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Moderator Mardi’s Blog: Report on Israel/Palestine

Yesterday The United Church of Canada released a report that is bound to cause conversation and controversy. I’ll be presiding at the General Council meeting in August at which this report will be...

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Moderator Mardi’s Blog: Grieving the loss of the Very Rev. George Tuttle

The United Church of Canada is grieving the loss of one of its beloved moderators, the Very Rev. George Tuttle. George died on Saturday morning, in his 97th year. I spoke with George most recently on...

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Moderator Mardi’s Blog: Anniversary of Canada’s Apology and Re-Righting History

Monday marked the fourth anniversary of when our prime minister offered Canada’s apology to residential school survivors. It was a moving and dramatic moment, and a new journey as a nation became...

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Moderator Mardi’s Blog: Faith in an Emergency

It was after 8:00pm on Monday evening when I phoned the Rev Bob Gardner and his congregation of Holy Trinity United in Elliot Lake. I had flown into Toronto from Saskatoon’s Truth and Reconciliation...

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Moderator Mardi’s Blog: Accept the Miracle

Mark’s account of the miracle of the loaves and fishes was heard in many churches last Sunday morning. Along with Mark’s words, I’ve been re-reading Mary Oliver’s  poetry, inspired by Mark 6: 30-44....

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Moderator Mardi’s Blog: Critics and Conversations

I’ve been overwhelmed by the tweets about my response to Margaret Wente’s Globe and Mail article on ‘The collapse of the liberal church.’ Thank you! And this morning’s letters to the editor in the...

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Moderator Mardi’s Blog: More Reason for Gratitude

Since my last blog posting, there are more reasons to thank Margaret Wente for igniting many lively and faith-filled conversations throughout my church. All of this is well timed as we prepare for the...

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Moderator Mardi’s Blog: Moving On

I am grateful for the inspiring and steady stream of notes, articles and messages still flowing from and bearing witness to eight days of faithful work at the 41st General Council of The United Church...

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Pushing Down

Last spring I was seduced by a fresh green shrub, waving in ocean breeze by the marine blue sea. Surrounded by my invited Clearness Committee* members, I was asked, “What colour will you be on the...

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In the Communion of Struggle

This morning the wonderful poet Judy Brown sent me an amazing Denise Levertov poem entitled Beginners. These words could not have arrived on a more poignant day. As Hurricane Sandy furiously raps and...

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Inter-faith Courage on Martin Luther King Jr’s 84th Birthday

In Washington D.C. today, some will observe Martin Luther King’s Birthday by holding a “Pray-in for the Climate.” It’s a fitting commemoration, because climate change is our most pressing moral...

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