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
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
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
Photo by Santiago Imberti
A team of scientists races against time to prevent a small Argentine water bird from vanishing forever
By Alanna Mitchell
Santiago Imberti
The writer joins a team of scientists in Argentina trying to save a small water bird from extinction.
By Alanna Mitchell
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
“Congregations talk about being welcoming, but . . . welcoming is more like bringing home a newborn than hosting a guest.”
By Connie denBok
Words to live by
A surge in new mining ventures has triggered an upswing in activism
