Ethical Living
Honouring some of Canada’s Silver Cross Mothers
A series of photos looks at the women who have represented all Canadian mothers who lost a child in military service
History
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Justice
Misogyny, not magic: Remembering Scottish ‘witches’
This writer went on a pilgrimage to Paisley to see their ancestral witch "kin" — and found the remains in a surprising place
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Ethical Living
WWII letters from Canadian hero reveal beautiful love story
Writer Christine Estima traces a story of romance and fate after stumbling upon the letters in a Toronto market.
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UCC in Focus
How a Methodist minister started War Amps
Lt-Col. Sidney Lambert helped start the organization at the close of the Great War. It is still doing vital work for Canadians with disabilities.
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Justice
Canadian war artist was nearly forgotten
Mary Riter Hamilton created more than 300 paintings that capture the death and destruction of the Great War. But years later, some of her works ended up molding in a library.
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Ethical Living
Small Newfoundland town has amazing ‘Come From Away’ story
The community of St. Lawrence, on the Burin Peninsula, hopes to draw in tourists with its tale of a terrible disaster and the people who came to the rescue.
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Justice
Powerful Ursula K. Le Guin speech remains relevant 35 years later
Editor’s note: The following is a commencement address that was given by author Ursula K. Le Guin at Mills College in 1983 I want to thank the Mills College Class of ’83 for offering me a rare chance: to speak aloud in public in the language of women.
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Spirituality
A minister talks about growing up in Adolf Hitler’s Germany
Martin Rumscheidt on his father’s complicity in the Nazi extermination of Jewish people.
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UCC in Focus
The best Moderator we never had, Peter Gordon White, shaped the church
He was editor-in-chief of the United Church New Curriculum, pressing his vision with patience, wit and Scottish charm
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Society
Apocalypse predictions have failed to come true, but another looms
Doomsday imaginings have deep roots in religion, prophesied in both sacred texts and folklore. Another is predicted for the end of next year
