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The Hub: Creating a Network for Youth and Young Adults

A conversation with Adam Cresswell of The Hub community network, a grassroots movement of Canadian youth and young adults with a mission to connect young people with “the liberating love of Christ.”

In the Twinkling of an Eye 

Rev. Shelley Pick asks, “What is neurodiversity, how is it related to brain injury, and what should communities of faith know about it?” 
The author, Rev. Shelley Pick, a woman with light brown hair, twinkling eyes, smiles while holding a book from Brain Injury Nova Scotia.

A Mission to Welcome

The Rev. Dr. Alan Lai urges the United Church to prepare for a new wave of immigrants from Hong Kong.
A busy night street scene in Hong Kong, with large groups of people crossing an intersection, backed by well-lit buildings covered with advertisements and signs.

Unsettling Thoughts on Church Union

 Kenji Marui asks if we have confused “unity” with “uniformity”? All may be one, yes! But not that all may be one-and-the-sa
A collage of the same cover from the United Church Basis of Union, but cropped and organized in different ways.

The Desert Gives Life

For Mental Health Awareness Week, Rev. David Boyd talks about his personal journey with depression.
A desert scene with rugged yellow rock outcrops in the foreground, and a purple mountain range in the distance. Lots of blue sky.

Churches Adapting to Technological Change

Rev. David Shearman shares how the decision to hold General Council 44 fully online is the fulfillment of a decades-long dream for early adapters of technology in the church.

We Are Church

Rev. Dr. Paul Douglas Walfall writes that when the church was willing to do things differently — despite situations such as COVID-19 — the church flourished.
A black and white drawing of a large church building in 19th century Jamaica.

Forgiveness as a Way of Life

The Rev. Marie-Claude Manga reflects on her ministry and work as an ordained Black woman with The United Church of Canada
The Rev. Marie-Claude Manga, standing in front of an artwork, dressed in a brown jacket.

One Instrument in the Orchestra

Nancy Oliver-MacKenzie writes about the role of Montreal's Union United Church as a force for social justice for the Black community and beyond.

Why Haven’t We Opened Church Doors Yet?

Daniel Benson writes that as church in the time of COVID-19, we must care for each other like family, not just spiritually, but bodily as well.

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