Interview

A white woman with curly grey hair and glasses stands before a bicycle. She is wearing a pastor's black top, a navy blazer, green skirt, black tights and black boots. She has glasses on and around her neck are a set of keys

This Anglican priest fought to protect a churchyard encampment

by Amarah Hasham-Steele

Maggie Helwig and her Toronto parish saw the tent sanctuary as a way for residents to survive. Others saw it as a

A Black man with long black hair stands in front of a building. The people walking behind him are blurry. He is wearing a black jacket, dark jeans, brown boots and has a black bag

Why we need to talk to people with opposing views

by Anne Thériault

Ian Williams, the award-winning author of What I Mean to Say, explores how empathy and vulnerability can revive the lost art of

An image of three centenarian individuals: On the left, Ray Mackay seated at an organ wearing a dark sweater; in the center, Molly Austen smiling and wearing a celebratory sash reading "Aged to Perfection" and a crown; on the right, Miriam Tees wearing a purple cardigan and speaking in front of a dark background.

3 centenarians on what a lifetime of faith has meant to them

by Paniz Vedavarz

To mark the United Church's centennial, Broadview spoke with members who have been around longer than the denomination itself

Ancient painting of a council featuring a group of men surrounding one man who is dressed in purple and gold robes. The other men are in white and black robes.

The Nicene Creed is turning 1,700 years old. Does it still matter?

by Alanna Mitchell

The United Church's Sandra Beardsall, who leads the global celebrations, says yes

A white woman with curly hair is in a wheelchair and smiling. She has glasses and is wearing a red hat and red button-up shirt, black pants. Her hands are in her lap.

Rabbi Julia Watts Belser reimagines God with a disability

by Amy Panton

The Grawemeyer Award winner challenges ideas of bodies and the sacred in her new book

A middle-aged white man speaks in Parliament. He has white hair, black-framed glasses, is wearing a blue suit and purple tie. He is holding a paper in his right hand and gesturing with his left hand

MP Rob Oliphant on faith, politics and Canada’s future

by Christopher White

The United Church minister reflects on rebuilding trust and the church's next chapter

An elderly white man in a beige bucket hat and red and white flannel shirt poses in front of a flowering bush. He is wearing black-framed glasses and smiling.

‘God’s disappointment will still motivate some of us’

by Erin Pepler

Ahead of the United Church's 100th anniversary, its oldest living moderator Bruce McLeod is still fighting injustice

A young white man poses on the street. His hair is pulled back in a bun and he is wearing a black and rainbow-coloured minister's shirt with a collar

‘Do I want to be liked, or do I want to speak the Gospel?’

by Sherwood Hines

Banned for life from the Ontario legislature's public gallery for his protest, Rev. Jeffrey Dale is an outspoken advocate for safe-consumption sites

An Indigenous woman with brown hair, brown skin and black-framed glasses stands in front of a bookshelf

This Vancouver bookstore is more than a business — it’s a platform for justice

by Madeline Liao

Patricia Massy created Massy Books to reclaim history and speak truth to power, no matter the cost

Caucasian woman with red hair in a blue shirt and sweater poses for a photo

New Ontario MPP Rev. Alexa Gilmour on her call to politics

by Christopher White

“I felt that God was calling me to stand in the breach and say that there is another way”

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