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Learning to live with technology
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe internet and the myriad technologies that have accompanied its rise to media supremacy have transformed the way people communicate. For better or worse they have also transformed education. As…
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Readers write: January 20, 2020 issue
Categories: OpinionHigh praise from a loyal reader I look forward to reading Canadian Mennonite. The contributions are usually wide-ranging, with sermon-based feature articles that I find uplifting and confirming. The Opinion…
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No longer predictable
Categories: OpinionThe church we inhabit today is a lot different than the one I grew up in. Whether it was an English congregation or a German one, the worship services tended…
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MCC annual meeting
Categories: OpinionIn 1984, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) held its annual meeting in Richmond, British Columbia. Pictured from left to right are board members Hugo Jantz, Leo Driedger, Henry P. Yoder, Bruce…
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Partying ‘behind the wall’
Categories: OpinionThrough the frantic Christmas season, I was part of many gatherings connected to churches, families, schools and workplace settings. All were good. However, none were better, or more significant to…
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Transformative experiences
Categories: OpinionA thoroughly ragged and stained potholder has hung next to my kitchen stove ever since 1988. It was stitched together from scraps of cloth by some unknown Pennsylvania Mennonite. In…
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Eating God’s words
Categories: OpinionTwo years ago I embarked on a Bible reading challenge. What started as an attempt to read the Bible in a year, morphed into a slower reading and reflection practice.…
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Three congregations leave MC Eastern Canada
Categories: NewsIn September 2019, Mennonite Church Eastern Canada reported: “We announce with great sadness that River of Life, Calvary Church Ayr (Mennonite), and Milverton Mennonite Fellowship [all in Ontario] have left…
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Listening to those who have left
Categories: NewsA Mennonite elder once told me, “We need to listen to people who leave the church.” John Reimer (a pseudonym) is one such person. A soft-spoken grandpa, he recently left a…
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Winnipeg church welcomes its neighbours
Categories: NewsEvery Sunday morning at Home Street Mennonite Church, two ushers hand out bulletins and seat guests for the worship service. But an hour earlier, a group of “Third Ushers” is…
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B.C. congregations seek God’s voice in 2020
Categories: NewsCongregations in Mennonite Church British Columbia are greeting the new year with efforts to deepen spirituality and to hear God’s voice more clearly through group study and Bible reading. Learning…
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St. Jacobs Mennonite stages ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’
Categories: NewsSome 80 people from all ages were part of staging The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at St. Jacobs (Ont.) Mennonite Church on Dec. 21 and 22. The 1950s era story…
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Family of artists share their work in new book
Categories: PeopleMany individuals dream of writing a book, but it’s not often that an entire family writes a book together. Three generations of artists from the Proudfoot family compiled a book…
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RJC: Becoming a missional school
Categories: Focus On EducationRosthern Junior College has been a steadfast presence in Mennonite education for almost 115 years. However, decreasing enrolment has prompted the school’s administration and board to rethink what the school…
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Strangers become friends at college
Categories: Focus On EducationMy older sister met her best friend at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ont., in 2013. They were paired together as roommates for their first year, and lived together…
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Their stories showed me how to be brave
Categories: Focus On EducationIn the last few months with Mennonite Central Committee’s Serving and Learning Together program, I have thought often about how we all use stories to communicate. And how sometimes I…
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‘Nobody is perfect and that’s okay’
Categories: Focus On EducationI often get asked what draws me to work at a small private Christian school in Gretna, a small rural town in Manitoba. The answer is quite simple: because of the…
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Engaging Anabaptist theology in community—at a distance
Categories: Web FirstRandall Koehler wants to explore how Anabaptist theology might shape the mission of the church in a rural context. Koehler, who lives with his family in Benson, Ill.—a rural community…
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Rockway to feature ‘Voices Together’ committee member at special event
Categories: Web FirstRockway Mennonite Collegiate in Kitchener, Ont. marks 75 years of mission in 2020. Sarah Johnson, a 2003 alumna, will be the guest speaker at a special Founders’ Day chapel at…
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MWC committee begins planning 2021 assembly
Categories: Web FirstA six-person program committee met last November to develop the activities and schedule of the 2021 Mennonite World Conference (MWC) global assembly in Indonesia next July. The six come from…
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