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Climate action must include parking our cars for good
Categories: Car CultureThe climate strike in Waterloo last month raised awareness and got people talking about climate change, which is a good thing. What’s a lot more important but a lot more…
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Stories told and untold
Categories: EditorialThis past summer I attended an event focused on Mary Magdalene, at which guest speaker Amanda Witmer reviewed what scholars know about this early follower of Jesus—not very much. In…
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A disarmed heart
Categories: Feature ArticlesUpdate: In October 2020, Mennonite Church Eastern Canada announced the termination of the ministerial credentials of John D. Rempel, on the basis of ministerial sexual misconduct. To learn more, see ‘Credentials…
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Readers write: October 14, 2019 issue
Categories: OpinionQueer hymns cause deep concern for Ontario churchgoers Re: “Queer hymns now online,” Aug. 19, page 35. The undersigned from St. Catharines (Ont.) United Mennonite Church are deeply concerned…
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Just say ‘hi’
Categories: OpinionWe live in a fearful world. People persecute, slander, ignore, bully and oppress other people. It can be depressing catching the news of yet another hate crime, whether it’s on…
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Helena Kruger’s sewing class
Categories: OpinionAccording to CBC, Canadian households buy four times as much clothing as they did 30 years ago, and throw away 46 kilograms of clothing per year, of which 85 percent…
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A burning issue
Categories: OpinionIn Elise Epp’s “Clothes to match your values,” she pointed out the ecological harm posed by the overuse of highly processed leather products. I immediately felt warm . . . and…
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Informed ethics
Categories: OpinionA man saw the title of the book I was reading with my morning coffee. It was something religious-sounding, so he engaged me about faith. Eventually he asked what I…
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Hope in a dark world
Categories: News“Beefier barley: Climate change will boost Alberta’s barley yields with less water, and feed more cattle,” said a big billboard appearing to promote the benefits of climate change. It was…
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Striking for the future
Categories: NewsMennonites took to the streets of Winnipeg on Sept. 27 with more than 12,000 others to strike for the climate. The rally was one of thousands happening around the world…
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KGB archives in Ukraine now open
Categories: NewsFamily members of the tens of thousands of Mennonites detained in Ukraine during the 1930s and ’40s can now request further information through a new program at the Centre for…
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Senior inspires others with desire to give
Categories: PeopleThe small group of cyclists cheered as Irvin Driedger set off on his walking bike, kicking off the 2019 Shekinah Bike-paddle-hike-a-thon. His participation was inspiring on many levels. Eight years…
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Dave Wall inducted into sports wall of fame
Categories: PeopleDave Wall, who was an active member of Grace Mennonite Church in St. Catharines and an ardent supporter of Silver Lake Mennonite Camp fundraising dinners, was honoured by his local…
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Lessons from Narnia
Categories: Focus On EducationMenno Simons Christian School put on an amazing performance of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe earlier this year. It’s an adventurous story about four children who find themselves…
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Embodying knowledge
Categories: Focus On EducationKnowledge is truly amazing. When you really know something, it can light you up, it can discombobulate you, it can put you in touch with your body or it can…
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Seminary short course offers congregations tools for engaging conflict
Categories: Focus On EducationBetty Pries, a conflict management specialist based in Waterloo, Ont., provides mediation, coaching and consulting services for businesses, nonprofit organizations, governments and congregations. For six weeks each year, she also…
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Conversations about sex and spirituality impact Rockway students
Categories: Focus On EducationRebecca Hiller-Ranny, a Grade 12 student, affirmed the blunt tone taken to address sex, power and spirituality at her school. “It was so important,” she said. “It was so impactful.”…
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Canadian post-secondary schools announce enrolment figures
Categories: Focus On EducationWINNIPEG—Preliminary fall enrolment numbers at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) indicate an overall 3 percent increase in students in the university’s undergraduate and graduate degree programs. This increase reflects both headcount…
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CMU recognizes distinguished alumni with 2019 awards
Categories: Focus On EducationA former teacher dedicated to building relationships with Indigenous peoples, a former Mennonite Church Canada Witness worker invested in intercultural relationships, a long-time pursuer of justice with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC),…
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Grebelites strike for climate action
Categories: Focus On EducationAccording to the United Nations, “Climate change is the defining issue of our time.” On Sept. 27, around 80 Grebel students, staff and faculty took part in the Global Climate…
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