Michael Brown died by police bullet and a rights movement was born
Protests started in Missouri and spread around the world with the cry "Black Lives Matter"
Fair trade coffee might not be as beneficial as you think
Buying fair trade coffee doesn’t hurt. But it doesn’t help as much as we might imagine.
New research says praying can change your brain, no kidding
More activity in the frontal lobes, and parts controlling visualization, language, emotion
Unravelling the mysteries of prayer
New research suggests that praying really can transform you — starting with your brain
The Christmas crèche has an enduring appeal, a powerful symbol of hope
The crèche evokes Eden before the fall, a moment of paradise regained where all God’s creatures dwell in harmony
Rev. Evan Smith on being a queer Indigenous Christian
After a difficult life and coming out process, Smith has found her place in the United Church
Baseball has religious echoes, says writer and lecturer Peter J. Schwartz
The game has a resurrection in spring and a finale every fall in the "holiest of holy" days, the World Series' last
Communitarians live in a quirky enclave of conscious castaways
Members reject climbing the corporate ladder and unrestrained consumerism in favour of working collectively
The perils of redevelopment
So you have a new mission and big plans for your church building. Brace yourself. The road ahead could be rocky
Reza Aslan, scholar, translates Bible scholarship into easy reading
His bestselling book, Zealot, has been called groundbreaking for separating the myth of Jesus from the historical man
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