Ethical Living
Canadian dads want to spend more time with their families
In households with two opposite-gender parents, moms still carry the "mental load," but things are changing
June 2019
In this issue:
- Parenting in the age of climate change
- Helping refugees in a housing crisis
- Nuns doing cool things
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In This Issue
Letters
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Ethical Living
Responses to our March/April issue (print exclusive)
Snapshot
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Ethical Living
The lens (print exclusive)
After her four children left home, Thelma Pepper picked up a camera for the first time
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Justice
The Winnipeg General Strike (print exclusive)
This month in 1919
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Spirituality
Survey says (print exclusive)
Top 10 reasons people attend church
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Justice
Standing up to abusers and other ways nuns are changing our world (print exclusive)
Forget singing in the Alps and teaching the Commandments. These nuns are doing so much more.
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Ethical Living
Father figures (print exclusive)
As the role of dads continues to evolve, Statistics Canada gives us an interesting glimpse into fatherhood across the country
Perspective
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Justice
Self-defense classes won’t stop violence against women
The idea that they can is a fantasy that minimizes the severity of the problem
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Justice
Canadian laws still put sex workers in danger
Criminalizing aspects of the sex industry also perpetuates stigma, says this minister and writer
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Justice
Churches need to embrace people of all sizes
All bodies are a beautiful part of Creation, says this writer, and it's time spaces of faith start accommodating people-of-size as part of faithful welcome
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Spirituality
Faith in numbers (print exclusive)
This researcher is measuring the changing religious and political landscape in America
Features
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Justice
Toronto’s rental market is another nightmare for refugees
How small, faith-based organizations are working overtime to fill the gap
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Ethical Living
New dad finds reason for hope amidst climate change
The author reflects on the reality of bringing a child into a world of growing peril
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Justice
Coming of age in a Rohingya refugee camp
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya living in camps in southern Bangladesh, and young girls are some of the most vulnerable
Spotlight
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Ethical Living
One dad’s struggle to get in touch with his emotions
"I was raised to see masculine virtue in being quiet and in control"
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Spirituality
Meaning of Christ (print exclusive)
A beloved theologian champions a return to the earliest ideas about the nature of Christ
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Ethical Living
Writer’s new book highlights need for diversity in CanLit
In her debut collection of short stories, Téa Mutonji brings great detail and nuance to the world of Loli, a Congolese refugee in Toronto
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Spirituality
New podcast grapples with sexual abuse in the Catholic church
The host of "Deliver Us" is committed to remaining a Catholic, but she's shaken and looking for answers
UCC in Focus
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Spirituality
Christians, Muslims and Sikhs work together to feed the hungry
The weekly supper club, which has become "a hub for the community," has helped individuals prosper
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UCC in Focus
Saying goodbye to High Horizons (print exclusive)
After 50 years, a long-running social program for people with disabilities in Ottawa is closing its doors
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UCC in Focus
New support for French ministries (print exclusive)
Francophone ministries in the United Church have a new national governing body
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UCC in Focus
Question box (print exclusive)
Mixing ministry and politics
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UCC in Focus
Do you believe in God?
This commissioning question has me reconsidering becoming a minister
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Spirituality
My partner’s death taught me to embrace both sorrow and joy
The writer reflects on what has helped her cope after a devastating loss
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UCC in Focus
How a United Church member and four Filipino sailors became family
United Church member Heather Cooke shares a tight bond with the men
