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‘To the heart through dal’
Categories: PeopleDuring my year of living in Canada as part of the International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP), sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), I made dal (lentil soup) a number of…
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Lessons in the Kinderforest
Categories: Focus On EducationAbout once a month, 24 students from the Goshen College Laboratory Kindergarten class—a partnership between the college’s education department and Goshen Community Schools—spend the day climbing trees, building shelters and…
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The arts remind us to ask what it means to be human
Categories: Focus On EducationAt Conrad Grebel University College, students engage the arts in two ways. Those enrolled in academic programs immerse themselves in questions central to the human experience: how to compose a…
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Volunteers ‘go beyond’ in the community
Categories: Focus On EducationOur journey at Rockway focuses on students developing an ability to lead with compassion when classroom learning is extended so they can live out Christ-centred values, develop empathy and perspective,…
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Seminarians study sustainability at Merry Lea
Categories: Focus On EducationA vision for incorporating sustainability into seminary education came to fruition in the fall of 2018 when two students from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) in Elkhart, Ind., joined the…
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‘An education for life’
Categories: Focus On EducationThe vision at Menno Simons Christian School to offer “An education for life” challenges us to provide an education that equips children for now and for tomorrow. It encompasses an…
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From Winnipeg to Win-Stick
Categories: Focus On EducationIt’s called the Win-Stick and it tells a story. Created by the Grade 10 class at Rosthern Junior College (RJC), the Win-Stick expresses some of what they learned during a…
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Westgate student, alumni win music scholarships
Categories: Focus On EducationOne Westgate Mennonite Collegiate student and two alumni are recipients of scholarships awarded by the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg. Cellist Juliana Moroz, who is in Grade 12 at the…
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Congolese army officer arrested in U.N. murders case
Categories: Web FirstMichael J. Sharp and fellow U.N. sanctions monitor Zaida Catalán of Sweden were abducted and killed in 2017 in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo while monitoring sanctions…
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Metzger takes on senior role with Citizens for Public Justice
Willard Metzger, the former executive director of Mennonite Church Canada, has been hired by Citizens for Public Justice (CPJ) to be its next executive director. Metzger comes to this position…
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Ukrainians witness amid suffering, hope
Categories: Web FirstIn a region of Ukraine that thousands of Mennonites left generations ago, two dozen of today’s Mennonite leaders from across Europe gathered for three days of fellowship in October 2018. …
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In conversation
Categories: EditorialWhat are Mennonites talking about? As a national publication, Canadian Mennonite pays attention to the issues that matter to readers far and near. Here are some topics that emerged in…
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Called to bleed and die for the sake of the nation
Categories: Feature ArticlesAs a minister of the Mennonite church in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland), Hermann Gottlieb Mannhardt knew how to challenge and encourage his congregants in matters of faith and moral conduct.…
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Readers write: January 21, 2019 issue
Categories: OpinionEditorializing, apology weaken abuse survivor’s statement Re: “Decades-old sexual abuse comes to light,” Sept. 10, 2018, page 13. It seems to me that Canadian Mennonite and Dave Rogalsky (former Eastern…
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‘To be more like them’
Categories: OpinionI often have the same thought when visiting a first-generation Canadian congregation: I wish my home congregation of Rockway Mennonite could see this! Invariably, when I visit a congregation that…
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Odessa state archives
Categories: OpinionAs the Soviet Union disintegrated in 1991, staff at the state archives in Odessa, Ukraine, worked diligently to microfilm Russian Mennonite documents in its possession. Collected by Peter J. Braun…
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‘What’s he doing out there?’
Categories: OpinionI have friends who live in Fond du Lac, a small, isolated community in northern Saskatchewan on the shore of Lake Athabasca, near the border with the Northwest Territories. A years-ago…
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‘The music ever changing’
Categories: OpinionIn The Pastor-Congregation Duet, Gary Harder weaves together his love of pastoral ministry and his love of music. It is clear from the outset, that his call to ministry ran…
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Revisiting a third way
Categories: OpinionJ. Lawrence Burkholder’s experiences as a relief worker in China in 1947 caused him to think about the nature of power. His dissertation, “The problem of social responsibility from the…
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Church steps up to help local food bank
Categories: NewsIn December, Essex County was preparing to rest. The land had done its work, providing crops for farmers to harvest and get to market. The temperature dropped and the workload…
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