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Cherishing Creation

Rev. Melody Duncanson Hales writes about Creation Time as a time of heightened awareness, stewardship, and action for the gifts God has given us.
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Deep Spirituality Is for Regular People like Us

Reflecting on the United Church Call and Vision, theologian Rob Fennell writes that spirituality is the way we seek and receive God’s love and grace in everyday life.
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Bold Discipleship Turns Water Into Wine

Cheryl-Ann Stadelbauer-Sampa writes that Bold Discipleship is how our lives become avenues of God’s love and presence in the world.
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A Mission to Welcome

The Rev. Dr. Alan Lai urges the United Church to prepare for a new wave of immigrants from Hong Kong.
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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
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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.
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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
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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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Note from Nora: Celebrating Church Union in Times of Change

June 10, 2020: Happy anniversary to all of us in The United Church of Canada. Our church is 95 years old today!   Do you wonder, like me, what those founders from 1925 would make of our church – and our world – today?   So much that we take for granted would seem completely… Read more
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