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🤶 Dec. 8 Advent Calendar - Mary Hynes (Retired host of CBC Radio’s Tapestry)
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December 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🤶 Dec. 8 Advent Calendar - Mary Hynes (Retired host of CBC Radio’s Tapestry)
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🤶 Dec. 7 Advent Calendar - Caley Moore (Broadview’s managing editor) 🤶
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December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🤶 Dec. 7 Advent Calendar - Caley Moore (Broadview’s managing editor) 🤶
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🎅 Dec. 6 Advent Calendar - Waubgeshig Rice (Author and Journalist)🎅
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December 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🎅 Dec. 6 Advent Calendar - Waubgeshig Rice (Author and Journalist)🎅
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🌲 This Advent, will you join us in the wild? 🌲
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https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/advent-hope-apocalypse
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https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/advent-hope-apocalypse
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🌲 This Advent, will you join us in the wild? 🌲
Read Swan’s first Advent post and subscribe to receive new insights every other Sunday.
https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/advent-hope-apocalypse
Read Swan’s first Advent post and subscribe to receive new insights every other Sunday.
https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/p/advent-hope-apocalypse
The United Church faces redesigns, delays and fresh uncertainty as a three-denomination dream unravels.
Presbyterians reassess office-share deal after Anglican exit shakes ecumenical plan | Broadview Magazine
United Church faces redesigns, delays and fresh uncertainty as a three-denomination dream unravels
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December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The United Church faces redesigns, delays and fresh uncertainty as a three-denomination dream unravels.
For years, Martha Grant donned a red-and-white Santa suit, bringing gifts, laughter, and holiday joy to her family.
The Christmas my 100-year-old mother played Santa one last time | Broadview Magazine
For years, Martha Grant donned a red-and-white Santa suit, bringing gifts, laughter, and holiday joy to her family
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December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
For years, Martha Grant donned a red-and-white Santa suit, bringing gifts, laughter, and holiday joy to her family.
⛄ Dec. 5 Advent Calendar - Emmanuella and Ruby Spencer ⛄
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December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
⛄ Dec. 5 Advent Calendar - Emmanuella and Ruby Spencer ⛄
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🧸 Dec. 4 Advent Calendar - Cindy Blackstock (Executive director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society) 🧸
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December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🧸 Dec. 4 Advent Calendar - Cindy Blackstock (Executive director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society) 🧸
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‘This just doesn't happen anymore,‘ says a volunteer with an interfaith group.
In rare move, feds reach out to faith groups for help with measles outbreak | Broadview Magazine
‘This just doesn't happen anymore,‘ says a volunteer with an interfaith group
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December 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
‘This just doesn't happen anymore,‘ says a volunteer with an interfaith group.
🎄 Dec. 3 Advent Calendar - Anne Brooks (Broadview Administrator) 🎄
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December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🎄 Dec. 3 Advent Calendar - Anne Brooks (Broadview Administrator) 🎄
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🥳 Today we open the first door of our digital Advent Calendar. We’re kicking things off with a heartfelt story from Broadview Editor/Publisher Jocelyn Bell. 🥳
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December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🥳 Today we open the first door of our digital Advent Calendar. We’re kicking things off with a heartfelt story from Broadview Editor/Publisher Jocelyn Bell. 🥳
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Happy Advent! We’re excited to introduce Wilderness Times, a new Substack by Rev. Bri-anne Swan created in partnership with Broadview.
Read her first post here and subscribe to receive new perspectives every other Sunday — straight to your inbox.
Read her first post here and subscribe to receive new perspectives every other Sunday — straight to your inbox.
The end of the world as we know it
Advent and the birth of something better. Sometimes the world falling apart might just be hopeful.
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November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Happy Advent! We’re excited to introduce Wilderness Times, a new Substack by Rev. Bri-anne Swan created in partnership with Broadview.
Read her first post here and subscribe to receive new perspectives every other Sunday — straight to your inbox.
Read her first post here and subscribe to receive new perspectives every other Sunday — straight to your inbox.
Poverty reduction advocate Sid Frankel says kids deserve to be free of deprivation and stress.
Canada is 25 years late on ending child poverty | Broadview Magazine
Poverty reduction advocate Sid Frankel says kids deserve to be free of deprivation and stress
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November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Poverty reduction advocate Sid Frankel says kids deserve to be free of deprivation and stress.
Christopher White sat down with Grant Dillenbeck for a conversation about facing mortality.
My friend of 40 years was dying. This was our last conversation | Broadview Magazine
Christopher White sat down with Grant Dillenbeck for a conversation about facing mortality
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November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Christopher White sat down with Grant Dillenbeck for a conversation about facing mortality.
Look closely and you’ll find that the images don’t just convey the old, old story.
8 contemporary Canadian artists' compelling views of Christmas | Broadview Magazine
Look closely and you’ll find that the images don’t just convey the old, old story.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Look closely and you’ll find that the images don’t just convey the old, old story.
“We made the mutual decision to come out publicly, and we knew that would be the end of our careers,” Lindahl explains.
Her church cast her out for being gay. 30 years later, it made amends. | Broadview Magazine
Revs. Martha Juillerat and Tammy Lindahl lost their ordinations after coming out in the 1990s. Now the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. has restored Juillerat's credentials.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“We made the mutual decision to come out publicly, and we knew that would be the end of our careers,” Lindahl explains.
🌲 Advent begins Nov. 30 — and so does Wilderness Times. Wander with Rev. Bri-anne Swan as she makes sense of the world through a faith-shaped lens.🌲
https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/
https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🌲 Advent begins Nov. 30 — and so does Wilderness Times. Wander with Rev. Bri-anne Swan as she makes sense of the world through a faith-shaped lens.🌲
https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/
https://wildernesstimes.substack.com/
Pew Research findings reveal drops in religious identity from Chile to Mexico, reshaping the global story of faith.
Latin America's surprising shift away from Christianity | Broadview Magazine
Pew Research findings reveal drops in religious identity from Chile to Mexico, reshaping the global story of faith
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November 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pew Research findings reveal drops in religious identity from Chile to Mexico, reshaping the global story of faith.
The little things often hold the biggest memories: a handmade star, the ornament your grandma gave you ...
Our Broadview Advent Calendar shares these stories from well-known Canadians and our staff.
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Our Broadview Advent Calendar shares these stories from well-known Canadians and our staff.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The little things often hold the biggest memories: a handmade star, the ornament your grandma gave you ...
Our Broadview Advent Calendar shares these stories from well-known Canadians and our staff.
Sign up now to receive this free digital gift: https://broadview.org/sign-up-advent-calendar/
Our Broadview Advent Calendar shares these stories from well-known Canadians and our staff.
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Wealth on that scale is never earned — it's extracted, writes Rev. Bri-anne Swan.
What if Elon Musk becomes a trillionaire? | Broadview Magazine
Wealth on that scale is never earned — it's extracted, writes Rev. Bri-anne Swan
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November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Wealth on that scale is never earned — it's extracted, writes Rev. Bri-anne Swan.
When a family party meets Trump-era politics, our Moral Compass columnist offers advice.
Should I go to a U.S. wedding? | Broadview Magazine
Our Moral Compass columnist weighs in on whether a Trump-induced travel boycott should keep someone from attending a big family event
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November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
When a family party meets Trump-era politics, our Moral Compass columnist offers advice.
🎅 Imagine opening a calendar where each day reveals a new ornament, a new story, a new moment of joy.🎅 Broadview’s free digital Advent Calendar brings together 14 days of heartwarming stories + photos from well-known Canadians and our team. Sign up here: https://ow.ly/I3U550Xt3ly
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🎅 Imagine opening a calendar where each day reveals a new ornament, a new story, a new moment of joy.🎅 Broadview’s free digital Advent Calendar brings together 14 days of heartwarming stories + photos from well-known Canadians and our team. Sign up here: https://ow.ly/I3U550Xt3ly
The NDP MP says her bill would 'protect survivors from the incitement of hate.'
Leah Gazan on why Canada should outlaw residential school denialism | Broadview Magazine
The NDP MP says her bill would 'protect survivors from the incitement of hate'
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November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The NDP MP says her bill would 'protect survivors from the incitement of hate.'
As female service workers and Southeast Asian immigrants, the narrator and her employees are seen as incompetent or hardly seen at all.
Souvankham Thammavongsa’s ‘Parlour Games’ explores the power dynamics of a nail salon | Broadview Magazine
As female service workers and Southeast Asian immigrants, the narrator and her employees are seen as incompetent, or hardly seen at all
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November 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
As female service workers and Southeast Asian immigrants, the narrator and her employees are seen as incompetent or hardly seen at all.
Rev. Michael Woolf regularly participates in demonstrations outside a Chicago-area migrant detention centre.
Chicago pastor says an ICE officer grabbed his throat during peaceful protest | Broadview Magazine
Rev. Michael Woolf regularly protests outside a Chicago migrant detention centre.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Rev. Michael Woolf regularly participates in demonstrations outside a Chicago-area migrant detention centre.