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The servant heart
Categories: Web FirstOver the past few years Menno Simons Christian School in Calgary, Alta. has taken the students on a spiritual journey to explore an upside down kingdom, a world that is…
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Watch: The journey of a comforter
Categories: Web FirstVolunteers across Canada are preparing to participate in Mennonite Central Committee’s Great Winter Warm-up. MCC is hoping that these volunteers will produce 6,500 comforters during the event, which takes place…
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Join ‘The Great Winter Warm-up’
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Central Committee (MCC) will kick off its 100-year anniversary celebration in 2020 by bringing together volunteers in Canada, the United States and Europe to make 6,500 comforters in one…
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Oblivious on the ice
Editor’s note: Last year at this time, Gary Harder, a retired Mennonite Church Canada pastor in southern Ontario, related the following on his blog. ‘Tis a New Year. We have…
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Reporting on #ChurchToo
Categories: EditorialOver the years, Canadian Mennonite has reported on sexual misconduct within the Mennonite context. As a member of the church press, we have tried to carry out our ongoing commitment…
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Encountering the gifts of a global church
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe world is getting smaller. Peoples, places and cultures that in the past existed in distant lands may today be just around the corner. Here in North America, because of…
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Readers write: January 6, 2020 issue
Categories: OpinionSilver Lake, MC Eastern Canada apologize for not speaking up sooner Re: “Decades-old sexual abuse comes to light.” On Aug. 24, 2018, Canadian Mennonite published a story about the long-term…
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An incessant demand
Categories: Opinion“Where are you, Mennonites?” A colleague and I are in a Winnipeg café discussing the current land struggles of many Indigenous peoples. I listen intently as she speaks of the…
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Westgate students at rally
Categories: OpinionIn 1968, 115 Westgate Mennonite Collegiate students joined 2,000 members of Students for Educational Equality and Democracy (SEED) for a rally at the Manitoba legislature in Winnipeg. These students of…
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To the river
Categories: OpinionAfter the hour-long drive home from my sister’s with my four very energetic kids, I had had enough! Trying to quiet down hyper kids while driving is not an easy…
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Canadian turkey and Salvadoran turkey
Categories: Opinion“The turkey tasted just like my mom’s turkey.” So said Sandra, a recent newcomer to Canada from Colombia. She was part of the First Mennonite Church (Kitchener) annual Christmas dinner.…
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‘Random acts of generosity’
Categories: OpinionHenry “Sherlock” Friesen is a long-time Abundance Canada client. He follows a well-thought-out generosity plan that includes making regular charitable donations from his gifting fund. This methodical approach to charitable…
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Paradoxical faith
Categories: OpinionI’ve become aware of various patterns and cycles in my life. One of them is a regular oscillation between two different “kinds” or phases of faith. Sometimes I remain in…
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Everything is under the authority of Christ
Categories: NewsGunungan is a figure from traditional Indonesian theatre that represents the world. The leaf-shaped art is used frequently around the country, including at the Mennonite church in seaside Jepara. “This…
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Life in a remote B.C. congregation
Categories: NewsGerry Binnema was invited to share news about United Mennonite Church, the congregation he pastors in Black Creek, B.C. Here is his creative and tongue-in-cheek response. Greetings from this far-flung…
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‘Re-learning to swim in baptismal waters’
Categories: NewsWe are witnessing the first time in history when many young people in Mennonite Church Canada congregations are actively participating in the church but are choosing not to be baptized.…
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‘A mile in my moccasins’
Categories: PeopleMadelaine Kioke was born in the woods near Attawapiskat, in the James Bay region of northern Ontario, where her parents hunted and trapped. She lived out on the land until…
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Helping others, one stitch at a time
Categories: PeopleEric Berg, a member of the St. Catharines (Ont.) United Mennonite Church, has been making blankets and donating them to MCC for a number of years. It all started years…
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Glimpsing the face of God
Categories: PeopleWhy are we doing international ministry? As I engage with people in many regional churches I often get this question. It is my favourite question. Don’t ask unless you are…
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Watch: An Abbotsford church’s shower ministry
Categories: Web FirstWhen Henry Penner saw a need in his community, he decided to meet that need. The Abbotsford, B.C. resident, along with King Road Mennonite Brethren Church, operates a mobile shower…
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