March 2021
In this issue:
- An intimate portrait of a family farm and its workers in a pandemic year
- A community comes together to help an immigrant family facing deportation
- How one gardener is embracing the wilderness
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In This Issue
Letters
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Ethical Living
Responses from our readers (print exclusive)
Snapshot
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Ethical Living
The lens (print exclusive)
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Justice
This month in 1960 (social media exclusive)
Decolonization
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Ethical Living
Survey says
Canadian happiness on the decline
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Ethical Living
Transferring land and other ways churches support reconciliation (social media exclusive)
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Spirituality
The pope’s top tips for Lent (print exclusive)
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Ethical Living
Homes on wheels (social media exclusive)
Perspective
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Justice
How helping a refugee family taught this congregation to be the church
Windermere United was talking about closing before a family came to stay
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Spirituality
What to give up for Lent when we’ve already given up so much
No one feels like abstaining from chocolate after a year of sacrifices
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Ethical Living
Why it’s time to let native plants shine over lawns
Lorraine Johnson wants people to consider the ecological value of their property
Features
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Ethical Living
How this family farm illustrates Canada’s vulnerable food system
Temporary foreign workers are the backbone of our agricultural industry and have been keeping it afloat during the pandemic
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Spirituality
The heartbreaking and deeply Christian task of presiding over fentanyl funerals
Overdose deaths are surging in Canada, and clergy close to the crisis are doing the hard work of saying goodbye
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Ethical Living
More older women are drinking too much. A new sobriety movement aims to help.
For many, booze is the drug of choice to deal with the losses that accompany aging
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Ethical Living
For some women, Alcoholics Anonymous isn’t the way
They prefer other programs that focus on empowerment and self-care
Spotlight
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Ethical Living
Marilynne Robinson’s new novel explores an impossible love
But at the heart of "Jack" is a question of redemption
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Ethical Living
Natural virtues (print exclusive)
A new book of essays urges readers to practise empathy for the planet
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Ethical Living
Poetry kept Pádraig Ó Tuama alive. Now he’s sharing it with everyone else.
The "Poetry Unbound" podcast host asks readers to slow down their lives for 12 minutes of spoken word
United Church in Focus
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UCC in Focus
Retrospect (social media exclusive)
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UCC in Focus
Church members push for universal basic income (print exclusive)
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Ethical Living
Veterans’ House aims to serve those who have already served
The 40-unit supportive housing residence will also offer shared communal spaces that provide for veterans' unique needs
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UCC in Focus
United Church hires anti-racism and equity officer
Adele Halliday will help coordinate the denomination's anti-racism efforts
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UCC in Focus
The highs and lows of the United Church’s first year with COVID
After a hard many months, the denomination may be more united than ever
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UCC in Focus
Question Box (print exclusive)
Supporting stressed-out ministers
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UCC in Focus
‘I like knowing my art has helped people’ (print exclusive)
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UCC in Focus
Between generations (print exclusive)
