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Talking Theology
Welcome to the United Church Observer's roundup of interviews with today's leading thinkers on religion and spirituality. (Click here)


Observer Culture

The smoothing effect of middle age

Seven-year-old Suzy in the documentary
The 'Up' series documents the lives of 14 ordinary Brits, filming them every seven years. At age 56, the cohort is getting nicer.

WATCH LIST: June 2013

Musical siblings Rufus and Martha Wainwright in concert

June 2013

 
 

Interview with Gordon Lightfoot

Photo by Cole Bennett
Photo by Cole Bennett
Canadian musical icon and former choirboy talks about his beginnings, faith and activism in conversation at St. Paul's United in Orillia, Ont. By Karen Hilfman Millson

ObserverDocs: Interview with Gordon Lightfoot

Cole Bennett
Cole Bennett
Gordon Lightfoot is a Canadian musical icon. This past February, he talked before a live audience at his home congregation of St. Paul's United in Orillia, Ont. By Karen Hilfman Millson

Standing up to big gold

Martin Mejia/AP Photo/CP Images
Martin Mejia/AP Photo/CP Images
A fight pitting Indigenous Peruvians against a multinational mining company highlights the real cost of the global boom in precious metals By Roxana Olivera

Losing the hooded grebe: Part 2

Photo by Santiago Imberti
Photo by Santiago Imberti
A team of scientists races against time to prevent a small Argentine water bird from vanishing forever By Alanna Mitchell

ObserverDocs: Losing the hooded grebe

Santiago Imberti
Santiago Imberti
The writer joins a team of scientists in Argentina trying to save a small water bird from extinction. By Alanna Mitchell

The right kind of trouble

iStock/soberve (edited by Ross Woolford)
iStock/soberve (edited by Ross Woolford)
Being the United Church can sometimes get uncomfortable. The former moderator reflects on the risks and rewards of public witness. By Mardi Tindal
The Pogue Blog

Sunsets and dreams

Words to live by
By Carolyn Pogue
Observations

The real cost of gold

A surge in new mining ventures has triggered an upswing in activism
By David Wilson
Column

The Big Question

Does human life have a purpose?
By Bruce Sanguin
Column

Finish This Sentence

“Congregations talk about being welcoming, but . . . welcoming is more like bringing home a newborn than hosting a guest.”
By Connie denBok
Column

Spirit Story

A guiding light
By Keith Reynolds



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