Tag: United Church of Canada

  • The United Church and General Motors

        In a couple of weeks I am to begin a series of presentations named “Stepping Further Out” (Ottawa – Oct 27; Calgary – Oct 30; Vancouver – Nov 6). As a way of summarizing the past I am flirting with these paragraphs. I wonder though whether it is too harsh, not tough enough…

  • They Came and Did Not Return

    In the flood of interviews that accompanied the launch of WonderCafe, reporters often asked whether church attendance had increased in recent years because of 9/11 and the threat of terrorism. At that time there were not a lot of hard numbers around and my impression was that, in Canada, there had not really been a…

  • Don’t talk too much!

    The Living the Faith event held at Ryerson United Church last Saturday – thanks Dan, Debra and Pamela! – lifted up a few things for me. 1. While the Emerging Spirit team feels we have been immersed in this stuff for a long time, it comes as news to many. For most people at the…