Canada’s remaining residential school buildings are a grim reminder to a shameful history by Pieta Woolley While many have already been destroyed, Canada is struggling to deal with those former school that continue to haunt the nation
Forgiveness helps let go of past hurts, healing a brooding brain by Vivien Fellegi Researchers are trying to figure out why holding onto hurt can be toxic to both body and mind
Sixties Scoop survivors sue Ottawa for identity genocide — a first by Anne Bokma Some 20,000 children were taken from their families from the 1960s to 1980s and placed with non-Indigenous families
Faith leaders must join the charge to divest from fossil fuels by Christine Boyle It will take moral courage to let the oil and gas industry know that they've lost their social licence
This therapist is helping residential school survivors heal in B.C. by Kate Spencer Irene Champagne, the United Church's mobile counsellor, works with four communities along the coast
Tex Sample, U.S. theologian, writes about a blue-collar ministry by Ken Gallinger Too often, the church talks when it should listen, says emeritus of Saint Paul School of Theology in Missouri
Tamil Christians are forging a spiritual home in the United Church by Mike Milne The congregation of 50 helps members connect to heritage and do social justice projects back in Sri Lanka
Residential schools foster traumatic legacy in child-protection numbers by Pieta Woolley Thousands of Indigenous children are caught up in the foster care system, a haunting echo of all those children taken to residential
Author Thomas King’s moment of truth by Julie McGonegal In his latest book, the celebrated Native author turns to non-fiction. Some of it is storytelling. The rest is history.
Three LGBTQ people explain what the United Church’s 1988 decision meant to them by Broadview Staff Twenty-five years ago, the United Church said yes to openly gay and lesbian ministers. Three people who were caught in the storm