Justice
An update from Broadview on our diversity goal
Our publication is at its best when more perspectives are included
March 2022
In this issue:
- How Herbie Kuhn became the voice and soul of the Toronto Raptors
- What Canada can learn from Berlin’s tenant movement
- The innovative Japanese method of growing mature forests
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In This Issue
Letters
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Ethical Living
The right to choose (print exclusive)
Responses from our readers
Snapshot
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Ethical Living
The Lens
Hilary Gauld-Camilleri combats misconceptions of kids with Down syndrome
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Ethical Living
This month in 1985 (print exclusive)
Man in Motion world tour begins
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Ethical Living
Survey Says (print exclusive)
Get to know Generation Z
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Justice
Cool Things (print exclusive)
Safe injection sites and other ways churches address the opioid crisis
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Ethical Living
Good Advice (print exclusive)
How to set and maintain boundaries
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Spirituality
Ode (print exclusive)
The hymnal
Perspective
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Justice
Gay bars are disappearing
Let’s remember and preserve these formative queer spaces
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Spirituality
Every time I walk by my sister’s apartment, time stands still
It was in her third-floor apartment that she told us she wasn't doing well
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Ethical Living
The world and the church have to understand how much they need elder seniors
There is a wealth of wisdom, experience and spiritual insight that now is vanishing down the social drainpipe
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Ethical Living
This environmental advocate leads youth through small actions and big ideas
The teachings of Kehkashan Basu's Hindu faith inform her work
Features
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Justice
Berlin’s radical renter movement has lessons for Canada’s big cities
These German tenants are fighting to keep the local market affordable
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Spirituality
How Herbie Kuhn became Canada’s most famous chaplain
Meet the voice and soul of the Toronto Raptors
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Ethical Living
Japanese method can grow forests 10 times faster — and help heal our planet
The Miyawaki method also represents a dramatic evolution in our understanding of what trees do
Spotlight
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Ethical Living
Immersive shows are frantic and frenzied and here to stay
They may not be subtle, but they're powerful in their own way, and they're also easier for many people to access
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Ethical Living
this girl is blessed
A poem
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Ethical Living
Now in her 90s, Sister Virginia Varley is a painter still open to surprises
After spending almost two decades painting mandalas, Varley now finds joy in abstraction
UCC in Focus
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UCC in Focus
New Halifax church creates a space where queer people are the majority
Preaching duty at Queer Spirit Church is shared between four people, including a Baptist deacon and a United Church minister
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UCC in Focus
Groundbreaking multifaith library coming to Montreal church
St. James United will be the new home for multiple collections of books from a range of traditions
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Spirituality
‘Radical change’ required to tackle climate crisis after disaster in B.C., say ministers
Flooding is only the latest natural disaster to hit the province this year
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UCC in Focus
United Church declares vision for its future (print exclusive)
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UCC in Focus
Can a congregation just decide to cut their minister’s hours?
Christopher White explores the question of part-time ministry in his monthly Question Box column
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UCC in Focus
Retrospect (print exclusive)
Bricks and mortar
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UCC in Focus
How Vancouver’s First United centres Indigenous healing
The organization emphasizes Indigenous leadership and creates a safe space for Indigenous community members to just be themselves
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UCC in Focus
Guaranteed livable income advocate on having to choose between groceries and rent
Mark Olfert says he thinks that everyone should receive such a benefit
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UCC in Focus
A moment at church allowed me to let go and cry for my mother
I didn't shed a tear when when she was diagnosed, or when we celebrated her 65th birthday two weeks before her surgery
