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Disability is not always what it seems
No one said life would be easy. And it certainly has not been for Wanda Litwiller of London, Ontario, although she makes her life of 63 years look easier than…
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Welcome Kathryn Lymburner
Categories: CM THIS WEEKWe are delighted to announce that Kathryn Lymburner will become the next publisher of Canadian Mennonite. We’ll include the announcement in our May issue, but I wanted you to know…
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Kathryn Lymburner appointed publisher of Canadian Mennonite
Categories: NewsCanadian Mennonite Publishing Service (CMPS) has chosen Kathryn Lymburner to serve as the next publisher of Canadian Mennonite, starting April 1. Lymburner will replace Tobi Thiessen, who started in 2017…
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Gospel for the poor
Antonio González’s book, The Gospel of Faith and Justice (Orbis Books, 2005), is a fantastic resource for Christians who know intuitively that faith and justice are two sides of the…
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Pastor reports amid violence in DR Congo
Speaking from his home in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, on February 23, Josué Seleman told of the turmoil in the city after M23 paramilitary rebels entered Bukavu on February…
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Enough grace
Categories: CM THIS WEEKWe’ve had several people reach to us, excited to join in fasting with our digital detox. Their reasons are many. Some spend too much time “doomscrolling.” Others always want to…
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Leading with care
Categories: PeopleIn the 15 years he was the executive director of Community Justice Initiatives (CJI) in Kitchener, Ontario, Chris Cowie felt it was important to lead the organization with the same…
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Motivated by love, European Mennonites send comforters, kits to Ukraine
Categories: UncategorizedTo help Ukrainians suffering from Russia’s military invasion, Swiss and French Mennonites sent 400 handmade comforters and about 2,000 kits of hygiene supplies to Ukraine last fall. The Association of…
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Pulling back the curtain
Categories: CM THIS WEEKYou’ve probably noticed over the last year that Canadian Mennonite has moved to having a theme to the feature of most issues. As we begin each new issue, we share…
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Church worker overboard
Categories: EditorialA few years back, I invited a new acquaintance to help with a hayloft restoration project. He was handy and between jobs. As we worked with old wood, we talked…
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Three responses to the conundrum of conflict
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhen I tell people whom I’ve just met that my job includes working with congregations in conflict, typically they respond in one of two ways. Either, “Really? Churches have conflict?”…
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Pain, apologies and repair following 2017 MC Canada restructuring
Categories: Feature ArticlesJeanette Hanson, director of International Witness for Mennonite Church Canada, began a Zoom call last spring with an apology to members of the Anabaptist Network in South Africa. “I told…
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Does the Carver model suit Mennonites?
A retired veteran of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) management put it bluntly (off-record): “MCC is not a priesthood of all believers.” I don’t know if any Mennonite organizations are. Most,…
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Sitting in the struggle
Categories: NewsTany Warkentin’s experience on a recent learning pilgrimage in South Africa has inspired her to deepen the connections and relationships she’s forming in her own life and work. “I don’t…
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MCC opens cannery
Categories: NewsDylan Yantzi can’t wait to start canning. He is the newly minted meat cannery manager at Mennonite Central Committee Ontario (MCCO), and his enthusiasm for the work ahead was palpable…
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Readers Write: March 2025
Solar story missed the markI was looking forward to reading the story in the December issue about Rockway Mennonite Collegiate’s solar array. But after reading the story, something didn’t feel…
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Secondary identities
Categories: From Our LeadersThe first identity of a follower of Jesus is “a follower of Jesus.” The church is an alternative city within the city, a new way of being human and being…
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Lifted by laughter
Categories: Life in the postmodern shift“Dad, would you rather give up coffee or potatoes for the rest of your life?” This is a game my 16-year-old son likes to play with me. Pitting things I…
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A second helping of grace
I recently visited a church on communion Sunday and watched with delight as a child approached the table not once but twice. He was hungry, it seemed, and the table…
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Spirit over algorithm: An invitation
Categories: LentIf you worry that digitization is corroding your soul, or if you just don’t know how to square the digital demands of our era with the circle of life you…
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