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Butternut bisque recipe
Categories: ViewpointsLast fall when Erin Froese and her household received the gift of many large squash they had trouble using it all up. They made a couple large pots of Butternut…
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Squash: A main course for fellowship
Categories: ViewpointsWhen a friend asked me last spring if I would like to live with nine other people for the following school year, my initial reaction was a firm no. I…
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Passover
Categories: ViewpointsThis image of a Passover meal appears next to Exodus 12 in a Bible published in Zurich in 1531. The idea of owning a family Bible, especially in one’s own…
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B.C. gathering engages difficult issues
Categories: UncategorizedHearing and respecting one another in the face of potential conflict was emphasized when Mennonite Church British Columbia met at Eden Mennonite Church on Feb. 24 for the regional church’s…
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Preserving the voices of the past
Categories: Uncategorized“This is our collective memory,” says Conrad Stoesz, gesturing to a long hallway filled with row upon row of shelves, packed with files and boxes. Stoesz is the archivist at…
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Strengthening faith and soccer skills
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Sigifredo Godoy talks about living out his faith, he’s talking sweat and strategy—the commitment, knowledge and skills that shaped him as a professional soccer player. That’s what he’s now…
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‘Let no walls divide’
Categories: UncategorizedRight before winter reading break, 30 university students from across Canada gathered in Ottawa to learn about the current conflict in Palestine and Israel at a seminar hosted by the…
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What if you were ‘forced to flee’?
Categories: UncategorizedPeople in your country are angry at the government. They gather to protest peacefully, and the government responds by opening fire on the protesters. The occasional bomb goes off and…
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‘The Lord has been my guide through life’
Categories: UncategorizedEsther Patkau would likely not have considered herself a remarkable woman, yet she lived a remarkable life. Born on Aug. 23, 1927, near Hanley, Sask., she knew at the tender…
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The ordinary lives of ordinary Mennonites
Categories: ArtbeatSeven Points on Earth, Paul Plett’s documentary about Mennonite farmers around the world, premiered at Winnipeg’s Real to Reel Film Festival on Feb. 21, 2018. The hour-long film tells the…
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From Goshen to Peru and back again
Categories: UncategorizedBorn in Portland, Ore., and raised in Goshen, Ind., singer-songwriter Sadie Gustafson-Zook is currently pursuing a master’s degree in jazz voice at Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Mass. Last…
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Words worth considering
Categories: ViewpointsAlthough many brave young people have spoken up in the aftermath of last month’s school shooting in Parkland, Fla., to advocate for tighter gun regulations in the U.S., it’s words…
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UWinnipeg Fellowship to crack open KGB archives
Categories: Web FirstIn the 1930s, thousands of Mennonites disappeared in the Soviet Union without a trace. The KGB archives in Ukraine has thousands of files on these missing Mennonites, and a newly…
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Generous love amid war in DRC
Categories: Web FirstLoving the generous people of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not difficult, but evil happening in the rural Kasai region of that lush country is hard to comprehend. In…
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Award-winning Herald Press book gets an update
Categories: Web FirstIn Donald B. Kraybill’s The Upside-Down Kingdom, Jesus is slightly irreverent. He critiques the rich, scorches nationalism, redefines Old Testament law, and undercuts the authority of religious leaders. Kraybill points…
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OMMC offers music, fun, connections
Categories: Web FirstWhen the idea of the Ontario Mennonite Music Camp (OMMC) was pitched to me at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, I was immediately excited. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but when…
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Beating hearts all year round
Categories: EditorialOver the past few months I have had the privilege of seeing a whole new side of camps, and this experience has only confirmed and strengthened my belief in the…
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Unity of the Spirit
Categories: Feature ArticlesEphesians begins by blessing God for revealing the great mystery, namely, to “gather up all things in Christ” (1:10). Ephesians 2:11-22 then celebrates Christ’s making peace between strangers and enemies,…
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Readers write: February 26, 2018 issue
Categories: ViewpointsGod’s graciousness is ‘prior to our faith and love’ Re: “We know who we are,” Jan. 1, 2018, page 8. I find myself agreeing with Willard Metzger but wishing he…
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The nature of change
Categories: Viewpoints“Changes coming upon us / It keeps moving, moving around us. / Got to keep singing, knowing he loves us; / Got to keep joy in our hearts.” Those words…
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