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JoinMen for a better world
Categories: ViewpointsIn recent months there has been unprecedented exposure of sexually predatory men in high places, as well as unprecedented violence perpetrated by solitary men with little or no regard for…
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New logo for church publisher heralds the new year
Herald Press rolled out a new logo and look in early 2018 to match increased efforts to expand its audience both within and outside the Mennonite church. The grey, yellow…
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Kindred Charitable Fund surpasses $1-million mark
Categories: Web FirstKindred Credit Union has reached a major milestone, marking $1 million in support for churches and charitable organizations since its inception in 1999. A total of 146 groups have benefited…
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TTV stores to close in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec
Categories: Web FirstIn early February 2018, Ten Thousand Villages (TTV) began the process of permanently closing nine stores in four provinces. They include: • Calgary (Heritage) • Saskatoon (2nd Ave.) • St.…
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What kind of Mennonite?
Categories: EditorialIn January 2017, a TV show drew attention to Mennonites in Canada. The CBC crime series Pure portrayed fictional Mennonite communities in Ontario and Mexico that were running a large…
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Dying well
Categories: Feature ArticlesEvery living thing eventually dies, including churches. Just as people who do not plan for death may complicate things for their families, churches that do not plan for eventual closure…
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Readers write: February 12, 2018 issue
Categories: ViewpointsAnabaptist Essentials ‘a quintessential travesty’ The following letter was abridged from one originally sent to Herald Press, the publisher of Palmer Becker’s Anabaptist Essentials. I’m writing to express amazement…
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Receiving is important
Categories: ViewpointsThe tale “The Christmas Guest,” as told by Johnny Cash on his album Christmas with Johnny Cash, is a fable about an old man, Conrad, who receives a message from…
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‘Those who are in Christ will live forevermore’
Categories: ViewpointsI love doing funerals. As a young pastor, I now have nine under my belt. It seems I enjoy them more with each one. To be honest, I haven’t had…
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On meeting St. Francis
Categories: Viewpoints‘The Ecstasy of St. Francis of Assisi,’ by Blas Muñoz, painted circa 1683-86. (Google Art project photo) I wouldn’t normally invite a stranger to stay in our house, but there…
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Learning to let go
Categories: ViewpointsIt takes me a long time to learn a lesson. The book Necessary Losses by Judith Viorst was required reading when I was in seminary, and my lasting impression of…
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Hauling strawberries
Categories: ViewpointsIn February 1928, the first trainload of Mennonite farmers from the Prairies arrived in Yarrow, British Columbia, with prospects of farming the newly accessible land in the Fraser Valley. The…
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The in-between years
Categories: UncategorizedEmerging adult: it’s a relatively new category to describe the life stage between adolescence and the adult they will become. They are no longer teens but are not yet fully…
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The skill and soul of listening
Categories: UncategorizedListening to God in worship, contemplatively in a labyrinth, or in the Bible. Listening to each other across cultures, when your hearing is impaired or when with the elderly. Mennonite…
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Seeking reconciliation through jubilee
Categories: UncategorizedWhat does the ancient Levitical concept of jubilee have to do with reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and their settler neighbours? Plenty, according to Steve Heinrichs. During Rosthern Mennonite Church’s Deeper…
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Seeking reconciliation through multicultural art
Categories: ArtbeatAround 200 people gathered at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery on Jan. 26 to celebrate the opening of Reconciliation Through the Arts, an exhibition of Indigenous and settler art that…
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Women’s groups changed focus since 1970s
Categories: ArtbeatThe golden age of Mennonite women’s organizations in Canada and the United States came in the years between 1940 and 1970, writes Anita Hooley Yoder in Circles of Sisterhood. In…
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Filmmaker dedicated to telling the Mennonite story
Categories: UncategorizedUsing pre-digital equipment, Otto Klassen works on one of his more than 50 films that document the lives of Mennonites. (Photo courtesy of Ken Reddig) Otto Klassen dedicated many years…
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An openness to learning is the first step
Categories: UncategorizedKim Penner graduated last November with a PhD in theology from the University of St. Michael’s College in Toronto. Canadian Mennonite called Penner at her home in Waterloo, Ont., to…
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Unfiltered Falk
Categories: UncategorizedFor most comedians, delivering unfiltered material means cursing a blue streak. For Matt Falk, it means something else entirely. “Stop looking at yourself in the bathroom mirror trying to find…
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