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Eastern Canada youth sing from hymnal-in-progress
SAUBLE BEACH, ONT.—Mennonite Church Eastern Canada hosted its annual youth retreat on the first weekend of February at Silver Lake Mennonite Camp, Sauble Beach, Ont. This year, more than 40…
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This ground is holy ground
Categories: Focus on campingThis Ground is a collective that meets to work, worship and eat together in aid of Camp Assiniboia near Cartier, Man. “This ground, this is the place when we come…
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Is there such a thing as a Mennonite song?
How many of the songs in our Hymnal: A Worship Book (HWB), and the two supplements Sing the Journey and Sing the Story do you think are Mennonite? What does that even mean?…
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Two countries, one mission on the Korean Peninsula
Categories: Web FirstIt has been more than 60 years since the ceasefire that ended the Korean War, but to this day North Korea and South Korea do not have an official peace,…
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Once Round the Barn: Twang Edition
Categories: Web First – OpinionGrab your cowboy hat and don’t mind the barn smell! Join Will Braun, Canadian Mennonite’s resident ranter, once around the barn on his southern Manitoba farmyard. This time he challenges…
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Celebrating 50 years in Canada
My husband Sam and I went out for lunch at the end of October to celebrate Sam’s 50th anniversary of arriving in Canada as a Vietnam-era draft resister. Back in Indiana, I had…
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The adventure of leadership
Categories: EditorialI got my first taste of journalism at a Mennonite school. As a second-year English major, I began writing for The Weather Vane, the student newspaper at Eastern Mennonite College (now…
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How long until the fullness of time?
Categories: Feature ArticlesThere is an old story that when Michelangelo was painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Pope Julius would come by to yell up at him in the scaffolding, “When…
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Readers write: February 4, 2019 issue
Categories: OpinionCM, Miriam Toews criticized for exploiting Bolivian rape case Re: “Moderns ghosts of a horse-drawn scandal,” Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Nov. 5, Nov. 26, 2018, issues. I feel that Miriam…
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Relational engagements outside the church
Categories: OpinionThis past week I attended a cluster meeting with a small group of pastors from southern Manitoba to talk about mission and church engagement in their communities. The pastors talked…
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The love it held
Categories: OpinionWhen we pulled up the steep driveway of my grandparents’ old house, I was overcome with tears of nostalgia and tears of loss for the love that this space once…
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Can we talk about MAID?
Categories: OpinionIn June 2016, the government of Canada enacted legislation that enabled eligible adults to seek medical assistance in dying (MAID). At the time, I followed some of the debate with…
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Sharing life with your tribe
Categories: OpinionIn 2013, I embarked on an ancestral pilgrimage to Scotland. The first site I visited was Lochmaben Castle, where, according to my Aunt Faye’s genealogical research, one of our ancestors…
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‘Passing quilt’ gives dignity in death
Categories: NewsDeath is a frequent visitor at Menno Place, B.C.’s largest senior care facility. Until a couple of years ago, though, deceased residents were removed as quickly as possible on a…
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MCC cuts Canadian programs to focus on advocacy
Categories: NewsMennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada is cutting about $350,000 from its Indigenous Neighbours, Restorative Justice and Low German programs. The changes are driven by a decrease in thrift store income,…
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‘This is about us’
Categories: NewsHow do churches prevent sexual harassment and abuse in their midst? How do they respond when abuse happens? How do they shift the culture in their ranks so that victims…
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Freedom on two wheels
Categories: PeopleIf you ever see a candy-apple-red tandem bicycle cruising through the streets of Winnipeg, you can be sure it’s the Dueck family. “We go out pretty much daily, weather permitting,…
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They put a spell on you
Categories: PeopleDon’t expect to hear anything by Bach, Brahms or Beethoven if you attend a performance by Winnipeg’s Incantatem. The a cappella choir’s repertoire has a unique focus: music from movies,…
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Ashisha’s spinach lentil soup
Categories: PeopleIn 2018 Ashisha Lal, a young Mennonite from India, worked at the Mennonite Central Committee thrift shop in Kitchener, Ont. This spinach lentil soup (Palak dal) reminds her of her…
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