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Readers write: May 21, 2018 issue
Categories: Viewpoints‘Just one more example of a privileged western interpretation’ Re: “A peace that ignores Jesus’ atoning work” review of A Palestinian Theology of Liberation, April 9, page 24. While…
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MC Canada working groups call for sanctions against Israel
Categories: UncategorizedThe following letter was drafted by representatives of the Mennonite Church Canada network of regional working groups on Palestine and Israel, and sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chrystia…
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The racism around us
Categories: ViewpointsI like to think Canada is a progressive country, and discrimination is on the decline, but I’ve had a reality check. Recently, a group home caregiver, a Liberian woman, told…
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Touch for the good
Categories: ViewpointsI recently visited with my mother in the small room that is now her home. After travelling hours by airplane and car, my foot was swollen and sore. Having…
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A new view of nature
Categories: ViewpointsI am so glad that summer is on the horizon. Spending time outdoors was a huge part of my childhood. My family shared many weekends at a small one-room cabin…
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Carling Heights
Categories: ViewpointsThis is the view that greeted Amish Mennonite farm boys Dan and Willie Brenneman when they were apprehended by military police and detained at the Carling Heights Military Camp in…
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Environment matters today and tomorrow
Categories: ViewpointsI often hear people describe the church as being behind the times. What this means is that by the time the church addresses issues that were important to society…
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Suicide isn’t painless
Categories: Focus on Mental HealthNo one saw it coming. Not family, not friends, not anyone at the university he attended. On March 23, 2018, after babysitting his nieces and nephews, 18-year-old Nicholas (Nick) Penner…
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Meeting the mental health needs of students
Categories: Focus on Mental HealthAre more students struggling with mental health issues these days, or are they just better able to articulate their struggles than students once were? Jim Epp doesn’t know the answer…
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‘Poetry and art for mental health’
Categories: Focus on Mental HealthDepression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and eating disorders may not sound like subjects for art, but a recent exhibit at the Reach gallery proved that art is a powerful medium for…
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Resilience Road leads to mental health for women
Categories: Focus on Mental HealthSociety is witnessing mental health struggles increase at an alarming rate, and the push for women’s voices to be heard grows stronger. At the same time, Mennonite Women Manitoba decided…
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‘Connected: Striving side by side with one mind’
Categories: UncategorizedThe theme of this year’s Mennonite Church Eastern Canada annual church gathering—stated in the headline—had many facets, both inspiring and challenging, for those gathered at Redeemer College in Ancaster on…
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MC Eastern Canada welcomes two new congregations
Categories: UncategorizedTwo new congregations were welcomed into emerging membership during Mennonite Church Eastern Canada’s annual church gathering at Redeemer College on April 27 and 28, 2018. • The Assemblée de la…
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‘We have to begin by crying out for justice’
Categories: Uncategorized“We have to begin by crying out for justice. You build peace on justice.” Naim Ateek uttered this plea on April 25 2018, before more than 150 people gathered at Canadian…
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Not a ‘mirage’
Categories: ArtbeatKaren Scott Booth, head of Rockway Mennonite Collegiate’s Grade 10-12 visual arts program, exudes pride in the work of her students. “Mirage: An exhibition of visual art,” held at the…
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From church to yoga studio
Categories: UncategorizedFor many years the church provided me with a place where I felt like I belonged. I was 14 years old when I “decided” to get baptized. Coming from a…
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Celebrating differences, learning to work together
Categories: UncategorizedWhen someone suggested to Jacquelyn Janzen that she get involved with the new Joint Council of Mennonite Church Canada, she knew it was something she wanted to do. “Being involved…
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CM honoured by national church press association
Categories: Web FirstCanadian Mennonite editors Virginia A. Hostetler and Ross W. Muir were present at the Canadian Church Press (CCP) convention and awards banquet in Hamilton on May 4, and came away…
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Global Anabaptist family celebrates the Holy Spirit
Categories: Web FirstAs a local band played “You are the most high God,” international guests from the global Anabaptist family swayed and sang at this year’s Renewal 2027, “The Holy Spirit transforming…
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AMBS recognizes alumnus Palmer Becker for ministry and service
Categories: Web FirstPalmer Becker of Kitchener, Ont., a long-time church leader, pastor, missionary, church planter, author and educator, was named the recipient of the 2018 Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) Alumni Ministry…