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Giving the bucket list a ‘deeper’ meaning
Categories: UncategorizedDeepening. The word resonated throughout Mennonite Church Saskatchewan’s 2018 annual delegate sessions. While a budget and elections were most definitely on the table, delegates at the March 9 and 10…
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Psalms of lament in times of violence
Categories: UncategorizedWhat do we do with Psalm 137? While “Sing us one of your songs of Zion” (verse 3) rings in Christian minds as a sign of deep grief, the accompanying…
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Evangelical social justice
Categories: UncategorizedI find the Catholic process of declaring saints un-Anabaptist and weird—especially the part about verifying miracles–but the Vatican’s latest candidate for sainthood is someone who has shaped my Mennonite faith.…
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More about Oscar Romero
Categories: Web FirstThis online supplement accompanies the viewpoint, “Evangelical social justice,” about Archbishop Oscar Romero, in which Will Braun considers Romero’s message for Mennonites. Oscar Romero’s sermons English transcripts of his sermons…
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‘That’s the Spirit’
Categories: ArtbeatTalking birds, paper and rose petal beads, walking jewellery, found-art sculptures. With these and other works, Carolyn Good’s recent show at the WalterFedy-Architecture, Engineering, Construction offices on Queen Street in…
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The Anthrocene revisited
Categories: ArtbeatAnnemarie Rogalsky, a member of First Mennonite Church in Kitchener, Ont., had a solo show of her landscapes at the Minto Gallery in Harriston during the month of February. Of…
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Gospel songs with an edge
Categories: ArtbeatJess Reimer recalls the first time a friend told her about Jeremy Hamm, the man who would become her musical partner and husband. “I remember being excited there was a…
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A biblical call—to justice and peacebuilding
Categories: UncategorizedJessica Reesor Rempel enjoys bringing people together and helping them find meaning. She recalls an incident just before Christmas a few years ago, when she was thinking about going into…
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Christian media production done right
Categories: UncategorizedWhen The Fantasy Makers, a new documentary, premiered at Winnipeg’s Real to Reel Film Festival last month, the credits included the name of a young Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) student:…
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MCC may allow exceptions to ‘lifestyle expectations’
Categories: Web FirstThe boards of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada and U.S. have approved the possibility of exceptions to the “lifestyle expectations” for some MCC personnel, although those parameters have not been…
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Scholars uncover hidden stories of the Holocaust
Categories: Web FirstIn 2004, Joachim Wieler of Weimar, Germany, opened a small wooden box he inherited after his mother’s death. To his surprise and horror, it contained letters his late father wrote…
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Canadian Mennonites and Anglicans meet for first dialogue
Categories: Web FirstAs the Anglican Church of Canada has increasingly found itself on the margins of power in Canadian society, it decided to reach out to a group of fellow Christians that…
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What ‘women’s conference’ is all about
Categories: ViewpointsRecently I was asked what is so special about the Mennonite Church Alberta women’s retreat. I remember, as a kid, my mom leaving us in my father’s care in order…
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AMBS conference models practices for sustaining faith and hope
Categories: Web FirstWith contentiousness and fracturing in the body of believers, and hostility and injustice all around, these are difficult days for church leaders, who are supposed to provide guidance for people…
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New MCC Ontario executive director appointed
John Head has been appointed as the new executive director of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ontario, effective immediately. He replaces Rick Cober Bauman, who transitioned to executive director of Mennonite…
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Behind the scenes at CM
Categories: EditorialHere are some things you may not know about Canadian Mennonite: • It takes a while The print magazine goes through a production schedule that includes the writing, editing, proofing,…
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Is belief in Jesus’ resurrection necessary?
Categories: Feature ArticlesIt’s a question I’ve heard many times over the years: “Do Christians really need to believe in Jesus’ resurrection?” It is, after all, a pretty difficult idea to accept. And…
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Readers write: March 12, 2018 issue
Categories: ViewpointsLenten prayer sheet reflects Lululemon spirituality A friend recently sent me the new “Lenten Guided Prayer Experience,” issued by the Mennonite Spiritual Directors of Eastern Canada. It is a curious…
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Our baseline for unity
Categories: ViewpointsWhat is our baseline for unity in the church? The most basic shared reality is that the church is a community of people who follow and walk faithfully with Jesus…
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The power of being ‘with’
Categories: ViewpointsThere was an intense, seemingly overwhelming ache in my heart. Separated by 2,500 kilometres for our third school year apart, I longed for my sweetheart. I read her letters over…
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