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Chaplaincy as an Evolution of Ministry

Tips and best practices for mental health and well being from Lieutenant Commander (Padre) Earl Klotz.

Lieutenant Commander (Padre) Earl Klotz, in uniform, standing inside a submarine.

Space for Creation and Discovery

During Pride Month, artist Noah Janosch Brown writes about finding a safe place in a United Church to create art and nurture self-discovery.

A young Black man in a black suit with locks and golden glasses, poses in front of one of his art works, a depiction of a trans-Atlantic slave ship holdings.

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.

Wishing for a Better World

Rev. Cindy Bourgeois considers how a world without transphobia would improve the mental health of trans people.

A selfie of Rev. Cindy Bourgeois, a woman with blue eyes and silver hair, trailed with dark brown highlights at the ends.

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.