May 2019
In this issue:
- How Donna Strickland balances faith and physics
- Why Trump’s wall will devastate wildlife
- Do-gooder business are making money — and a difference
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In This Issue
Letters
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Uncategorised
Responses to our February issue (print exclusive)
Snapshot
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Justice
Stunning photos showcase Muslim women’s diversity
Photographer Alia Youssef captured 160 empowering photos of women from across the country
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Justice
Love is love (print exclusive)
This month in 1969
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Ethical Living
Survey says (print exclusive)
Attitudes toward immigration: Canada vs. the world
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Spirituality
Protests and other ways churches are protecting the environment (print exclusive)
Some churches are taking the whole protecting Creation thing very seriously. These initiatives caught our attention.
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Ethical Living
All about mom (print exclusive)
The second Sunday of May always marks Mother’s Day — but how much do we really know about moms across Canada? We pulled together some interesting insights from Statistics Canada.
Perspective
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Spirituality
Ecological impact of Trump’s border wall
The proposed wall between the U.S. and Mexico is an affront to all of God’s creation
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Ethical Living
The simple way men can help fight misogyny
Men need to start doing their part in identifying and fighting a culture of sexual assault so it’s not a burden entirely carried by women, says the writer
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Ethical Living
Boomers need to rekindle their activism
Too many of us are wasting our final years ticking items off self-absorbed bucket lists
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Justice
Calgary doctor helps mothers and girls around the world
Dr. Fozia Alvi says the suffering of Rohingya refugees 'keeps on driving me'
Features
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Justice
Electricity comes with a devastating cost for Indigenous communities
Sixty percent of Canada's electricity comes from low-carbon hydro. But for some First Nations people, it has irreparably harmed their communities and lands.
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Spirituality
How this Nobel winner balances physics and faith
An active member of her Waterloo, Ont., church, Donna Strickland has spent a lifetime bucking convention
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Spirituality
Who gets to preach in the big house?
Since 2016, a non-profit with ties to Florida evangelicals has held the purse strings for prison chaplaincies in Canada. Now minority faith leaders are fighting for their place behind bars.
Spotlight
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Ethical Living
The women of dystopia (print exclusive)
In most feminist dystopias, women are the victims. But two new books reverse that narrative.
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Spirituality
Artist spent 15 years knitting gigantic interfaith tapestries
Each eight-foot-tall tapestry mimics the form of stained glass windows
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Ethical Living
Reality of motherhood (print exclusive)
"Dear Scarlet": An honest and intimate look at post-partum depression
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Ethical Living
Cottage country conflict (print exclusive)
"Cottagers and Indians": A new play examines a real-life dispute in Ontario
UCC in Focus
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UCC in Focus
A beloved church lost to arson (print exclusive)
At 5:30 in the morning on Jan. 11, Linda Baird got an alarming phone call — Murray United, a beloved local church built in 1876, had burned to the ground
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Spirituality
Church celebrates baptism with dads and surrogate mom
“We never could imagine the love we found in Cambridge Street [United] that Sunday morning," say the two dads, who live in Italy.
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UCC in Focus
Church funds businesses making money — and a difference
The United Church of Canada has embraced social enterprises, which have the potential to reinvent their local communities
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UCC in Focus
Retired minister reflects on living with dementia
For Rev. Dennis Landry, the condition has been difficult, but has also brought unexpected joys
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Spirituality
I’ve never liked my voice, but a ‘singcation’ boosted my confidence
The writer reflects on a five-day choir retreat she attended in Newfoundland
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UCC in Focus
A new kind of transplant (print exclusive)
The 'new' pipe organ at Parkview United promises to be a musical favourite with the Stratford, Ont., community of faith once installation is complete this spring
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UCC in Focus
Question box (print exclusive)
Getting new faces on the church board
