Suicide rates in Northern Ireland have skyrocketed — since peace
The society has been traumatized by years of sectarian violence, but now that Catholics and Protestants share power, self-harm has struck hard
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
Architecture matters when it comes to churches, urban planner says
Good design makes us feel at peace with ourselves and connected to our community. We feel at once comfortable and grand
United Church task force wants triple tithes on real estate sales
The task group also proposes to launch an inventory to evaluate the church's billions of dollars in property assets, part of a
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
Charity is big business in Canada but the number of donors shrinks
Canadians gave $8.5 billion to charities last year, an increase of 8.3 percent over the year before. That rise is driven by
Sleep eludes many Canadians, providing grief — or spiritual balm
One in seven Canadians suffers from insomnia, missing out on sleep the body needs to heal muscles and strengthen the immune system
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
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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 |
