Becoming an intercultural church
Categories: OpinionJust as Matthew 7:21 states, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,” not every intercultural church will experience the fullest stage of reconciliation…
Lord, hear our prayer
Categories: Feature ArticlesWe asked people who wrote for Canadian Mennonite in 2023 to share their wish and prayer for the church in 2024. I’m easily afraid. So is the church. I pray…
Away in a manor
Categories: NewsIt’s not your typical nativity play. While most Christmas productions feature rosy-cheeked children wearing bathrobes and pillows cases, Bethany Manor’s “Nativity on Wheels” stars senior citizens, many of whom have…
Mennonites protest in Waterloo
Categories: NewsOn December 19, approximately 250 Mennonites, Palestinians and others gathered in Waterloo’s City Hall to call on Member of Parliament Bardish Chagger to publicly support an immediate and sustainable ceasefire…
Highlights from 2023
Categories: EditorialBelow are some bits that caught my attention from the last year of Canadian Mennonite magazine, and 13 headlines I like. Thanks be to God. A wall still…
The language of protest
Categories: NewsWhether it’s a vigil for missing and murdered Indigenous women or a march for climate justice, chances are you’ve seen an article about a protest in recent years. In…
A Prayer for Peace — Advent 2023
Categories: Web First – OpinionOut of the depths I cry to you, Lord. Save us, God our Savior, gather us and deliver us from the nations. From north to south, nowhere is safe in…
Mennonite rally calls for ceasefire
Categories: News“We come with intense pain and grief over the suffering of Palestinians and Israelis.” With those words, Marta Bunnett Wiebe welcomed about 95 Winnipeggers to a peace service of…
Mennos gather at MP’s office for Day of Action
Categories: NewsAbout 30 Mennonites assembled in the lobby of Garden Park Tower on December 19 to make their voices heard on the Mennonite Day of Action asking for a ceasefire in…
MC Canada announces green grant recipients
Categories: NewsMennonite Church Canada is pleased to announce Emissions Reduction Grants (ERG) totaling $23,021 to help one rural and eight urban congregations reduce their carbon footprint. Fourteen additional congregations expressed interest…
Reflections on the end of the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre
Categories: NewsOn October 24, 2023, the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre (TMTC) held a virtual closing ceremony to mark the end of its 33-year existence. The centre’s mandate was to develop theological…
Survey says . . .
Categories: EditorialStarting in April, this magazine will be printed 12 times per year instead of 22. Many readers encouraged the change. In the Canadian Mennonite (CM) survey, carried out from July…
Readers write: December 15, 2023
Categories: Readers WriteAdvent in light of current events Will Braun’s December 1 editorial (“What kind of peace church are we?”) asks what Palestinian Christians would think of our various statements and actions…
Needlework from the Middle East
Categories: OpinionMennonite Central Committee (MCC) worker Alice Snyder (right) shows needlework done by rural and refugee women in Jordan and the West Bank to Esther Weber at the MCC Ontario offices…
The church cannot be silent
We have entered the days of Advent. It’s usually one of my favourite periods in the church calendar, but this year, the waiting is heavy. The candle is a tiny…
Highlights from CM’s online event with young pastors
Categories: NewsOn November 29, Canadian Mennonite hosted “Answering the Call,” an online event featuring three young pastors: Curtis Wiens of Aberdeen Mennonite Church in Aberdeen, Saskatchewan; Kennedy Froese of Sterling Mennonite…
The gift of Greg
Categories: OpinionIt’s that season where gifts are received, admired, beheld. When thinking about gifts, my thoughts turn to my friend, “Greg.” Greg is interesting for many reasons. He has spent close…
‘You can’t keep everything you love’
Categories: NewsWelcome to “Life in the 80s,” a semi-regular series in which we ask people in their 80s or 90s to share their wisdom. Ed (85) and Louise (84) Janzen met…
The best non-Christmas Christmas song
Categories: OpinionChristmas is the celebration of the Incarnation. Christmas says that Jesus became a human; a baby who went through the terrible twos, puberty, the teen years and a carpenter’s life.…
‘Custodians’ makes a clean sweep
Categories: NewsThe film Custodians: A Story of Ancient Echoes won big at the Saskatchewan International Film Fest (SIFF) in October. The documentary explores the work of local landowners, volunteers and municipal…
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