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Morden motorcycles
Categories: OpinionSummer is a time when many set aside time to explore. Pictured are five men on their motorcycles on Railway Street in Morden, Man., in 1913. From left to right…
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Walking together
Categories: OpinionThis year, Mennonite Church Saskatchewan has been “deepening our walk with one another” as part of a three-year initiative to call us to deeper life with Christ, ourselves and our…
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In court with ‘Clifford’
Categories: OpinionRecently, I attended a provincial court session. A released offender friend, “Clifford” (a pseudonym), had messed up rather significantly. It wasn’t a violent offence, but it was the third breach…
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Join the (fashion) revolution
Categories: PeopleWho made my clothes? That’s what the organizers of the globally observed Fashion Revolution Week want people to ask themselves the next time they put on an outfit or choose…
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‘It’s all worship’
Categories: NewsRepresentatives of 107 congregations from Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick gathered at Steinmann Mennonite Church for Mennonite Church Eastern Canada’s annual church gathering on April 26 and 27, framed around…
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Finding the balance between grace and responsibility
Categories: NewsIt’s been eight months since Thomas and Terri Lynn Friesen opened their Saskatoon home as The Vine and Table intentional community. For Terri Lynn, those eight months have been “an…
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Breaking through the screen
Categories: NewsScreens. They are what many people look at to check the time, talk to their friends, prepare for meetings and unwind at the end of the day. But it’s not…
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What to expect at MC Canada’s annual general meeting?
Categories: NewsQ. What is the purpose of the delegate session at Gathering 2019? A. Delegates will review and ratify Joint Council actions; receive and review reports from our programs—International Witness, Indigenous-Settler Relations and…
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MC Eastern Canada apologizes for causing pain to abuse survivors
Categories: NewsMennonite Church Eastern Canada recently offered a public apology acknowledging missteps in how it handled a case of reported sexual misconduct that dates back more than 30 years. In the…
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Two centuries of worship, a century of service
Categories: NewsFor more than a century, the women of Rainham Mennonite Church—a tiny congregation just off of Highway 3 near the north shore of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario—have continued a…
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Mediating in the church
Categories: PeopleAs a lawyer for more than 40 years, Wayne Plenert has seen his share of interpersonal conflicts in the secular world. But, now retired and a member of Northgate Anabaptist…
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Sourdough spirituality
Categories: PeopleBaking bread is more than just a business for Joel Kroeker. It’s also a way to further important conversations. With a deftness that comes from repetition, he slides another two…
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Ethiopian church plant dreams big
Categories: People“I have big dreams,” says Pastor Mezgebu A. Tucho of the Bethel International Church Edmonton Oromo Congregation. Born in Ethiopia, Tucho has planted more than 50 Oromo churches throughout Ethiopia and…
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A daughter named Genesis
I left the jail one Monday morning last month feeling a heaviness that I have not felt in some time. I don’t go there each Monday with some big agenda—I’m…
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Watch: “77-76” by Royal Canoe
Categories: Web FirstWinnipeg’s Royal Canoe have released a politically-charged music video for a song off its latest album, Waver. “The new video for ‘77-76’ is about history repeating itself,” the band states…
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Praying through the decades
Categories: Web FirstA Sunday school assignment in the 1940s to exchange letters with a missionary began a Canadian woman’s lifelong investment in prayer for India. Erla Buehler. (Photo courtesy of MWC) Erla…
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What does it mean to be Anabaptist today?
I am not one of those people who says, “I’m not religious, I just love Jesus” or “I don’t belong to any denomination, I’m just a Christian.” Rather, I have…
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Watch: Raw Carrot at Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church
Categories: Web FirstA social enterprise run partially out of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church in Kitchener, Ont. was in the spotlight recently. CTV News broadcast a short segment about the Raw Carrot earlier…
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What are Christians hoping for?
One of the most persistent questions I hear about the Christian faith relates to what we believe about the future—our future, the future of our communities, the future of the…
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Costly perfume
Categories: EditorialOn April 15, dramatic images of Paris’s burning Notre Dame Cathedral captured worldwide attention. Nearby, local citizens and tourists stood singing and praying in grief. Could it be that this…
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