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Whose side are you on?
Categories: OpinionIn Joshua 5, we come across one of those wonderfully strange biblical stories that shakes our preconceptions and leaves us with more questions than answers. Israel is encamped at Gilgal,…
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The guy with the toothpick
Categories: OpinionA good friend, Wes Neepin, died this past week. I’ve written columns about Wes in the past but used a pseudonym, because I never got around to asking permission to…
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To remember is to work for peace
Categories: OpinionAt this time of year, I begin to rummage through the various drawers of miscellany in search of those red Mennonite Central Committee buttons that say, “To remember is to…
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An Open Letter to the Psalmists
Categories: OpinionDear Psalmists, Sometimes I delight in your comforting words of God’s grace and compassion. You paint an alluring and alleviating picture of a loving, caring and ever-present shepherding God who…
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Part I: Family ties
Categories: OpinionWhy cut what can be untied? This wise, old saying can apply to family conflicts. Some of our family ties are threadbare and frail; there is strain, and there is…
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Part II: Telling and re-telling who we are
Categories: OpinionHow does your faith community answer these questions: Who are we? Who are we becoming? Who does God say we are? These questions can serve to guide a process to…
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Palestinian voices
Categories: NewsYousef Alkhouri Yousef Alkhouri is a Palestinian Christian from Gaza. He is a lecturer at Bethlehem Bible College, though is currently studying in Europe. He visited Canada last year, along…
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Crafting, chaos and community
Categories: NewsOn September 29, 18 participants gathered in Saskatoon to kickoff the Mennonite Church Saskatchewan youth programming year. The youth got to know one another in a variety of ways as the…
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Mennonites in Ecuador reach out as their country struggles
Categories: NewsIn August, Iglesia Cristiana Anabautista Menonita de Ecuador (ICAME) published a statement calling for prayers amid escalating violence in the country. Alexandra Meneses, who coordinates the Women’s Group and the…
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Rod Suderman, Emmanuel pastor, dies at 63
Categories: NewsRod Suderman, lead pastor of Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Abbotsford, B.C., died on Sept. 2 following a cancer diagnosis earlier this year. He had also served as a pastor in…
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Making peace with policing
Categories: NewsMennonite teachings tend to promote complete nonviolence, stating or implying that all else is wrong. Officially, we live by nonviolence alone, but in reality, we live about the same as…
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White Christian nationalism
Categories: NewsDuring three decades of travel to the U.S. for work, I’ve enjoyed many conversations about faith and politics. These discussions have become more polarized in recent years, with my conversation…
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Green growth repeats a bad story
Categories: NewsGreen growth, or green capitalism, is hailed as a novel, inventive solution to the climate crisis. But green growth assumes business as usual—a continuation of our current system based on…
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Theatre group tackles abuse
Categories: OpinionInteractive theatre requires audience participation, explained Cedric Martin as he introduced “I Love You and It Hurts,” a Theatre of the Beat performance held at the Kitchener Public Library on…
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Children find belonging, friendship in Winnipeg choir
Categories: NewsIt’s a Wednesday evening and the two dozen children gathered in a room at the back of Sargent Avenue Mennonite Church in Winnipeg are singing about candy-coated chocolate. “Mommy made…
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Statement by Jack Sara, president of Bethlehem Bible College
Categories: NewsDear praying friends of Bethlehem Bible College from around the world, In the midst of these challenging times, I want to reach out to you with a heartfelt request. Our…
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‘Midnight’ musings
Categories: EditorialAt times, it’s shocking, violent and gory. It’s also one of the most compelling pop culture depictions of Christian faith and religion in recent memory. Midnight Mass, a limited series…
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The Beatitudes: Testing a biblical antidote to division
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhen conservative Christians in the southern U.S. were agitating to erect monuments with the 10 commandments on them in front of courthouses, I heard someone suggest that they put up…
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Readers write: October 6, 2023 issue
Categories: OpinionThank you for this excellent, nuanced article (“The gift of life, the question of death,” September 22). Clearly, patients have always made private, off-the-books decisions with the help and hindrance…
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David Klassen
Categories: OpinionDavid Klassen of Rosenfeld, Manitoba, age 83, poses for an informal portrait at a family reunion. The photo is from a 1955 article in The Canadian Mennonite, which frequently published…
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