In Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Atlantic School of Theology continues its 47-year tradition of adapting to a challenging environment and a changing church. … Continue readingTheology Upon the Granite

In the heart of French Canada, the whole Church faces declining numbers, declining funds, and declining interest. But in the Anglican Diocese of Québec, an eclectic mix of clergy looks beyond survival, with hope, into an unknown future. … Continue readingWorthy of Survival

Life is not easy for the people and churches of South Dakota’s Sisseton Mission. But glimmers of hope can be found by those who look. … Continue readingA Little Hope on the Prairie

Of Canada’s cities, the safest, perhaps, is Québec City — the mostly Francophone capital of the province and former national capital. The city of more than 500,000 saw two murders in 2015 and one in 2016. However, 2017 became an exceptional year on Jan. 29, when a young man entered the Grande Mosquée de Québec in the Sainte-Foy neighborhood and shot dead six Muslim men shortly after evening prayers … Continue reading‘We’ll Weep When You Weep’

“All these people who claimed to be of God came, put us in boarding schools, and took away our connection — took away our spirituality, took away everything. So, all that is passed down from generation to generation. They almost took away our language. Another big part of healing is our identity.” … Continue readingA Sacred Fire

To be a church anywhere is challenging, but there’s that added thing that there’s really very little support or interest for anything like the church or religion here. Up north you hear, I’m spiritual. I may not have a denomination, but I’m spiritual. I don’t know that you would hear that here. It just wouldn’t be a part of the mindset.” … Continue readingUncertainty in Uruguay

The island nation is a land of contrasts: Beauty and deprivation, renovation and abandonment, an alienated church and grassroots growth. … Continue readingBeyond Plastic Cuba