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Part V: Risking relationship
Categories: OpinionThis six-part series draws on Kara Carter’s PhD studies, for which she conducted five focus groups with Mennonite Church Eastern Canada pastors. “Relationships involve risk,” a pastor from MC Eastern…
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Affable colony ‘rock star’ steps down
Categories: NewsHow do you adjust after stepping away from the work to which you’ve dedicated two decades of your life? That’s the question facing Kennert Giesbrecht now that he’s no longer…
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The shoofly pie question
Categories: OpinionIn her new book, Eating Like a Mennonite, Marlene Epp addresses the question of whether there is such a thing as “Mennonite food.” She assumes there is, and declares it…
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Scar of Bethlehem
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhat will Christmas be like in Bethlehem this year? What can we learn about the birth of Christ from those who live where he was born and where he lived?…
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Calm and quiet carols
Categories: NewsJohn Van Deusen plays in a pop band called Telephone Friends and a punk band called Buffet, but he suspects it’s his Christmas album that you’ll like best. In the…
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Call and promise
Categories: Editorial“I will give you shepherds after my own heart who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.” This is God’s beautiful promise in Jeremiah. Indeed, we need shepherds after God’s…
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Called to the work of the church
Categories: Feature ArticlesIt might seem unlikely that young women would be drawn to church leadership and feel compelled to enter pastoral ministry. As young people, they are part of an underrepresented demographic…
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Readers write: November 17, 2023
Categories: OpinionClarification Dying With Dignity Canada would like to add to and clarify some of the information shared in Conrad Brunk’s letter to the editor (“Readers write,” November 3). In the…
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Chapel at Canadian Mennonite Bible College
Categories: OpinionIn 1975 the Conference of Mennonites in Canada built the chapel at Canadian Mennonite Bible College (now CMU). Rudy Friesen wrote in the Mennonite Mirror, April 1975, page 7: “It…
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Vignettes from the waiting room
“How do you like my gown? Don’t I wear it well?” “You look amazing!” Smoothing the creases of her gown, she flutters her eyelids, strikes a pose, and smiles with…
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Acknowledging outrage, stepping toward love
Categories: OpinionI’ve spent the past weeks sifting through the rhetoric that is being used to describe the Israel-Hamas conflict, and it’s been confusing, to say the least. At the time of…
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Can we talk about capitalism?
Do you celebrate Buy Nothing Day? For me it’s like a holy day, a short version of Lent—that disruption of the ordinary that makes me notice the taken-for-granted and the…
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My extended season of Advent
Categories: Opinion“Let all that has breath praise Yah. Hallelujah!” (Psalm 150:6) This is the last verse in the book of Psalms, and it was the last verse I read to complete…
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Part IV: Telling, re-telling, re-storying
Categories: OpinionThis six-part series draws on Kara Carter’s PhD studies, for which she conducted five focus groups with Mennonite Church Eastern Canada pastors. Metaphors and images provide vivid word pictures which…
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Part III: Succession
Categories: OpinionJohn and Jean—not their real names—had long made plans to retire once John turned 65. They had dreams of travelling and spending more time with family, who lived far away.…
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Consider the roots
Categories: OpinionOver the past two months, our household has spent a lot of time preparing root crops for storage: digging, trimming the tops and packing them in boxes of dry leaves…
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Ten insights from CM’s online event about MAID
Categories: NewsEnd-of-life care, current legislation and faith were the focus of an online panel discussion about medical assistance in dying (MAID) that Canadian Mennonite hosted last month. The event included Lisa…
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Practicing peace in a polarized world
Categories: NewsPolarization was on the agenda as Mennonite Central Committee Alberta hosted its first-ever peace conference earlier this month. Held November 3-4 in Calgary, “In Tune: Finding Harmony in a Polarized…
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The song of Mary
Categories: NewsMary, whose heart is full of things to ponder, goes to see her older relative Elizabeth in the hill country. Both are pregnant. Both are in on the secret of…
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Statement on antisemitism and Islamophobia
On November 2, Mennonite Church Canada and the regional churches issued the following statement: “The horrific attacks by Hamas on Israeli citizens on October 7, followed by the brutal siege,…
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