UCC in Focus
‘Do I want to be liked, or do I want to speak the Gospel?’
Banned for life from the Ontario legislature's public gallery for his protest, Rev. Jeffrey Dale is an outspoken advocate for safe-consumption sites
Justice
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April/May 2021, Ethical Living
A tug of war over animal testing is dividing the scientific community
Animal-free alternatives to validate drug safety exist, so why are some researchers still hung up on it?
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World
Rwanda, healing from genocide, is now an African success story
About 800,000 perished in 100 horrifying days in 1994, but a system of traditional restorative justice has helped bring the nation back to strength
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World
Ottawa clamping down on human smugglers of refugees to Canada
But some say the practice shouldn't be vilified. It's not trafficking and may be the only way for people in danger of persecution to remain alive
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World
Iran’s opposition group, now peaceful, is still labeled “terrorist”
The Mujahedeen-e-Khalq laid down its arms a decade ago, after many years of brutal violence, but it is still on Canada's public safety list of terrorists
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UCC in Focus
United Church mandates education on racism, and ways to root it out
Ministers will have to take the training and to consider how white privilege creeps into life in the church and ministry
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UCC in Focus
Blindness is a nuisance, but it carries blessings, too, minister says
Sharon Ballantyne is the United Church's first blind ordained minister. It's not about being a pioneer. It's about not letting fear get in the way
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World
Famine epidemic stalks the world’s poor, but solutions are at hand
Spiking food prices have caused a world food crisis. It's rooted in petro-politics and the flaws of the global food system
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UCC in Focus
United Church’s point person on refugees talks to the Observer
Susan Ferguson says Canada is going to start getting a wave of people fleeing the Iraqi war and that congregations may want to sponsor families
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World
Latin American government and citizens are reinventing politics
Parts of Latin America are in the midst of a transformation that was almost unthinkable 20 years ago, supported by church social movements in the north
