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Why I still believe in going to church
Times are a-changin’. They always are, and one of our challenges and joys is to figure out how we should live in a changing cultural and social context as followers…
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Can church be more like camp?
Categories: EditorialEvery winter, I hear a radio advertisement for a back-to-the-woods summer children’s camp in Ontario. The ad closes with the tagline, “You send us your child, and we’ll send you…
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Evil is right here with me
Categories: Feature ArticlesSomething needs to be done about all the hate in the world. This morning I encountered no fewer than three pieces of media expressing incredulity that the internet seems not…
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Readers write: February 18, 2019 issue
Categories: OpinionColombian reader moved by CM feature article Re: “Holding hands with the FARC,” Jan. 7, page 4. I read this story with tears and with profound sentiments. I’m part…
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Deepening our walk with each other
Categories: OpinionDuring this past year, Mennonite Church Saskatchewan has focused on the theme of “Deepening our walk with Christ,” in the hope of increasing our openness to encounters with God’s presence…
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Chesley Lake accordion
Categories: OpinionAn accordionist serenades a literary society meeting at Chesley Lake Camp in Ontario, in 1949. Chesley Lake was the first Mennonite church camp in Ontario and one of the first…
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‘I think I saw yellow’
Categories: OpinionI drove to the nursing home to visit a dear old friend. She was sleeping when I entered her room, so I pulled up a chair to wait. Waiting would not…
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Bible commentary geared for younger readers
Categories: OpinionReading the Bible can be challenging; it is a complex collection of books written thousands of years ago in different cultures. The Bible Unwrapped has easy-to-read explanations for inexperienced readers…
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‘Conversation Circles’ offer encouragement, hope
Categories: OpinionLast fall, ignited by curiosity about what we would hear if we invited women to share their experiences of life within Mennonite Church Manitoba congregations, Mennonite Women Manitoba decided to…
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‘This is what God calls us to do’
Categories: NewsA group of churches in Markham is ready to break ground on its latest affordable housing project. Markham Inter-Church Committee for Affordable Housing (MICAH) is a group of 13 founding-member churches…
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Militia lays down arms in Congo
Categories: NewsAs truckloads of militia drove into Tshikapa to lay down their arms, Joseph Nkongolo went to meet them. Nkongolo—Coordinator of the Service and Development Department of the Mennonite Church of…
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‘How can I help?’
Categories: NewsDriving to the cottage while listening to a recording of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Justin Martin had an idea. Could Breslau Mennonite Church stage it? More than a…
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‘We really need each other a lot’
Categories: NewsWerner and Joanne DeJong returned to Edmonton’s Holyrood Mennonite Church excited about the Anabaptist church in Africa and at home. They see possibilities for ongoing partnerships that benefit both the…
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Geez magazine moves offices from Winnipeg to Detroit
Categories: NewsAfter more than a decade of operating out of Winnipeg, Geez magazine is moving its offices to Detroit, Mich. The quarterly publication bills itself as “contemplative cultural resistance, explores religion,…
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CMU alumni compose songs sung by current students
Categories: PeopleTwo young composers who are alumni of Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) in Winnipeg recently had their compositions performed by a choir from their alma mater. Jesse Krause Mark Holmes à…
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‘God can help me every day’
Categories: PeopleWes Neepin, a long-time member of Grace Mennonite Church in Prince Albert, has been through some tough times in his 86 years, and God has been there with him. Born…
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Journey of a beloved camp treasure
Categories: Focus on campingMoose Lake was one of three camps under the umbrella of Camps with Meaning (CwM), Mennonite Church Manitoba’s camping ministry. It opened in 1957 and closed in September 2017, in…
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Stepping outside the comfort zone
Categories: Focus on campingI had the pleasure of leading the Leaders in Training (LIT) and Advanced Camper Experience (ACE) programs at Hidden Acres last summer. Both programs offer youth a chance to further…
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Witnessing God at Camp Assiniboia
Categories: Focus on campingAs I prepare to enter my eighth summer as a camp staffer, I have an overwhelming abundance of memories to reflect on. From childhood weeks at Camp Moose Lake and…
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Fun is a camp byproduct
Categories: Focus on campingThe word “fun” is often used in association with camp but, from my perspective, fun is not the meat and potatoes of what happens at camp. Fun is the byproduct…
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