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Thirty years after the Sandinista revolution, Managua, Nicaragua is a study in contrasts — none starker than the numb despair of the city’s poorest kids and the infectious hope of child street vendors at a United Church-supported school
By Terry Asma May 2010
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Recent research is shedding new light on what happiness is and how we might be more successful at finding it
By Lisa Van de Ven May 2010
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Should the church sell its stock in controversial mining firms, or press for change from within?
By Mike Milne May 2010
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Every temporary worker who comes to Canada has a dream of a better life. Too often the reality they face is exploitation and a system that seems to invite abuse.
By Carolyn Morris May 2010
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Rallied around a common cause, church people, Natives, cottagers and environmentalists halted a massive dump near Georgian Bay that threatened some of the purest water on Earth
By John Bird May 2010
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It is through the brokenness of the cross that God reveals the way to wholeness. A message from the moderator.
By Mardi Tindal April 2010
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Relations between the United Church and Canada’s main Jewish organization hit a low last year. A truce has been reached, but what will it take to make it last?
By Caley Moore April 2010
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Recent advances in brain imaging suggest we are more receptive to certain styles of worship than others.
By Alanna Mitchell April 2010
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Many former United Church members drift toward Unitarian Universalism. So what’s the attraction?
By Anne Bokma March 2010
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More tiny footsteps equal a bigger collective footprint. How many people can our planet sustain?
By Lisa Van de Ven March 2010
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Zimbabwe-born Tanya Mpala has no legal status in Canada. College-age students like her face systemic barriers that can bring their education to a screeching halt.
By Carolyn Morris March 2010
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Does the money you spend reflect the values you hold? At tax time, life’s balance sheet is revealed.
By Richard Wright February 2010
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Rural Canada is in the midst of changes that will transform it forever. In many places, the local church is the glue that holds communities together.
By Frank Dabbs February 2010
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Soldiers wounded in Afghanistan face a different kind of adversity when they return home and try to restart their lives
By Larry Krotz February 2010
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As our knowledge of the universe expands, will our understanding of God keep pace?
By Kevin Spurgaitis February 2010
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Sooner or later, plentiful oil will be a thing of the past. Transition Towns are starting now to prepare for the future.
By Lisa Van de Ven January 2010
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U.S. war resister Rodney Watson asked a Vancouver United church to shelter him after exhausting his refugee-claim options
By Brian Platt January 2010
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Born with severe cerebral palsy, Daria Gallinger needs 24-hour care. Now her parents face a cruel choice: keep her at home and accept financial ruin, or give her up so she qualifies for the help she needs.
By Trisha Elliott January 2010
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As a girl, Elsie Robinson attended a United Church-run residential school in Ahousaht on Vancouver Island. Her grandson is Shawn Atleo, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations and a strong advocate of better education for First Nations children. Last October, one day before she died unexpectedly near Nanaimo, B.C., she spoke with Richard Wright.
By Richard Wright January 2010
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Sixty percent of children living on First Nations reserves do not graduate from high school. Aboriginal leaders and educators agree: something must be done to fix Native schooling
By Richard Wright January 2010
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They have looked into the abyss
By David MacDonald December 2009
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Nowhere else to go
By David MacDonald December 2009
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A question of power
By David MacDonald December 2009
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'What on earth has the Gospel got to do with climate change?'
By David MacDonald December 2009
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A unique Canadian contribution
By David MacDonald December 2009
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Thinking the unthinkable
By David MacDonald December 2009
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'This is about more than climate change'
By David MacDonald December 2009
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Two solitudes
By David MacDonald December 2009
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From Rio to Copenhagen: not a good trip for Canada
By David MacDonald December 2009
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Now that it has started, where is it going to go?
By David MacDonald December 2009
