September 2020
In this issue:
- Why melting Arctic permafrost is not a distant threat
- Hunger is forcing Indigenous Guatemalans out. What happens when Trump pushes them back?
- An interview with a nap bishop
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In This Issue
Letters
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Ethical Living
Responses to our June and July/August issues (print exclusive)
Snapshot
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Ethical Living
Lens (social media exclusive)
Photographer Pat Kane captures the story of the creation of Canada's newest national park
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Ethical Living
This month in 1974 (social media exclusive)
First women sworn in as RCMP officers
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Ethical Living
Survey says (print exclusive)
How Canada coped with COVID-19
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Spirituality
Motorcycle club and other unique chaplaincies (print exclusive)
These Canadian chaplains minister in unexpected ways and places
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Justice
Retweetable (print exclusive)
Enough is enough
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Ethical Living
Ode (print exclusive)
Coffee hour
Perspective
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Justice
What I need from white people right now
It’s way past time to confront anti-Black racism
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Ethical Living
Traditional therapy may not be the answer for men with depression
Talk may be alienating for men, says one expert
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Justice
Migrant workers in Canada deserve a better deal
These workers are essential to Canada's food system, and how we treat them should reflect that
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Justice
Fay the drag queen lets inclusivity take centre stage
Fay Slift (a.k.a. JP Kane) is one half of Fay and Fluffy, a popular Toronto drag duo that reads to children
Features
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Spirituality
Children’s Bibles are North America’s unlikeliest publishing success story
Christian comics and storybooks aim to get scripture into the hands and hearts of a new generation
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Ethical Living
Thawing Arctic permafrost seems like a distant threat. It’s not.
People displaced by the collapsing ground could be Canada's first climate refugees. But the thaw should worry everyone.
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Justice
Amid hunger and violence, Indigenous Guatemalans look for a way out
Thousands seek refuge in the United States each year. What happens when they are sent back home?
Spotlight
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Spirituality
Jewish TV dramas like ‘Unorthodox’ hit close to home for me
For a child of Holocaust survivors, the show and "The Plot Against America" describe what could have been and what could be
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Spirituality
Tender new memoir explores life as a preacher’s wife
Author Karen Stiller offers an honest account of church life in "The Minister's Wife"
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Spirituality
Nadia Bolz-Weber’s podcast offers a fresh take on confession
By making space for vulnerability, "The Confessional" underscores how people can change
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Ethical Living
5 resources to help you become a better ally to Black people
Here is a starter kit for learning about anti-Black racism
United Church in Focus
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Ethical Living
Five Oaks housing migrant workers during pandemic
The move also means the United Church retreat centre can keep its doors open
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UCC in Focus
Pension plan pushes for climate targets (print exclusive)
In a successful shareholder activism bid, the United Church's pension plan managers have demanded an oil and gas producer release its climate goals
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UCC in Focus
Why some United churches are in no rush to reopen
Though some regions are relaxing gathering rules, faith communities are still being cautious
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UCC in Focus
United Church lays off head of fundraising
The position elimination comes as part of previously planned budget cuts
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UCC in Focus
Question box (print exclusive)
Lessons from a crisis
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UCC in Focus
Retrospect (social media exclusive)
2009: Out-of-the-box churches
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UCC in Focus
A recovery worker on the hard realities of disaster and healing
The "second disaster" can dig a deeper hole than the first
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UCC in Focus
Willie Jennings on the intersection of climate and social justice
The struggle for climate justice is also about how we shape our cities, says the Yale professor and author
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UCC in Focus
Places to rest (print exclusive)
Like monarch butterflies, the church needs a gentle pause before it grows again
