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Serving up social justice
Categories: UncategorizedMore than just food will be on the menu when the Abby Eats Café opens here next year. The non-profit eatery, according to founder and proprietor Kyle Dyck, will focus…
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‘A season of change and a search for vitality’
Categories: UncategorizedBoth challenge and blessing were in evidence at the 88th annual Mennonite Church Alberta delegate sessions on March 17 and 18, 2017, at Trinity Mennonite Church in DeWinton. In comments…
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Reading books in prison
Categories: Books & ResourcesSeven years ago, two friends and I from Rockway Mennonite Church in Kitchener, Ont., agreed to begin a book club with inmates in the local Grand Valley Institution for Women,…
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Mennonites in Vietnam conflicted during war
Categories: Books & ResourcesAs the government of South Vietnam teetered on the brink of collapse in the spring of 1975, Mennonite missionaries living in Saigon agonized over whether to leave or stay. In…
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Getting unfrozen about climate change
Categories: Books & ResourcesChristine Penner Polle knows well the warning in Al Gore’s presentations and his 2006 movie, An Inconvenient Truth. It is possible to move from denial to despair in regard to…
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Spring 2017 list of Books & Resources
Categories: Books & ResourcesTheology, Spirituality Anabaptist Essentials: Ten Signs of a Unique Christian Faith. Palmer Becker. Herald Press, 2017, 182 pages. Becker has written a concise explanation of the core values of the…
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Culture-shaping poets tackle a formidable battery of themes and styles
A fresh anthology by the Mennonite Literary Society, 29 Mennonite Poets, is a welcome new frame for stand-out Canadian poetry. For years, Canadian poets have battled the challenges of a…
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Be not afraid
Categories: Uncategorized“Fear[full]: We shall [not] be consumed” was the theme at this year’s Mennofolk, an annual event that celebrates art and music made by people associated with the Mennonite community in…
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A personal pilgrimage
Categories: UncategorizedFor Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) student Erin Froese, taking a break from studying in the classroom has allowed her to pursue her interest in healing broken relationships between indigenous and…
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‘I like how we roll’
Categories: Web FirstFor Christina Bartel Barkman and her son Cody, switching from a car to scooters has pumped new energy and insights into their morning commute. Mother and son used to endure…
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Catalysing mission
Categories: Web FirstChemistry uses the concept of a catalyst to describe a substance that, when added to another substance, promotes a reaction without being used up itself. Bernard Sejour is Mennonite Church…
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Sharp among confirmed dead in DRC
Categories: Web FirstMichael J. “M.J.” Sharp, a United Nations official kidnapped with five others in the Democratic Republic of Congo two weeks ago, has been confirmed as deceased by the Congolese government,…
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Farewell, my friends
Categories: EditorialIt’s been a good eight-year ride, my friends, with a few bumps along the way. I will miss this biweekly meeting with you on the second page of Canadian Mennonite.…
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Dependent on God’s mercy
Categories: Feature ArticlesA Pharisee and a tax collector This parable of Jesus seems self-evident. It compares the attitude of two men’s prayers: a Pharisee and a tax collector. The Pharisee’s seems rather…
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Readers write: March 27, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsThat’s not who we are . . . as Mennonites or Muslims Re: “A not-so-pure depiction of Mennonites,” Feb. 13, page 20. I read with interest the various online responses…
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The power of imagination
Categories: ViewpointsWhen communicating about the ministries of Mennonite Church Canada Witness, my former colleague Al Rempel used to tell me, “Help your listeners imagine the work that is being done.” Imaginations…
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Unveiling secrets
Categories: ViewpointsOne day my normally cheerful, no-nonsense coworker surprised, or I should say shocked, me. She suddenly and briefly opened the door to her past, a dangerous time of war and…
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Giving as protest
Categories: ViewpointsDoes the headline for this article pique your curiosity or does it irritate you? The word “protest” often evokes strong positive or negative emotions. Like it or not, we seem…
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Coaldale Nurses
Categories: ViewpointsThis photo of six nurses from Coaldale, Alta., and the surrounding area was taken in the 1950s. Pictured from left to right: M. Willms, H. Toews, M. Dick and H.…
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Wisdom, where art thou? (Pt. 6)
Categories: ViewpointsFourteen years ago, I asked my handy friend, Carm, if I could hire him to do a flooring renovation. He said, “No. But I’ll teach you how to do it…
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