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Maximum engagement for peace in Korea.

Maximum Engagement for Peace in Korea" href="/blogs/round-table/maximum-engagement-peace-korea"> An image saying "#WomenPeaecKorea: A New Era. All-Women Delegation to South Korea.

I am a third-generation Japanese Canadian living in southern Alberta among the third-largest concentration of Japanese in Canada; the other two concentrations of…

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A Proud Heritage" href="/blogs/round-table/proud-heritage"> A large photo of the congregation of Southern Japanese United Church, Easter 1953, gathered on the steps of the church. Everyone is dressed in suits and dresses for the occasion.

To be candid, when I received an invitation to create a worship service and Bible study for Asian Heritage…

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What Is at Stake in Celebrating Asian Heritage Month?" href="/blogs/round-table/what-stake-celebrating-asian-heritage-month"> Numerous sticks of incense burn in front at a temple in Hong Kong.

It was one of those mornings where I had 30 minutes of stuff to do before I left home, but only five minutes to get into the car and get to the office. I stopped to…

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A Call to Repent and Act to End Racism" href="/blogs/round-table/call-repent-and-act-end-racism"> The author Paul Douglas Walfall (left) marches with the members of the United Church of Canada Delegation to the ACT March to End Racism carry a United Church banner at the event.

My father was not much of a churchgoer. I still vividly recall him putting dollops of pancake batter onto a sizzling griddle, or devouring the weekend…

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Earth Day: A Call to Care for the Planet" href="/blogs/round-table/earth-day-call-care-planet"> A swimming dock bobs in a woodland lake, saturated with purple and pink hues at sunset.
Last Friday night, our hearts were still full of the joy of Easter’s glorious resurrection when news of the terrible bus crash near Tisdale, Saskatchewan took us back…
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The Humboldt Broncos Tragedy: We Are Not Alone" href="/blogs/round-table/humboldt-broncos-tragedy-we-are-not-alone"> A hockey stick cross stands at the site of the Humboldt Broncos crash.

Author Adam Kilner was one of the United Church participants in the World Council of Churches'…

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A Gathering of Nations" href="/blogs/round-table/gathering-nations"> The author Adam Kilner looking out over the Tanzanian landscape.

Kenji Marui travelled to Australia as part of the Moderator’sDialogue on…

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At the Intersection of Gospel and Culture" href="/blogs/round-table/intersection-gospel-and-culture"> The Australian and Canadian members of the Dialogue on Reconciliation gather and wave to the camera.

Ever so often in the church I hear statements and experience attitudes that cause me concern. One such incident occurred recently in response to the outcome of Remit…

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Mission before Ministry?" href="/blogs/round-table/mission-ministry"> A fork in the road in foggy, autumn hills.
Practicing Good Relations" href="/blogs/round-table/practicing-good-relations"> Two young Indigenous women, Nicky McKay (left) and Sam Miller (right) are part of the United Church dialogue on reconciliation in Australia.