Christmas pageant mishaps make fond memories, Larry Krotz finds
At age nine, Larry Krotz and his friends were praying for a crisis during the festive program, something to feast on for
Diana Butler Bass on why mainline churches have disappointed people
Questions about belief and belonging and behaviour don’t go away, but people are longing for them to be addressed differently, the Virginia-based
United Church ministers debate faith, atheism — and the future
Is the denomination big enough and flexible enough to employ all sorts of ministers, including those who don't accept that God exists?
Ministers lose their religion, but not all of them leave
Broadview explores the issue of unbelief in three parts.
Residential schools foster traumatic legacy in child-protection numbers
Thousands of Indigenous children are caught up in the foster care system, a haunting echo of all those children taken to residential
United Church congregations are figuring out how to amalgamate, joyfully
It's not just a survival strategy to join memberships, but can also bring new energy, ideas and a fresh outlook to churches
United Church’s foundation is growing funds, receiving bequests
Income streams from multi-million-dollar endowments and investments help support church works, services and dreams
Haiti religion, Vodou, maligned for centuries, is rising anew
Christian colonizers called it "voodoo" and said it was a deviant sect filled with pin-stuck dolls, zombies and curses
United Church was truly born in the tumult of the 1960s, not in 1925
The early years were a compromise between evangelical thought and liberalism, and liberal theology won out with its evolving interpretation of the
Cancer carries meaning for modern society far beyond its lethality
It has mutated into a powerful symbol of personal and collective sin, becoming a malignant metaphor
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