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Give and get
To get and to receive. These are the two modes of living which sustain us. Both of these paths provide for us, but there is a marked difference between them.…
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#ICYMI: 2019 in review
Categories: EditorialIt’s mid-December as I sit down to review the content published by Canadian Mennonite over the past year. Here are a few observations. Once again, the longer features anchoring…
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Ten New Year’s resolutions for an unexamined life
Categories: Opinion10. Accomplish more by scheduling longer and more frequent committee meetings. 9. Make the world a better place by pointing out how everyone else needs to change. 8. Spend more…
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Getting into the Christmas spirit across Canada
Categories: NewsIn keeping with the season, Canadian Mennonite has wrapped up four Christmas events—from Alberta, Ontario and British Columbia—into one package for your festive reading. CALGARY—Foothills Mennonite Church hosts a…
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Gleaners host Christmas open house to thank supporters
Categories: NewsThe work of farmers is difficult. They have to work with the land to bring about a decent crop in order to make a living. And even though they may…
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175 years by faith
Categories: NewsIn 1844, just under a half-hectare of land near the east bank of the Conestoga River was purchased from John Brubacher for the sum of five shillings. A log schoolhouse…
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New vision, new life
Categories: PeopleAdjust the dial. Pick a colour. Pop, snap. A new pair of glasses is ready to wear in five minutes. This is the project of Global Vision 2020 (GV2020),…
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Philpott now a Nishnawbe Aski Nation health adviser
Former Markham-Stouffville Liberal MP Jane Philpott, who lost her seat in last fall’s federal election, has accepted the role of special adviser in health care with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation…
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Two knitters and a potter
Categories: PeopleMany people dream of having a business but it never comes to pass. Barb Heidebrecht of Bergthal Mennonite Church in Didsbury, Alta., wondered if it was just a pipe dream…
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Who goes canoeing with their mother-in-law?
Categories: PeopleKyle Penner’s December wasn’t filled with just Christmas preparations, but with a multitude of book launches. The associate pastor of Grace Mennonite Church in Steinbach, Man., released his first book,…
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‘A bigger impact in the neighbourhood’
Categories: NewsIn October, Care Montreal opened seven nights a week as a licensed shelter after completing extensive renovations. Now volunteers at the shelter, housed at Hochma, a Mennonite Church Eastern Canada…
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Behind the scenes of Voices Together
Categories: PeopleWhen some of the individuals working on the forthcoming Voices Together hymnal needed help with a big task, they called their moms. The task was daunting. The text committee,…
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Money for missions
Categories: NewsIn 1989, a group of women from St. Catharines United Mennonite Church decided to sell their crafts and baking to raise money for missions. This “making and baking” was something…
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Adapting to changing volunteer realities
Categories: News“This is how I am a Christian,” says Heather Driedger of her work with Parkland Restorative Justice. As executive director of the non-profit organization, Driedger provides programs for inmates at…
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Churches partner to help residents in recovery
Categories: NewsTwenty years ago, two men attending Vancouver’s Sherbrooke Mennonite Church desperately needed a safe place to live so they could find their way out of the world of addiction. Considering…
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“’Twas in the moon of wintertime” not included in new Mennonite hymnal
Categories: Web First – OpinionChoosing whether or not to include a song in Voices Together is more complicated than whether or not people like singing it. The song known as “Huron Carol” or “’Twas…
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Watch: How to make peppernuts
Categories: Web FirstIf you’re interested in making peppernuts this holiday season and the recipe on our website won’t cut it, you’re in luck: Kristin “Baker Bettie” Hoffman has just the thing for…
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MennoMedia sells ThirdWay.com
HARRISONBURG, VA.—As of Nov. 18, the content available at ThirdWay.com has transitioned back to ThirdWayCafe.com. The ThirdWay.com domain has been sold to an office furniture company. Over the next year,…
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MCC Saskatchewan hosts first annual peace conference
SASKATOON—On the heels of some of the largest public protests in recent history, and a fairly polarizing national election, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Saskatchewan hosted its first annual peace conference…
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Waiting in the dark
waiting in the dark this season and place tilted away from the sun provides generous hours of darkness darkness may harbour breathtaking fear endless dread of unknowns aching hearts darkness…
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