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The spiritual resurrection

March 23, 2023 | Feature | Menno Simons c.1536

Reading words written nearly 500 years ago and translated nearly 70 years ago takes some effort, especially when the message is that death precedes resurrection. We trust the Spirit will reveal something new in the old.

Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from...

Evangelist George R. Brunk II with his wife Margaret, and their kids, left to right, George, Conrad, Paul, Barbara and Gerald, at a 1952 revival meeting in Waterloo, Ont. (Mennonite Archives of Ontario photo by David L. Hunsberger)

The piano ban

March 8, 2023 | Feature | Carol Ann Weaver

October 22 was a normal Sunday. I had just arrived at Rockway Mennonite Church in Kitchener, Ont., when Conrad Brunk approached me. He is a fellow Rockway member, a former colleague at Conrad Grebel University College and a former next-door neighbour in Harrisonburg, Va. when...

Actors Rooney Mara (left), Claire Foy, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod and Jessie Buckley on the set of Women Talking. (Photo by Michael Gibson/Orion Pictures)

Film review: sorrow, joy, anger and faith

February 22, 2023 | Feature | Mandy Elliott

What do we do when we are wronged: Nothing? Stay and fight? Or do we leave?

These questions form the backbone of Women Talking , a 2022 film directed by Sarah Polley and adapted from Miriam Toews’s acclaimed novel of the same name....

The church in Pingjum, Netherlands where Menno Simons stood up to Catholic authorities. (Photo by Doug Klassen)

Witness

February 8, 2023 | Feature | Doug Klassen

I stand on the very spot where it all began, in a former Catholic church in the village of Pingjum, Netherlands. Here, the priest Menno Simons was called to account by his superiors.

He’d been interpreting scripture for himself, pondering deeply the words of...

Victor Wiebe and Lorene Nickel with a “Deed of Gift” form. (Photo by Emily Summach)

Guardians of the past

January 25, 2023 | Feature | Emily Summach

Through an easily overlooked side door and down two flights of stairs at Bethany Manor Senior Living Complex in Saskatoon one will find the archival rooms of the Mennonite Historical Society of Saskatchewan (MHSS). The cozy basement space holds thousands of Mennonite historical materials including...

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A story of war, immigration and connection

Mar. 23, 2023 | News

Kirsten Hamm-Epp, regional church minister, and Josh Wallace, church engagement minister, lead morning worship. (Photo by Emily Summach)

Transitions abound at MC Saskatchewan’s annual...

Mar. 23, 2023 | News

Garry Janzen (left), Yha Robin, Nhien Pham, Hung Doan Dinh and Kosor Tuih in Qui Nhon, Vietnam, on Feb. 14. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Barkowsky)

Vietnam church strong, dynamic

Mar. 23, 2023 | News

Sol Janzen (left), Heidi Dirks, Marcus Rempel and Teresa Enns Zehr represented the two congregations joining MC Manitoba at this year’s annual gathering: Aberdeen Evangelical Mennonite Church and Saint Julian’s Table. (Photo by Karen Schellenberg)

MC Manitoba re-imagines church together at...

Mar. 23, 2023 | News

Caleb Ratzlaff mingles with supporters at his campaign launch. (Photo by Janessa Jessome Photography)

Journey from pastor to politician

Mar. 23, 2023 | News

Colin McCartney

On a journey with Jesus

Mar. 23, 2023 | News

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Art by Nick Schuurman(therainthesnowtheseed.ca)

The spiritual resurrection

Mar. 23, 2023 | Feature

An Easter turtle in Mampujan, Colombia. (Photo by Anna Vogt)

Easter reflections

Mar. 23, 2023 | Feature

Evangelist George R. Brunk II with his wife Margaret, and their kids, left to right, George, Conrad, Paul, Barbara and Gerald, at a 1952 revival meeting in Waterloo, Ont. (Mennonite Archives of Ontario photo by David L. Hunsberger)

The piano ban

Mar. 8, 2023 | Feature

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A mural in San Salvador shows Oscar Romero surrounded by peasants. (Photo by Will Braun)

No shortcut to Easter

Mar. 23, 2023 | Editorial

(Graphic by Betty Avery)

Readers write: March 24, 2023 issue

Mar. 23, 2023 | Opinion

Kevin Barkowsky (seated third from left) pictured in Vietnam last month. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Barkowsky)

What is a Mennonite?

Mar. 23, 2023 | Opinion

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Shel Boese, front row, center, was affirmed as the new MC B.C. executive minister on Feb. 25.

Affirmation of new executive minister...

Mar. 8, 2023 | News

CMU students helped organize the Manitoba premiere of ‘Custodians.’ From left to right: Danika Warkentin, Lindsay Scott, Daisy Belec, Abimbola Onijamah, Micah Peters Unrau and Arnaud Munezero. (Photo by Danika Warkentin)

Land, reconciliation doc showing in Winnipeg...

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MC Canada climate action update

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The spiritual resurrection

The piano ban

Film review: sorrow, joy, anger and faith

Witness

Guardians of the past

News

A story of war, immigration and connection

Transitions abound at MC Saskatchewan’s annual...

Vietnam church strong, dynamic

MC Manitoba re-imagines church together at...

Journey from pastor to politician