Famine epidemic stalks the world’s poor, but solutions are at hand
Spiking food prices have caused a world food crisis. It's rooted in petro-politics and the flaws of the global food system
United Church is too easily seduced by Empire, the moderator says
Those values are measured by money and numbers, but the United Church doesn't have a big disciple-factory out by the highway
Barack Obama, vying for presidency, names slavery as “original sin”
The Senator from Chicago firmly positioned himself in the African-American experience in a historic speech
United Church searches archives for those dead at residential schools
As the Truth and Reconciliation Commission gears up, the United Church and others are scouring the archives for names of children who
Suicide bombings are on the rise and are often cloaked in religion
Terrorist organizations recruiting people to commit suicide bombings are using religious language to draw a smokescreen over their political agendas
Emerging church movement is coming to a sanctuary near you
Difficult to define, harder to pin down, it could bridge the conservative and progressive branches of the Christian church, proponents say
Churches, complicit in the slave trade, must promote healing, dignity
The World Council of Churches has called for reparation for churches' roles in failing to take a strong enough stand against enslavement.
United Church’s rural congregations are reinventing themselves
More than half of the United Church's preaching places are in rural communities and they are changing as the rural fabric of
United Church members are part of a global system that fails many
That system of domination, also known as "empire," leads ordinary people to be complicit through their role as consumers, says Omega Bula,
The real value of saying “sorry”
Apologies not only help right past wrongs; they can also open a window on the injustices of today
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June 2025 Issue In this issue: Facing the next century with faith; How the legacy of the social gospel has shaped the United Church; The story of the Indigenous Church and a journey to right relations |
