Sharing stories of life, faith, and ministry in the United Church and beyond.

What in the present church must we allow to die if we are to experience resurrection?

A Church Resurrected or Resuscitated?" href="/blogs/round-table/church-resurrected-or-resuscitated"> The sun shines through the bell tower of McDougall United Church in the snow covered landscape of Morely, Alberta.

I would not be who I am, without camps.

How Camping Changed my Life, and Can Change It for All Kids Too" href="/blogs/round-table/how-camping-changed-my-life-and-can-change-it-all-kids-too"> Campers at Sherbrooke Lake Camp

Me, too.

"If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote 'Me too' as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the…

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Me Too" href="/blogs/round-table/me-too"> A white woman with blond hair holds a sign saying "#MeToo" in front of her face.

We are over a week into November and as I write this on Thursday night, the weather forecast says that we may get the first snowfall of the year in Toronto this…

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I Welcome the Morning Snow" href="/blogs/round-table/i-welcome-morning-snow"> A dusting of snow covers the wooden steps leading down to a frozen pond surrounded by dry reeds. A bell tower is in the distance.

As the Healing Programs Coordinator for the Aboriginal Ministries Circle, I am often invited into Indigenous communities that are engaged in healing, cultural…

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Remembering the Survivors" href="/blogs/round-table/remembering-survivors"> Two women display their "Every Child Matters" Orange T-shirts at Chippewa of the Thames First Nation ceremony.

Across the United Church, there are many approaches to marking Remembrance Day. In contributing a new selection of prayers for use…

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What Do We Celebrate on Remembrance Day?" href="/blogs/round-table/what-do-we-celebrate-remembrance-day"> Remembrance day poppies atop stone wall.

The following recounts the experience of one of our United Church of Canada’s ordained ministers (used with the person’s full permission).

Who is Minister to the Minister?" href="/blogs/round-table/who-minister-minister"> A person holds a purple, four-pointed fallen follow in their hand.

The Millstream Pastoral Charge in New Brunswick may…

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150 Ways to Help" href="/blogs/round-table/150-ways-help"> Millstream Pastoral Charge "blessing bags" of supplies for those on the street.

Did you know that October is Clergy Appreciation Month? It was introduced in the United States in the 1990s but throughout church history people have…

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10 Ways to Celebrate Clergy Appreciation Month" href="/blogs/round-table/10-ways-celebrate-clergy-appreciation-month"> A mosaic featuring the faces of diverse United Church ministry personnel.
A colleague mentioned that the salmon were spawning in the Humber River yesterday, so I chose that route for my run this morning. I stopped near a small waterfall and…
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Giving Thanks" href="/blogs/round-table/giving-thanks"> A large salmon jumps up a short waterfall on the Humber River in Toronto.