
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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Responses to our June and July/August issues (print exclusive)
Snapshot
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Lens (social media exclusive)
Photographer Pat Kane captures the story of the creation of Canada's newest national park
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This month in 1974 (social media exclusive)
First women sworn in as RCMP officers
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Survey says (print exclusive)
How Canada coped with COVID-19
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Motorcycle club and other unique chaplaincies (print exclusive)
These Canadian chaplains minister in unexpected ways and places
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Retweetable (print exclusive)
Enough is enough
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Ode (print exclusive)
Coffee hour
Perspective
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What I need from white people right now
It’s way past time to confront anti-Black racism
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Traditional therapy may not be the answer for men with depression
Talk may be alienating for men, says one expert
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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United Church lays off head of fundraising
The position elimination comes as part of previously planned budget cuts
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Question box (print exclusive)
Lessons from a crisis
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Retrospect (social media exclusive)
2009: Out-of-the-box churches
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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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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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Places to rest (print exclusive)
Like monarch butterflies, the church needs a gentle pause before it grows again