Alydia Smith is the editor of the new United Church Lenten devotional, Why I Believe. She was interviewed by Tilman Lewis, an Editor/Resource Coordinator at the General Council Office. You’ve edite...
continue readingSummer Student Grants began in 2015. The grant offers half the cost of minimum wage to congregations that hire youth and young adults (16-25 years old) into summer positions that encourages engagement...
continue readingABI (to be home in Ojibwe) is a project funded by The United Church of Canada’s Healing Fund that collaborates with other outreach ministries to offer programming for residential school survivors and ...
continue readingI read this week that the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ Doomsday Clock has been moved up, to two minutes before midnight. The clock, first used in 1947, is to show how close we are to destr...
continue readingThis reflection is offered by the All My Relations Network of Saskatchewan Conference on their website. AMRN is made up of Indigenous people, newcomers, and settlers of all ba...
continue readingRev. 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.
continue readingI don’t know about you, but at our house we are preparing to begin binge watching the Olympic coverage starting this weekend. I am generally not a big sports fan, but there is something about seeing y...
continue readingThe Healing Fund has the privilege of supporting many worthwhile projects focusing on language revitalization, cultural restoration, and healing initiatives in Indigenous communities across Canada. I ...
continue readingFull disclosure. I am a Black man. I was born in Jamaica and I am an immigrant to Canada. Having served as an ordained minister of The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas, I am now an o...
continue readingWhy did I write a worship service and sermon for Black History Month? It’s a difficult question to answer. I was filled with excitement and dread at the prospect. I was excited because the topic of ra...
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