-
Learning to be vulnerable
Categories: Focus On EducationI graduated from Mennonite Collegiate Institute (MCI) in Gretna, Man., in 2016, and it is where I first learned to be vulnerable. Vulnerability is exposure, letting our true self shine…
-
Columbia renames diploma and degree human services programs
ABBOTSFORD, B.C.—Students in Columbia Bible College’s two-year program will now graduate with a diploma in human services and students in the degree program will earn a bachelor’s degree in counselling…
-
Columbia announces a new diploma in social entrepreneurship
ABBOTSFORD, B.C.—Columbia Bible College launched its newest academic program in September: the diploma in social entrepreneurship. This two-year program brings together Christian faith-formation classes and a series of foundational business…
-
Bauman family gift focusses on mentorship and peace incubation
Peace has been an important value in the lives of Aden and Joanne Bauman and their sons Barry, who passed away in 2016, and Michael. “Peace is a Mennonite thing,”…
-
Historian looks at conflicted relationship of ‘Mennonite’ and ‘German’
When Ben Goossen began researching his book on Mennonites and German nationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries, he thought he would mostly be living in the past. Goossen was…
-
TWU launches Worship Lab Radio online
LANGLEY, B.C.—Trinity Western University (TWU) launched Worship Lab Radio (WorshipLabRadio.com), a new online Christian radio station aimed at filling a current void in Christian music, on Sept. 2. It offers…
-
Serving students and learning from mistakes
Categories: UncategorizedIn addition to faculty and staff, student council members can play a key role in shaping campus life at colleges and universities. By advocating for their peers, planning social events…
-
The kids are all right … aren’t they?
Categories: UncategorizedGil Dueck doesn’t have a one-size-fits-all plan for how churches can better engage with the young adults in their congregations, but he has some ideas. While questions about “how the…
-
MCC responds to Irma’s devastation in Caribbean
Categories: Web FirstHaiti Osa Jonmarits and his family were awakened in the middle of the night as water rushed into their mud-and-stone house on the mountains of La Chapelle, Haiti, and covered…
-
Viewpoint: Why we change hymn texts
Categories: Web FirstShould hymns be sung in their original form or should they be updated? This is a more complicated question than it may seem. Take “Be Thou My Vision,” for instance.…
-
Annual relief festival raises $1 million
Categories: Web FirstMore than 20,000 people attended the annual Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) British Columbia Festival for World Relief over two days in mid-September at the Abbotsford TRADEX, helping to raise more…
-
Mennonite helps Lutherans commemorate the Reformation
Categories: Web FirstServing communion at the 16th Biennial Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) was a profoundly humbling experience for Willard Metzger. “I felt as though I was surrounded…
-
General Board confession
Categories: Web FirstAs the General Board of Mennonite Church Canada anticipates potential change following the Special Assembly, we are reminded of things done, and not done. We are deeply aware of weakness…
-
Yellow Bellies play to tour Manitoba and Saskatchewan
In 1941, with war raging in Europe and conscription looming over Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King made a shocking declaration. He vowed to protect the rights of individuals and religious…
-
Making space for the Spirit
Categories: EditorialFourteen months have gone by since the conclusion of the Being a Faithful Church (BFC) process and the decision congregational delegates made at Assembly 2016. At the end of…
-
Jacob’s ‘imaginary’ struggle
Categories: Feature Articles“The same night [Jacob] got up and took his two wives, his two maids and his 11 children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent…
-
Readers write: September 25, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsWatson’s wisdom is ‘a pernicious fable’ Re: “Wisdom, where art thou?” (Pt. 10), July 24, page 13. After reading Troy Watson’s column, I’m inclined to wonder if we’ve gone backward…
-
A huge challenge
Categories: ViewpointsIt’s a big year for Lutherans—the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. So it struck me as significant that I was invited to present a sermon and serve communion alongside a…
-
Paddling down the river
Categories: ViewpointsTo celebrate our wedding anniversary, my husband and I canoed on our neighborhood river. Due to extremely low water levels, the first stretch was quite challenging, not unlike some stretches…
-
A legacy of giving
Categories: ViewpointsA few weeks ago, we welcomed our first grandchild into the world. Amid my great joy, I have recently found myself reflecting on the incredible responsibility of raising children. Scripture…
Articles
