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Reading together in an uncertain world
Categories: Books & ResourcesA widely published poet, a retired professor, a farmer, a recent graduate and an engineer regularly discuss literature and theology together. Hard to imagine? The sight is more likely than…
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2018 Fall List of Books & Resources
Categories: Books & ResourcesTheology, Spirituality The Bible Unwrapped: Making Sense of Scripture Today. Meghan Larissa Good. Herald Press, 2018, 312 pages. This book is for readers with lots of questions about the…
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From Kitchener-Waterloo to Kenya
Categories: UncategorizedA young woman is impacting the citizens of a community 13,000 kilometres away from her home in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. Amanda Snyder is the co-founder of Camp Marafiki Pamoja, a health-and-education-based…
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No Village
Categories: UncategorizedAfter releasing two full-length albums and an EP with experimental alt-rockers Oh Village, musician Scott Currie is striking out on his own. The Abbotsford, B.C. native, who performs under the…
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‘Everything was getting better’
Categories: Web FirstBefore 2008, Victoria Mamani Sirpa had only ever cooked with four vegetables: carrots, chard, celery and onions. That soon changed after she and her family built a huerta (greenhouse) on…
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B.C. Festival for World Relief raises $1 million-plus
Categories: Web FirstMore than 20,000 people attended the annual Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) British Columbia Festival for World Relief in mid-September, raising more than $1 million to support uprooted people locally and…
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Japanese Mennonites consider ‘Shared Convictions’
Categories: Web FirstA quiz on global Christianity and Anabaptism (including MWC statistics) prepared participants from Nihon Menonaito Kirisuto Kyokai Kyogikai (Japan Mennonite Christian Church Conference) for a discussion of the “Shared Convictions”…
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Manitoba Mennonites to explore vulnerability and mission
Categories: Web FirstEmbracing vulnerability can help congregations “engage with the world the way Jesus did,” says Ken Warkentin, Mennonite Church Manitoba Executive Minister. Through plenary talks and workshops, Manitoba congregations will have…
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Cast your vote in nationwide communications survey
Mennonite Church Canada and the new regional churches want to communicate better with their constituencies, in order to keep church members and adherents up-to-date with what God is doing in…
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The church mirror
Categories: EditorialSome churches have a mirror in their cloak rooms. You might want to check your reflection before going in to worship. In older, more formal times, you might have combed…
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A united witness
Categories: Feature ArticlesThis month marks the 65th anniversary of English-language magazine publishing for Mennonites in Canada. The Canadian Mennonite, a precursor to the magazine you are holding in your hands (or reading…
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Readers write: October 8, 2018 issue
Categories: ViewpointsA call for more conscientious coverage of abuse disclosures Re: “Decades-old sexual abuse comes to light,” Sept. 10, page 13. It is with concern and disappointment that we write regarding…
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From ‘I think’ to ‘We think’
Categories: ViewpointsWhat do you do when you’re not sure what to do? This was the topic of conversation as a friend and I met around his table this summer. He was…
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Glimpses of a holy heritage
Categories: ViewpointsMy name is Ed Olfert. I live in Laird, Sask., and currently serve as part-time minister of Grace Mennonite Church in Prince Albert. Some time ago I critiqued Canadian Mennonite.…
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Gathering and sharing seeds of faith
Categories: ViewpointsSome years ago, a seed was planted in my heart to take a group of intergenerational North American Mennonite women to share faith and life stories with other Mennonite women…
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Peace Factory
Categories: Viewpoints“Groups keep pleading for Peace Factory,” said a Mennonite Central Committee memo in 1996. An interactive exhibit, Peace Factory was a cooperative Mennonite project. Its goal was to “help all…
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Modern ghosts of a horse-drawn scandal, Part 1
Categories: UncategorizedEight men went to prison, the media gaze moved on and colony life resumed. But the saga of mass rape in the Bolivian corner of our family of faith is…
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Online extras: Modern ghosts of a horse-drawn scandal, Part 1
Categories: UncategorizedEight men went to prison, the media gaze moved on, and colony life resumed. But the saga of mass rape in the Bolivian corner of the Mennonite family of faith…
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Exploring God’s call
Categories: UncategorizedWerner and Joanne DeJong faced a challenging decision. After many years of pastoral ministry with Edmonton’s Holyrood Mennonite Church, they felt called to consider ministry in East Africa. The call,…
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Building friendships and breaking down walls
Categories: UncategorizedIt has been 30 years since Ed Olfert first set foot in the federal penitentiary in Prince Albert, Sask., but he wasn’t there to serve time! Speaking at a Parkland…
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