Alberta oil sands spark this generation’s most acute moral dilemmas
When it comes to debating the oil sands, there's no middle ground, just fervent supporters and equally fervent detractors
United Church is lacking the great preachers of its early years
Powerful sermons have become unfashionable, even suspect, as people associate it with TV evangelists in expensive suits and fake tans
United Church’s main theological school has new principal from U.S.
Mark Toulouse says Canada and the U.S. have a long history of association among theological schools
Ethical use of stem cells is a mounting concern as technology advances
The war over using embryos in stem cell research distracts from the other skirmishes breaking out over this new capability
United Church faces decisions on money, vision at General Council
Amid warnings of budget shortfalls and continuing membership loss, the General Council cuts top management tier and talks further cutbacks
Former residential school teacher reunites with one of her students
They hadn’t seen each other since he was a student at a residential school in Manitoba and she was a teacher. A
Travel based on faith is a business worth about $18 billion year
And the definition of what is faith-based vacationing just keeps expanding, from proselytizing to scrambling over temple ruins
United Church minister Rob Oliphant trades pulpit for House seat
He tells The Observer his faith forms his politics, but that he consults his constituents before his Bible
United Church’s diaconal ministers are frustrated at lack of heft
They say they are under-represented when the church makes decisions about ministry, just one more chapter in a long history of being
Convention of atheists causes writer to fine-tune what she believes
She can't denounce her faith in God, just as she can't denounce her faith in love, art, nature, science, beauty or humanity.
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