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Brubacher House opening
Categories: ViewpointsTea is served on the front porch of Brubacher House Museum at its opening in 1979. The University of Waterloo, Ont., acquired the house and land to expand its campus.…
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Let’s try talking to the ‘enemy’
Categories: ViewpointsI have a few observations to make about the open letter from the Mennonite Church Canada network of regional working groups on Palestine and Israel (“MC Canada working groups call…
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Carrying seeds from Colombia to Palestine
Categories: ViewpointsFive years ago I set out on a journey with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT), providing international accompaniment to human rights defenders in Colombia. (See “Levelling the playing field.”) Now, as I…
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A picture of gradual decline
Categories: UncategorizedOften our society relies too much on numbers. In gravitating to quantification we tend to short-circuit the truth, which is nuanced and multilayered. But when it comes to our denomination,…
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Nonviolent action in history and today
Categories: Uncategorized“In the Second World War there were over 10,000 loyal Canadians who served Canada without weapons. What were they called?” This is the question Conrad Stoesz has been asking students…
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New principal at RJC
Staff Changes By Donna Schulz Jim Epp, long-time principal of Rosthern Junior College (RJC), will retire at the end of June. Epp has taught for 32 years, all of them…
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Both ends of the pipeline
Categories: UncategorizedOn April 20, 2018, Mennonite Church Canada’s Indigenous-Settler Relations director was arrested on the West Coast for protesting the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. But what is happening…
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Kindred partners with Rockway to serve the community
Categories: UncategorizedAs the presenting partner of this year’s Rockway Mennonite Collegiate Envirathon Servathon, Kindred Credit Union had its staff join 300 students and teachers, who fanned out across the region on…
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Serving in Japan as ‘ordinary people’
Categories: ArtbeatRetired missionary Mary Derksen didn’t start out to write a book about the 45 years she and her late husband spent as missionaries in Japan. But she has just completed…
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Forming intentional community with young adults
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Thomas and Terri Lynn Friesen met, Terri Lynn was a guest at the Burrow, an intentional community Thomas was living in with eight other young adults. This coming September,…
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Worth the wait
Categories: UncategorizedIf good things come to those who wait, exciting times are ahead for Kenzie Jane. The Winnipeg-based singer-songwriter recently released her debut EP, Love Me From Scratch, more than three…
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Winnipeggers take to the street in support of Nakba survivors
Categories: UncategorizedAround a hundred people gathered at a busy intersection in Winnipeg on May 15, 2018, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, which means “catastrophe” in Arabic. The Nakba…
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AMBS grads encouraged to fulfill ‘other half’ of Jesus’ mandate
Categories: Web FirstPalmer Becker of Kitchener, Ont., told Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary graduates that, as followers of Jesus, they have not only been given a mandate to teach, but also to cast…
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Gala celebrates 40 years of PACS with stories of peace
Categories: Web FirstIn celebration of the 40th anniversary of Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS), on April 20 Conrad Grebel University College hosted a sold-out gala dinner featuring Bob Rae, a former Ontario…
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Canadians invited to pray for end to famine
Categories: Web FirstCanadian Foodgrains Bank is inviting Canadians to join Christians around the world in a Global Day of Prayer to End Famine on June 10. The call for this day…
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MC Canada Joint Council update
Seven months after the creation of a new structure for Mennonite Church Canada, the Joint Council met for its third meeting on May 5 and 6, in Toronto. • Members approved…
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CMU announces tuition increase
Winnipeg, Man.— Coming into effect in September 2018, tuition rates for the upcoming 2018-19 academic year at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) will increase 1 percent over 2017-18 rates. This increase…
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Hesston College scholarship established in memory of Canadian citizen
Hesston, Kan.—A new Hesston College scholarship established in memory of Canadian citizen scholarship has been added to Hesston College’s more than 100 available endowed scholarships, and honours the legacy of…
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Questions of conscience
Categories: EditorialLast month, a Canadian Mennonite was arrested—for following his conscience. In the tradition of our 16th-century Anabaptist ancestors, civil disobedience was an expected path. But nowadays, we don’t see…
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‘Acceptance without exception’
Categories: Feature Articles“And whenever the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, David took the lyre and played it with his hand, and Saul would be relieved and feel better, and the…
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