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Epic embroidery
Categories: PeopleFor 18 years, Sandra Sawatzky has been working with thread and fabric, embroidering pictures and text on large fabric panels that take years to create. The 67-year-old from Calgary, is…
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A path back to faith in polarized times
Categories: Faith StoryAs we progress toward a drastically different political climate than the one I’ve always known, I have found myself increasingly disconnected from the elected officials chosen to represent us. The…
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University ministry celebrated
Every year around Valentine’s Day, the Menno Office Charcuterie and Coffee House brings together students, their families, alumni and supporters of Menno Office to enjoy each other’s company with good…
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God is love
Categories: Life in the 80sArmin and Edith Krahn, both 82, have attended Nutana Park Mennonite Church in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, since moving from their farm near Herschel. They met at RJC High School and were…
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Let your words be few
For a person who barely talks, Sidney Martin speaks volumes with his presence. As the Bible says, “Do not be rash with your mouth … let your words be few”…
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Letters from home
Categories: CM THIS WEEKDear Reader, I’ve been thinking about letters lately. Even after the mail strike, we noticed a lull in letters to Canadian Mennonite this winter. Was the magazine content not interesting?…
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Family in Gaza returns home only to be forced out again
Inside the one remaining room of Khayria’s bombed out house in northern Gaza, the 60- year-old woman tends a cookpot of greens over an open wood fire. The smoke can…
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Award of Excellence presented to two Ontario Historians
In the opening moments of the annual general meeting of the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada Brian Froese challenged attendees to “test everything that is said. Hold on to what…
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Small, hurting world
Categories: CM THIS WEEKNot long after M23 rebels captured the city of Bukavu in eastern DRC in February, my colleague Susan Fish spoke with a Mennonite pastor and doctor in Bukavu (article here).…
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MCBC AGM recap
Categories: NewsMennonite Church B.C. held its annual general meeting on February 21–22 at Eden Mennonite in Chilliwack, hosted by area churches. The theme was “One New Humanity: Becoming a Church for…
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Church agencies see impacts of USAID cuts
Categories: NewsWhile Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) do not depend on funds from USAID—the United States Agency for International Development—they are witnessing the results of the Trump…
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Témoignage d’un pasteur en pleine violence en RDC
Parlant depuis son domicile à Bukavu, en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), le 23 février, Josué Seleman a raconté des troubles dans la ville de Bukavu depuis l’entrée des rebelles…
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The immeasurable power of surrender
When David Fitch speaks about church and power, his starting point is not any big thoughts from the seminary classrooms he’s so familiar with or even his experience as pastor…
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Film updates Stoney Knoll story
Categories: NewsThe new documentary Reserve 107: A Path Forward tells the story of a small grassroots group that built friendships across religious and ethnic lines and motivated the government of Canada…
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Control issues
Categories: EditorialWhat is more countercultural than submission? In a time of unalienable rights and unfettered individuality, voluntary abdication of power, rights or personal expression is relatively unthinkable. These norms seep into…
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Identity face-off
Categories: Deeper communionIt’s all I could think about in the days leading up to that Thursday in February. That week, in my commutes, in my classes and in my daily tasks, my…
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A tender heart toward sinners
Categories: Life in the postmodern shiftI grew up in a fundamentalist church that championed the phrase, “Love the sinner, hate the sin.” Although it’s arguably biblically based, there are potential problems with this platitude. First,…
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Tending congregation-pastor relations
For many years, the model of ministry within Mennonite Church Canada congregations featured a solo pastor working full-time for a congregation of 100 to 150 members. MC Canada accordingly designed…
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Readers Write: April 2025
MCC statement rings hollow for long-time MCCer I am one of the 50-plus people who have come forward with an account of serious mistreatment by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). After…
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