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I am my brother’s keeper
Categories: OpinionMany years ago now—I’m getting a bit long in the tooth—I took what I thought would be a bird course in my second year at what was then known as…
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MC Saskatchewan launches online Sunday school for children
Categories: NewsMennonite Church Saskatchewan is offering Sunday school for children via Zoom. Josh and Cindy Wallace started hosting the half-hour sessions at the end of May. So far, about eight families,…
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Why I’m not in a hurry to reopen church doors
Not long ago a group of churches and church leaders across the province signed a letter asking Ontario premier Doug Ford to allow churches to reopen at the beginning of…
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Rethinking police and policing
The Winnipeg Police Service shot and killed three people in less than two weeks earlier this year. More than ever we need to take care about when we as citizens call the…
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Life together online
Categories: EditorialSince the middle of March, when church buildings closed due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, I’ve been visiting many churches. Not in person, of course, but on the internet. Each…
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The twilight of Mennonite radio
Categories: Feature ArticlesManitoba’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. …
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Readers write: June 22, 2020 issue
Categories: Opinion‘A wise investment’ in the future of church camps Re: “Testing the ties that bind,” April 27, page 2. It hit me when I read in the editorial that the…
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New CommonWord website launched
Categories: OpinionOn June 1, CommonWord launched a new website at commonword.ca that is mobile-friendly, easily searchable and beautifully designed. Our goal is to make Anabaptist and related resources easily found for…
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Len Bechtel
Categories: OpinionLen Bechtel, front, is pictured with a portable saw he and other conscientious objectors (COs) designed near Vancouver during the Second World War. As oil supplies dwindled due to the…
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Learn, love, advocate
Categories: OpinionI was in Whistler, B.C., last week with my husband and kids, and we joined a Black Lives Matter protest in the village. My eight-year-old reminded us that we used…
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Disillusionment and hope
Categories: OpinionWhen I preach I often reference verses in the Bible that talk about God’s intention that all nations, languages and tribes are called to worship God through Jesus. The Book…
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Rushi’s radiant smile
Categories: OpinionI was 7 when Rushi (a pseudonym) and his family moved into our neighbourhood. They were the first people of colour to move into the community, and nobody rolled out…
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Walking together at a distance
Categories: OpinionFollowing current physical-distance guidelines, the fifth annual Walk in the Spirit of Reconciliation was held in various parts of British Columbia over the final weekend of May. Although we walked…
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Elementary and secondary schools adapt during pandemic
Categories: NewsMennonite schools are facing the challenge of operating during a pandemic, both now and into the fall, while staying true to their mission to deliver a faith-based, holistic program. Ontario…
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Fall plans for Mennonite post-secondary schools
Categories: NewsConrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ont. The COVID-19 pandemic has created many changes and challenges for Grebel. While construction on the kitchen and dining room expansion continues, many other activities…
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There will be fruit
Categories: NewsWhen international travel was banned in March of this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Niagara fruit farmers were in shock. John and Jocelyn Thwaites and their sons,…
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‘Superb helped me continue to have faith’
Categories: News“I think they’re going to grieve for a while,” says Lois Siemens of Superb Mennonite Church, which held its final worship service on May 31. The church building, located 212 kilometres…
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Manitoba’s Winter Hour releases debut album
Categories: PeopleManitoba musician Mike Wiebe released his debut album, You Made a Shadow, on May 31 under the name Winter Hour. He wrote the album’s 10 songs over a period of…
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The ‘poet of ironwork’
Categories: PeopleIf you are Mennonite and live in Alberta, you may not know John Wiebe, but you’ll recognize his work. Kate Janzen calls him the “poet of ironwork.” Every year since…
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Legacy of the last great epidemic
Categories: PeopleDave Penner recalls playing in the ditch with his brother in the summer of 1952. He was 5, his brother Henry was three years older. The freshly dug ditch on…
