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‘They’re destroying our home’
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhen the water goes up behind the $8.7-billion Keeyask Dam in northern Manitoba, one family will lose more than any other. At a church-sponsored event in Winnipeg on March 18,…
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River dams and land claims
Categories: Web FirstManitoba filmmakers Brad Leitch and Will Braun have brought the reality of settler-indigenous reconciliation work in Canada to the public screen. For Love of a River: Two Stories of Loss…
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Readers write: May 8, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsAn appeal from MennoMedia’s Canadian board members At our most recent MennoMedia board meeting, executive director Russ Eanes predicted that our organization is at the forefront of the transformation that…
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Freedom powered by love
Categories: ViewpointsOn August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his dream. His dream was that people would be judged by the content of their character and not the colour…
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Honouring the bride of Christ
Categories: ViewpointsA bride walking down the aisle to meet her groom is always a moment of anticipation and honour. The groom beams with joy. Perhaps he gives her a wink or…
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Rice pudding is comfort food
Categories: ViewpointsTerry Martens believes that rice pudding is comfort food. It reminds her of her childhood when she would arrive home from school on winter afternoons to the smell of rice…
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Old Fashioned Rice Pudding
Categories: ViewpointsTerry Martens of Hoffnungsfelder Mennonite Church, Sask., volunteers with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) as a cook. She often uses this recipe when cooking for MDS volunteers. She supplied the recipe…
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Jeremiah Ross
Categories: ViewpointsMennonite Church Canada has created lasting relationships with indigenous communities such as Cross Lake, Man. In 1943, Henry Gerbrandt served the community in fulfilling his commitment as a conscientious objector…
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Levelling the playing field
Categories: ViewpointsThe saying goes, “There are two gifts we should give our children: one is roots, the other is wings.” My husband and I encouraged our children to fly and prayed…
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Stations of the Cross on Broadway
Categories: UncategorizedOn Good Friday, April 14, 2017, pilgrims from Winnipeg and beyond gather at Broadway Disciples United Church to walk the Stations of the Cross on Broadway, one of Winnipeg’s oldest…
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Make a Difference Auction sets new record
The annual Make a Difference Auction, held on March 19, 2017, in Abbotsford, B. C., has raised its highest amount ever, with auction sales and donations totalling more than $200,000.…
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Churches raise nearly $17,000 for South Sudan famine relief
Good Friday services held jointly by Mennonite churches in both Calgary and Edmonton dedicated offerings to Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) famine relief efforts in South Sudan. The Calgary churches—Trinity, Foothills…
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‘A downstream solution to an upstream problem’
Categories: UncategorizedWhen the first food bank was created in Canada in 1981 in Edmonton, it was seen as a short-term project that would be unnecessary when the economy improved. Fast-forward to…
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Learning cycles of peace
Categories: Uncategorized“I needed to go through what I did because that’s what helps me understand the people I work with,” said Jorgina Sunn. The indigenous singer/songwriter was the featured speaker at…
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Translating the Bible into the visual
Categories: UncategorizedA unique art installation graces Rosthern Mennonite Church’s stage these days. Created by the Rosthern Junior College (RJC) worship arts class, it depicts themes found in biblical texts for the…
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Transformed life leads to Transfigured Town
Categories: UncategorizedSome might wonder about a Mennonite elder running public events about Hogwarts, a school for witches and wizards. But Nathan Swartz of Kingsfield-Clinton Mennonite Church in southwestern Ontario has thought…
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Laying it on the line
Categories: ArtbeatBruxy Cavey is unapologetic about particularism. In his new book, the pastor/author sums up the good news in one word (Jesus), three words (Jesus is Lord) and 30 words (Jesus…
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Adventures in the Middle East
Categories: UncategorizedIt was while she was in Bethlehem, spray painting a black heart onto the Israeli West Bank barrier, that the reality of the Israel-Palestine conflict truly began to sink in…
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Messages to the Class of 2017
Categories: UncategorizedCanadian Mennonite spoke with the 2017 valedictorians from the three Canadian post-secondary institutions affiliated with Mennonite Church Canada, to find out who they are, what their undergraduate experience has been…
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Four ways MCC is caring for creation
Categories: Back PageAround the world, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) partners with people who are negatively affected by climate change. In response to increased droughts, storms and other disastrous weather patterns, MCC is…
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