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Introducing the new Joint Council of MC Canada
Categories: UncategorizedOn Dec. 7 and 8, 2017, the new Joint Council of Mennonite Church Canada met for this first time. (See a follow-up to those meetings here.) Following the re-structuring of…
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A renovated Westgate welcomes students back home
Categories: UncategorizedThey say it takes a village to raise a child. For Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, it takes a village to not only raise its 300 students, but also to complete a…
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Cluster meetings outline changes for B.C. congregations
Informing Mennonite Church B.C. congregations how they will fit into the new structure while MC Canada reorganizes was the focus of two cluster meetings in November. Meetings in Richmond on…
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‘Choose something to do’
Categories: Uncategorized“There’s no such thing as a natural disaster,” according to Bruce Guenther. But Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada’s disaster response director wasn’t in denial. Guenther was the featured speaker at…
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The quiet labours of a Low German translator
Categories: UncategorizedEd Zacharias started with Exodus, translating word by word into Low German (Plautdietsch). For a decade he worked at it, sometimes with institutional backing, sometimes as a volunteer hunkered in…
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Door-to-door on the colonies
Categories: UncategorizedWhile some might see Low German as the arcane language of people stuck in the past, Jehovah’s Witnesses have embraced it. For years, they have dedicated considerable energy to learning…
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Painting on borrowed time
Categories: ArtbeatJim Tubb has lived on borrowed time for more than 40 years. In 1975, he was told that he had only a short time to live due to respiratory issues,…
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A space odyssey
Categories: UncategorizedFor most people who dream of exploring outer space, the dream dies before they reach adulthood. That’s not the case for Taryn Haluza-Delay. The 20-year-old Edmonton resident, who attends First…
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‘I’m aware of my sin and my need for a Saviour’
Categories: Uncategorized2017 was a big year for Matthew Kopperud. The 25-year-old guitarist toured across North America and Europe with his band Close Talker in support of its most recent album, Lens. …
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Once Round the Barn: Radisson Assembly Edition
Categories: OpinionIn this inaugural edition of “Once Round the Barn,” Braun unravels the less-with-more choice of a downtown Radisson as the venue for the 2017 Mennonite Church Canada Special…
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‘Along the Road to Freedom’ exhibit tours Alberta
Categories: Web FirstOn Dec. 2, 2017, more than a hundred people gathered at Edmonton’s King’s University for the opening of the Along the Road to Freedom art exhibit. This was the first…
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MEDA sets a record as donors give $6.5 million
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) raised a record $6.5 million from donors in the past year, president Allan Sauder told the group’s annual meeting in Vancouver Nov. 2 to 5.…
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Mobile app extends reach of Anabaptist prayer book
Categories: Web FirstUsers in 15 countries across six continents have downloaded a new free mobile app version of Take Our Moments and Our Days: An Anabaptist Prayer Book in the four weeks…
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Significant tidings
Categories: EditorialWhat are the significant stories in this issue? When I asked this question in the office, the answer came back: “They’re all significant.” This, our Christmas issue, is chock-full of…
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God with us with God
Categories: Feature Articles“Are you ready for Christmas?” The question came from Ed, a cheerful clerk at Save-On-Foods, as I was picking up some milk. What kind of response was he seeking? Was…
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Readers write: December 11, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsMore responses to Maple View’s paid supplement on sexuality Re: “Honour God with Your Bodies” insert, Sept. 25. As an advocate for respect, diversity and equality, I am deeply disturbed that…
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No more of that old ‘soft-sell’ gospel
Categories: Viewpoints“All you gotta do is . . . .” How often have we in the church uttered these words? We petition new committee prospects with this blasé plea. We invite…
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Moving forward
Categories: Viewpoints“You can’t really talk about mission without talking about the End.” This was a conclusion that a colleague and I came to after reflecting on Bible verses that hold these…
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Abraham Dick
Categories: ViewpointsWhen Abraham Dick broke his back in 1938, the family struggled to keep up with the work on their farm near St. Agatha, Ont. Then one day in early November,…
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Congo crisis grinds on
Categories: Uncategorized“As many as 250,000 children could starve in Kasai in the next few months unless enough nutritious food reaches them quickly,” says David Beasley, World Food Programme’s executive director, in…
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