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This issue highlights the theme, “Empire and Racial Power,” which explores empire and racism. It also features a section on right relations between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples.

Selections

Engaging the Realities of Racism [PDF: 3 pp/109 KB]

By Anthony Bailey

Leaders can use the worship outline to engage congregations truthfully about the realities of racism in church and society. It includes prayers, hymns, and ideas for scripture lessons.

A Biblical Look at Outsiders [PDF: 3 pp/105 KB]

By JoAnne Lam

These two Bible studies could be used as a program for men’s, women’s, or youth groups, and mid-week programs, or adapted for use as a devotional in opening meetings.

Everyday Empire [PDF: 3 pp/167 KB]

By Nanette McKay and Scott Douglas

This article invites us to take a closer look at empire in our congregations through focus questions that intend to prompt a deeper understanding and community conviction in resisting empire.

Also in This Issue

• How Are We Doing in the Church?, by Nancy Devine
• Activism Fosters a Welcome Spirit, by Kevin Little
• Empire and Racial Power, by John Lee
• A New Kind of Colonialism, by Jim Hodgson
• Unpacking White Privilege, by Mary Anne MacFarlane
• Decision Making in the United Church, by Allan Seal
• God Save the CPF!, by Dean Salter
• Stepping into the Future, by Noelle Boughton
• A Survivor’s Story
• Responding to the Legacy, by Geraldine Robertson
• Apology: The Congregational Story, by Noelle Boughton