March 2020
In this issue:
- How women and girls affected by female genital mutilation are taking charge of their future
- A gift of land helps Yazidi refugees farm again
- Defending the Canada goose
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In This Issue
Letters
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Uncategorised
Responses to our December issue (print exclusive)
Snapshot
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Spirituality
Queer Filipino artist explores his Catholicism in photos
Rydel Cerezo captures the church spaces that had a key role in shaping his identity
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Justice
Uniform changes (print exclusive)
This month in 1990
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Ethical Living
Survey says (print exclusive)
The opioid crisis across the country
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Justice
Giving out free menstrual products and other ways churches support women’s health (print exclusive)
International Women’s Day is Sunday, March 8, and we’re celebrating these Canadian churches that actively contribute to women’s well-being
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Ethical Living
How many Canadians still live in rural areas?
More than a third of us live in Canada's three biggest cities
Perspective
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Spirituality
It’s time for Christians to throw in with the working class
As Canadians leave mainline churches in droves, people of faith should look back to the era of the Labour Church
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Justice
Canada must decriminalize HIV non-disclosure
Safe sex should be lawful, says the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network's executive director
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Ethical Living
Must we scare Canada geese out of our public spaces?
When I'm in the park with these birds, I feel connected to what is wild and sacred
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Spirituality
John Dominic Crossan on what we get wrong about Easter
The historical Jesus scholar prefers Eastern churches' vision of the resurrection
Features
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Spirituality
What I’ve learned at Richard Rohr’s Living School
The immersive program trains the soul for social change
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Justice
How FGM survivors are reclaiming their bodies and lives
The movement to end female genital mutilation is growing, as is specialized support and care
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Justice
I underwent FGM. It doesn’t define me
I didn't fully understand the frightening incident I experienced as a girl until recently
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Justice
The life and death of an undocumented construction worker
Fearing deportation, Alvaro Vargas Fonseca lived under the radar in Canada. When he died, his family in Costa Rica struggled to find answers.
Spotlight
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Spirituality
TV demons show us no soul is beyond redemption
These comedies examine what it means to be good in the sense of being truly moral
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Justice
Anti-fascist clergy (print exclusive)
A timely new book explores how Christians resisted fascism
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Ethical Living
Book argues the need for new stories about disability
In fairy tales, disabilities are something to pity or fear, a metaphor for some moral imperfection
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Justice
Holy justice (print exclusive)
Two sexual abuse survivors fight to hold the Catholic Church accountable in a compelling feature documentary
UCC in Focus
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UCC in Focus
Toronto church targets youth with community café
The Toronto church opened a space with good food, good friends and free programming for young people
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UCC in Focus
New United-Anglican shared ministry (print exclusive)
In September, Anglican minister Rev. Andrea Brennan took to the pulpit at Knox United in Fernie, B.C., to celebrate the official beginning of a new ecumenical shared ministry
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UCC in Focus
Nora Sanders is retiring later this year (print exclusive)
Nora Sanders will be retiring as the United Church’s general secretary, the denomination’s highest administrative position, in September 2020.
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UCC in Focus
Question box (print exclusive)
Looking for digital inspiration
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UCC in Focus
Retrospect (print exclusive)
1989: Churches against apartheid
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UCC in Focus
How a gift of land is helping Yazidi refugees farm again
After ISIS drove them from their homeland, displaced people are returning to their roots
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Ethical Living
Rueben George on his sacred duty to nature
He and other members of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation are fighting the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
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Spirituality
Christian Druid on his conversations with the lake
Shawn Sanford Beck worships the natural world while holding traditional Christian beliefs
