Earth Hour—Saturday, March 24, 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.—marks its 12th edition this March. I remember that first gathering in a darkened Church of the Holy Trinity next to the Eaton Centre in downtown Tor...
continue readingLast summer, I spent three memorable hours in prison. I had not been arrested. That July morning, colleagues from one of our partners, the KARAPATAN alliance in the Philippines, picked me up at my ...
continue readingOn Tuesday, March 14, (Day 2) of the Dialogue on Reconciliation with the Uniting Church in Australia after a day of meetings with the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence and the Uniting Church of...
continue readingEver 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 6 (One Order of Ministry.) My conc...
continue readingKenji Marui travelled to Australia as part of the Moderator’s Dialogue on Reconciliation to consult and build relationship with the Uniting Church in Australia, the Uniting Aboriginal Islander Christi...
continue readingAuthor Adam Kilner was one of the United Church participants in the World Council of Churches' Conference on World Mission and Evangelism, which took place March 8-13, 2018 in Arusha, Tanzan...
continue readingLast 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 to the depths of Good Friday...
continue readingMy 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 newspaper, on Sunday afternoons when I came home ...
continue readingIt 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 look at my phone and there it was a...
continue readingTo be candid, when I received an invitation to create a worship service and Bible study for Asian Heritage Month 2018, I hesitated at first. I am grateful for this opportunity to share why I accepted....
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