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Rev. Dr. Paul Douglas Walfall on the West African concept of “Sankofa," which teaches us that it’s not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.
What Black History Offers Us in Times of Change" href="/blogs/round-table/what-black-history-offers-us-times-change"> A black Sankofa symbol on an orange wall in Ghana.

This reflection is offered by the All My Relations Network of…

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What is at Stake in Battleford?" href="/blogs/round-table/what-stake-battleford"> What is at stake in the Battleford trial.
The World Wants Words not War" href="/blogs/round-table/world-wants-words-not-war"> A delegation of women went to Vancouver to call for peace in Korea. Here the group displays a peace banner made of the event.

ABI (to be home in Ojibwe) is a project funded by The United Church of Canada’s Healing…

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The Sharing Circle" href="/blogs/round-table/sharing-circle"> Some of the participants in The Sharing Circle in Winnipeg.

Summer Student Grants began in 2015. The grant offers half the cost of minimum wage to…

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Spreading Inspiration through Summer Student Grants" href="/blogs/round-table/spreading-inspiration-through-summer-student-grants"> Summer Grant Students at Siloam United Church show off their work from the community garden.

Alydia Smith is the editor of the new United Church Lenten devotional,

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An Interview with Lent Book Editor Alydia Smith" href="/blogs/round-table/interview-lent-book-editor-alydia-smith"> Editor Aylida Smith, displays the new Lenten book "Why I Believe."

Foreign ministers from 20 nations are meeting in Vancouver on January 16 to discuss…

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Why I Am Joining Women Peacemakers in Vancouver" href="/blogs/round-table/why-i-am-joining-women-peacemakers-vancouver"> Women mobilize for peace in Korea, gathered around a large multi-coloured fabic during a demonstration.

On November 21, 2017, 12 United Church delegates participated in a day-long event on Parliament Hill, in recognition of the UN's Universal Children's Day.…

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Bread Not Stones at Parliament Hill" href="/blogs/round-table/bread-not-stones-parliament-hill"> Senators and MPs with their Dolls of Hope

A United Church minister who doesn’t like guns and who describes himself as a pacifist recently received the…

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Chaplain Honoured for “Service above Self”" href="/blogs/round-table/chaplain-honoured-service-above-self"> The Rev. Jim Short, in military fatigues, prepares for pastoral visitation in a war zone, as he heads out with a convoy to visit the troops at various forward operating bases and strong points in Afghanistan.

While at the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2 Spirits in Maliotenam, Quebec, I heard many families express relief and…

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MMIWG: Confronting Injustice at the Quebec Inquiry " href="/blogs/round-table/mmiwg-confronting-injustice-quebec-inquiry"> An altar at the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls hearing in Maliotenam, Quebec.