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Vietnam highlighted at MCC B.C. meeting
Categories: NewsThose who attended Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) B.C.’s 2019 annual meeting on Oct. 19 were treated to a Vietnamese cultural experience as they entered the gym at King Road Mennonite…
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‘If you’re not hungry, your neighbour shouldn’t be hungry’
Categories: NewsA full house of more than 200 people gathered at the Park Theatre in Winnipeg on Oct. 15, a day before the United Nations-designated World Food Day, for the release…
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Should pastors have friends in the church?
Categories: NewsWhen Don Baergen, an elder at Holyrood Mennonite Church in Edmonton, heard that Mennonite Church Alberta was hosting an Equipping Day on healthy boundaries, he decided to go since he…
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Becoming a work of art
Categories: NewsTom Yoder Neufeld likens God’s work with the church to an artist who creates a beautiful work of art out of things others have thrown away. The professor emeritus of…
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Voices Together committee holds final meeting
Categories: Web FirstA stack of paper containing 780 songs and a binder of 320 worship resources greeted each member of the Voices Together committee when they arrived for their 10th and final…
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Bible study works at decolonizing scripture
Categories: Web FirstA Bible study in Winnipeg is asking the questions, “How is our faith shaped by our history?” and, “Can we decolonize how we read the Bible?” Kelsey Enns leads the…
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Impressive work at Hutterite art exhibit
There are one hundred and seven Hutterite colonies in Manitoba and those colonies are home to a talented enclave of visual artists. I recently visited the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery…
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Voices Together hymnal discounts extended
HARRISONBURG, Va.—Due to a high response rate, MennoMedia is extending the Voices Together case quantity discount until Dec. 1, 2019. The quantity discount was to be for the first 10,000…
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A meaningful way to dispose of unwanted Bibles
Categories: Web FirstTim Martens carefully unwraps a pair of tattered-looking old books. One is an ancient German Bible, its text printed in fine Gothic script, the other an old Gesangbuch or songbook.…
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Watch: A haunting at Westgate?
Categories: Web FirstThe 2018-19 Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Concert Choir has something to help get you into a playful Halloween spirit. Last June, the choir filmed a video for its rendition of “Hall of…
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Keeping Christ in Halloween
When I was a kid, Halloween was one of the best nights of the year. We lived in Drumheller, Alta. then. My mom and dad were both quite into Halloween…
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Shaped by our essential book
Categories: EditorialThe name Arab Christians use for the Bible translates literally as “The Holy Book,” and they often shorten it to “The Book.” Article 4 of the Confession of Faith in…
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The world in colour
Categories: Feature ArticlesIf the Bible is a story, it is also something more: It’s a book that dares to make an authoritative claim on life. Between the poems and proverbs and parables,…
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Readers write: October 28, 2019 issue
Categories: OpinionPoint:Counterpoint—Differing views on AMBS hiring Re: “Boshart next AMBS president despite expressed concerns,” Sept. 30, page 27. Thanks to Canadian Mennonite for covering the opposition to the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical…
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Speak Jesus
Categories: OpinionIn the mid-1960s, Peter Berger and Thomas Luckman coined the phrase “the social construction of reality.” The phrase emphasizes that the world of power and meaning is created through the…
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Bethel Bible Institute
Categories: OpinionCan you help identify these three men at Bethel Bible Institute (BBI)? Is John Poettcker in the centre? The formation of Bethel in Abbotsford, B.C., was proposed in 1937 at…
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Rhythms of reconciliation
Categories: OpinionMy two-year-old has developed a habit of throwing his bowl across the kitchen when he’s finished his food. Sometimes it clears the dining area and we find it in the…
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Walking in the church
Categories: OpinionWho is a Canadian Mennonite? I stood in line for supper at the start of a church convention this summer, and looked at my turquoise toenails, a splurge in the…
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Walking a different path
Categories: OpinionWhen we first started telling people we were going to hike the Masar Ibrahim Trail in the West Bank, Palestine, they were incredulous. “You’re going where? You’re doing what?” Over…
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Credible Christians
Categories: Opinion“People are no longer interested in religion or church, but they are still interested in Jesus.” This is a statement many Christians, including myself on occasion, proclaim confidently. However, blanket…
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