summer reads that are anything but light
These three works of fiction are mesmerizing, eye-opening and even difficult
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Ethical Living
Family ties (print exclusive)
A museum exhibit in Halifax reveals the varied and shifting nature of family
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Justice
A new community (print exclusive)
A recent documentary celebrates an innovative community housing project, but there may be more to the story
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Ethical Living
The Muslim next door (print exclusive)
A small-town doctor dispels myths about Islam and reveals the beauty of community
UCC in Focus
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UCC in Focus
Over 50 churches celebrate first annual PIE Day (print exclusive)
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UCC in Focus
New doc asks why we need church (print exclusive)
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UCC in Focus
Pastoral care program helps hundreds of Quebec seniors
Grants have enabled the community to hire a minister who can spend time with aging members
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UCC in Focus
Why a Catholic pharmacist saved a church in a small Ontario town
Michael Haddad, an Egyptian immigrant, bought the building, which he envisions as a home to multiple Christian denominations
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UCC in Focus
Question box (print exclusive)
Finding community after the restructure
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UCC in Focus
‘I found church centring’ (print exclusive)
Interview with Catherine Porter
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UCC in Focus
DIY slip n’ slide brought me back to the magic of childhood
For the author, plunging down a long waterslide of soapy plastic was the most fun he's ever had
