Canadian Mennonite Magazine

Musician Darryl Neustadter Barg is MC Manitoba’s director of communications and CMU’s media production coordinator. He is pictured leading worship with Bruno Cavalca at the 2019 MC Canada assembly in Abbotsford, B.C. (Photo by Jane Grunau)

Copyright matters

September 23, 2020 | Feature | Joanne De Jong

Life is funny. When something breaks down in the church, whether an oven or an elevator, we fix it. And if we can’t fix it, we buy a new one. We understand that physical property must be paid for.

But what about intellectual property?...

(Mennopix Digital Art by Ross W. Muir)

Selling generosity

September 9, 2020 | Feature | Darren Pries-Klassen

When I am asked what I do for a living, I often say, “I show people how much fun it is to give their money away.” That elicits a better conversation than if I tell them I manage a registered, charitable, donor-advised foundation.

I...

Marion Regier, left, and Rachel Wallace tie quilts together at MCC’s Great Winter Warm Up in Rosthern, Sask, in January 2020. (Photo by Donna Schulz)

Hooked on volunteering

August 12, 2020 | Feature | Donna Schulz

Eileen Klassen Hamm recalls how, as a young adult, she considered a Mennonite Voluntary Service term to be a good and natural thing to do.

“It was an earlier era, where the church that owns Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) really fostered that sense of...

‘The Lord Answering Job Out of the Whirlwind,’ part of a series of paintings on the Book of Job by William Blake, 1805-06, commissioned by Thomas Butts. (Public Domain)

In a perfect storm

July 15, 2020 | Feature | Derek Suderman

Years ago, I saw a movie about a fishing crew caught at sea when two storms and a hurricane converged to create a “perfect storm.” I have been reminded of this as widespread protest after the death of yet another African-American man in the custody...

Frank H. Epp was the first radio director for the Conference of Mennonites in Manitoba and led the Abundant Life radio program. (Photo courtesy of the Mennonite Archives of Ontario / The Canadian Mennonite)

The twilight of Mennonite radio

June 17, 2020 | Feature | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe

Manitoba’s airwaves are full of Mennonite radio. I began to notice this last year when I started hosting a radio program for Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), where I also work.

Except for Manitoba, none of the regional churches within Mennonite Church Canada currently produce...

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Valerie Alipova never imagined that one of the Bethel Mennonite Church offices would be hers when she first came to Canada with Mennonite Voluntary Service in 2015. (Photo by Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe)

From pew to pulpit

Sep. 23, 2020 | People

One of the first photographs that Natalie Stevanus took more than 15 years ago. The early-season snow storm inspired her eye for beauty. She has been taking award-winning photographs ever since.` (Photo by Natalie Stevanus)

An eye for beauty

Sep. 23, 2020 | People

Fanosie Legesse, right, is pictured in Ethiopia with Norm Dyck, MC Eastern Canada mission minister, left, and Desalegn Abebe, president of Meserete Kristos Church. Their traditional Oromo clothing was a gift from the Waajjira Waldaa Meserete Kristos Regional Church. (Photo courtesy of Norm Dyck)

‘I can see this church coming’

Sep. 23, 2020 | People

(Photo: flickr.com/Riccardo Cuppini)

Navigating reopening

Sep. 23, 2020 | News

Members of Chinatown Peace Church, one of the MC British Columbia congregations receiving a grant from the regional church’s Mountainview Fund, gather for a summer worship service in a Vancouver park. (Photo courtesy of Tim Kuepfer)

‘Engaging missionally with neighbours’

Sep. 23, 2020 | News

Marie Moyer and Dave Neufeldt in front of their net-zero energy home in Lethbridge, Alta. (Photo by Beth Moyer)

Cheering for the Leafs!

Sep. 23, 2020 | News

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Musician Darryl Neustadter Barg is MC Manitoba’s director of communications and CMU’s media production coordinator. He is pictured leading worship with Bruno Cavalca at the 2019 MC Canada assembly in Abbotsford, B.C. (Photo by Jane Grunau)

Copyright matters

Sep. 23, 2020 | Feature

(Mennopix Digital Art by Ross W. Muir)

Selling generosity

Sep. 9, 2020 | Feature

Marion Regier, left, and Rachel Wallace tie quilts together at MCC’s Great Winter Warm Up in Rosthern, Sask, in January 2020. (Photo by Donna Schulz)

Hooked on volunteering

Aug. 12, 2020 | Feature

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'Why do I enjoy watching horror movies?' (Image by Sammy-Williams/Pixabay)

The allure of horror films

Sep. 23, 2020 | Editorial

(Graphic by Betty Avery)

Readers write: September 28, 2020 issue

Sep. 23, 2020 | Opinion

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Our need for community

Sep. 23, 2020 | Opinion

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Ernie Hildebrand, standing at the microphone, speaks at the FEARO hearings regarding a proposed uranium refinery in the Warman, Sask., area, in 1980. (Photo courtesy of Jake Buhler)