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

Setsuko Thurlow, a long-time United Church member who is also a survivor of the 1945 atomic…

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From Hiroshima to the Nobel Peace Prize" href="/blogs/round-table/hiroshima-nobel-peace-prize"> United Church member Setsuko Thurlow, during nuclear disarmament negotiations, turning toward the camera.

The band U2 has some inspiring lyrics in their songs, and the song “Grace” is one of the best. Grace is a…

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A Giving Prayer Inspired by Grace" href="/blogs/round-table/giving-prayer-inspired-grace"> A selfie taken by Ruth Noble

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated annually on December 3. This year,…

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Finding Hope in Disability" href="/blogs/round-table/finding-hope-disability"> Group of attendees at Gathering Together

Growing up in Southwestern Ontario, I always knew that I had been adopted and I took pride in that. My parents assured me that they loved me so

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For Me, the Holiday Season is about Healing" href="/blogs/round-table/me-holiday-season-about-healing"> Rev. Evan Smith (on the right), with two others, leads the Daamishkooziimin Indigenous Adoptees Circle.

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.