War Correspondence: From the Lebanon-Israel war frontline
A photo essay that recalls the panic following the invasion of the south of Lebanon by Israel, which killed 1,200 civilians including Canadian citizens
Category Archives: United Church Observer magazine
Founded in 1829, The United Church Observer is the oldest continuously published magazine in North America and the second oldest in the English-speaking world. It has won numerous awards.
What in the world is this wanderlust?: Nitpicking the travel bug
BEIRUT, LEBANON – Every year, thousands of Canadian youth travel abroad, many of them immediately before or after college. What is it that drives us middle-class kids overseas?
Growing food and harvesting community
WINNIPEG – Community gardens have contributed strongly to the community, and have also begun addressing some of the brokenness that too often comes with urban poverty.
Hymn-writers on the road
For some of the modern church’s most prolific songwriters, it is on the emotional level that spiritual music affects us most deeply.
Cookies & free condoms: The other Christians on campus
While many campus Christian groups preach salvation, many chaplaincies attract students also interested in working for social change — what used to be known in Canada as the social gospel
Homelessness: A view from the other side
VICTORIA – A growing coalition against poverty in British Columbia suggests that it is churches who must take the lead in humanizing our economic system to care for everyone
David P Ball 