The Holland I never knew
A first-generation Dutch-Canadian wrestles with her religious history in the land of her ancestors
When faith and tradition collide with sexual education
In the face of a new sex-ed curriculum, one United Church-minister-turned-teacher is using her own coming-out experience to educate young people
It’s unfair to introduce Christianity to impoverished children through trinkets
"It seems unfair to introduce Christianity — and the beautiful story of Christmas — to children living precarious lives through a box
The conversion of Michael Coren
Canada’s most strident Christian conservative has had a change of heart
Ending a marriage is tough. Imagine what it’s like when you’re a minister
"There’s not only the fishbowl of congregational life to contend with, but also the real or self-imposed holier-than-thou expectations"
Bruce Cockburn, celebrated singer, writes about activism in memoir
Travels in the 1980s and '90s convinced him that the United Church has stood out as an agent of change
The United Church, at 90, is at yet another historic crossroads
The "made in Canada" church has never shied away from putting its identity on the line as the world shifts
How to deal with clergy who no longer believe in God
Reaction against a minister who came out as an atheist was swift and blunt. But questions persist about how to deal with
Researchers are on hot on the trail of the fabled fountain of youth
But the ethical implications loom large -- how to cope with changing demographics, demand for resources?
Founder of Toronto’s Romero House talks about faith in the public square
Mary Jo Leddy is also a writer and theologian.
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