John Kastner’s bold documentaries change minds about mental illness
People "not criminally responsible" for horrible crimes can be rehabilitated, maybe even forgiven
5 hard truths of where United Church congregations fall short
Care to talk about tithing? How about evangelism? The author confronts the church’s taboos.
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"
Karen Armstrong, Biblical scholar, says roots of violence run deep
Religion is implicated in terrorism, but rootlessness and aimlessness are dangerous, too
The unlikely ascent of Kathleen Wynne
Ontario’s first female premier has surmounted barriers all her life. But she’s never strayed far from her United Church roots.
Gary Paterson says: Let’s host a discussion about assisted suicide
The church is a place to talk end-of-life ethics, where the personal, the political and the spiritual collide
Unravelling the mysteries of prayer
New research suggests that praying really can transform you — starting with your brain
Bhutan says it is the most blissful place on Earth. Is it true?
The kingdom shuns measuring Gross National Product in favour of Gross National Happiness, yet not all is copacetic
Ontario panel of three routinely decides whether patients live or die
Members say this new frontier in Canadian jurisprudence takes wisdom, empathy
Chocolate relies on child labour in Africa’s Ivory Coast, a bitter truth
More than 800,000 children work on the West African nation's cocoa farms, despite efforts to cut down child labour
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