Opinion
Column
Out of my head, into the wild
By Allan Reeve July 2008
Everyday Ethics
Your church treasurer, who also happens to be an executive at a large accounting firm, serves your congregation faithfully and diligently. Then one day, a bombshell: his company faces criminal charges in connection with auditing irregularities. Should he continue to handle your church’s finances?
By Bob Giuliano and Connie denBok July 2008
Column
The warranty has ended on my parents' generation
By Connie denBok July 2008
Column
It's now time for the 40-plussers to scramble
By Larry Krotz July 2008
Observations
It's been 20 years since the United Church's decision to admit gays and lesbians into ministry. But the anniversary is a non-event for young people.
By David Wilson July 2008
Column
A body fallen ill, a soul gone searching
By Barbara McIntyre June 2008
Column
Discipleship that leaves a mark
By Keith Howard June 2008
Observations
The United Church's multi-million campaign to engage non-churchgoers seems to have excluded the 45-plussers
By David Wilson June 2008
Everyday Ethics
You are a minister, and among your longtime parishioners is a gravely ill 19-year-old woman. In what amounts to a dying wish, she has asked you to marry her and a young man she had been dating casually before she took a turn for the worse. The young man is okay with the idea.
Are you?
By Ken Gallinger and Ruth McQuirter Scott May 2008
Column
Every generation needs to confront the reality of economic disparity
By Larry Krotz May 2008
Everyday Ethics
An old friend has suffered through a messy divorce, her mother's death and job loss. She talks of nothing but herself and is beginning to try your patience. Then she suggests that the two of you take a long-talked-about vacation together. What do you do?
By Lee Simpson and Kevin Little May 2008
Observations
Why a faith-based magazine feels it's important to sponsor a museum exhibit on Charles Darwin
By David Wilson May 2008
Column
Can a national church still capture the essence of what it means to be Christian?
By Connie denBok May 2008
Observations
The Christian Right is now a permanent force in U.S. politics
By David Wilson April 2008
Column
Wonder at the upper edges of life
By Allan Wilson April 2008
Column
Surviving on faith
By Sara Jewell April 2008
Column
A time of terror and amazement
By Keith Howard April 2008
Column
Gambling: You bet it’s fun
By Michael Webster April 2008
Observations
By David Wilson April 2008
Everyday Ethics
Your church’s youth group is booming thanks to two energetic adult volunteers. Both leaders are married, but one afternoon you see them leaving a motel together. The youth have spent a year fundraising for an exposure tour to Peru. They leave in a month. What do you do?
By Connie denBok and Bob Giuliano April 2008
Observations
By David Wilson March 2008
Observations
By David Wilson February 2008
Observations
By David Wilson January 2008
Observations
By David Wilson December 2007
Observations
By David Wilson November 2007
Observations
By David Wilson October 2007
Observations
By David Wilson September 2007
Observations
By David Wilson July 2007
Observations
By David Wilson June 2007
Observations
By David Wilson May 2007
