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Barnyard philosopher on hope for the future
Categories: Books & ResourcesLife at the End of Us Versus Them is an unconventional critique of the postmodern world from the perspective of a youngish father who lives off the land. Part theologian,…
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Spring 2018 List of Books & Resources
Categories: Books & ResourcesTheology, Spirituality I Corinthians: Believers Church Bible Commentary. Dan Nighswander. Herald Press, 2017, 403 pages. Like other commentary writers in this series, Nighswander provides explanatory notes as well as describing…
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A peace that ignores Jesus’ atoning work
Categories: Books & ResourcesSome years ago, in the book The Body and the Blood, reporter Charles Sennott of the Boston Globe lamented the Middle East’s vanishing Christian population, many leaving because of…
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Singing into the future
Categories: ArtbeatMusic is an integral part of Mennonite worship. Whether it’s in church, at camp, at school or in everyday activities, songs have been faithful companions to Mennonites for centuries. They…
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Music selection for new hymnal shaped by new table of contents
Categories: Web FirstThe work of the Mennonite Worship and Song Committee is slow and joyful and involves a lot of singing. The 14-person committee, working as the “Resonate Team,” sang and processed…
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Different stages
Categories: UncategorizedMost people know Johnny Wideman as a playwright and the artistic director for Theatre of the Beat, the social justice-oriented troupe behind plays like This Will Lead to Dancing and…
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Converting to Catholicism
Categories: UncategorizedIt’s not every day you meet a Mennonite whose faith journey has led him to the Catholic church, but that’s James DeGurse’s story. Baptized as an infant in the Anglican…
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Plans begin for French-language Anabaptist theological centre
Categories: Web FirstA shortage of French-language Anabaptist literature and training motivated 21 participants from eight countries on three continents to gather in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sept. 27-29, 2017, in search of a…
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MCC celebrates 75 years of service work in India
Categories: Web FirstThis year, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is celebrating 75 years of relief, development and peace work in India, making it one of the oldest international aid organizations in the country.…
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Telling Anabaptist stories old and new
Categories: Web FirstThe two nights of the 2018 Bechtel Lectures at Conrad Grebel University College were connected by David Weaver-Zercher and focussed on Mennonite stories and how they are used in the…
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The business of church
Categories: EditorialI like to attend congregational business meetings. Yes, that includes reading my congregation’s annual report booklet. Although I’ve never been a delegate at a churchwide conference, I do like to…
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‘A neighbour to all who come’
Categories: Feature ArticlesMennonites have always been known as a migrant people, whether moving from Switzerland to North America, from the Netherlands to Prussia and Ukraine, and from Europe to South America and…
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Readers write: March 26, 2018 issue
Categories: ViewpointsIt’s important to listen well Re: “The skill and soul of listening,” and “What kind of Mennonite?” (Feb. 12, pages 16 and 2, respectively). The Bible refers often to listening;…
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‘Our missionaries’
Categories: ViewpointsMore than a decade ago, my family and I were privileged to serve as church planters in southern Italy. We were Mennonite Church Canada Witness workers seconded to what is…
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Acting like adults
Categories: ViewpointsIn a phone conversation with a friend, she reveals her struggle with an event she is planning. Given that the gathering will be held in a small space, there are…
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Buried treasure
Categories: ViewpointsLately, I have had several conversations with people about downsizing or simplifying their estates. Some talk about rearranging their financial affairs to make life easier for their executors someday. Others…
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Steinbach windmill
Categories: ViewpointsMennonites learned how to harness the wind while in the Netherlands, and used this knowledge in the 16th and 17th centuries in Prussia, where wind-powered mills were primarily used to…
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What does ‘sorry’ mean?
Categories: Viewpoints“Sorry” is a very Canadian expression, but what does it mean? To the more than 200 Sixties Scoop survivors gathered at the Amiskwaciy Academy in Edmonton on March 1, 2018,…
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An ‘Easter Fools’ Day’ rant
Categories: ViewpointsWhen I first heard that Easter falls on April Fools’ Day this year, my mind immediately thought about how many people think I’m a fool for believing in the Easter…
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‘Is God still messing with us?’
Categories: Uncategorized“Is God still in the business of breaking into people’s lives? Is God still messing with us?” asked Brian Bauman during the opening worship service at Mennonite Church Manitoba’s annual…
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