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MC Saskatchewan ‘extends the table’
Categories: Uncategorized“Extending the table: Enough for all.” That was the theme chosen for Mennonite Church Saskatchewan’s annual delegate sessions this year, and as delegates and guests broke bread together, literally and…
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MEI student dies on ski trip
Categories: UncategorizedA school outing turned to tragedy on March 3, 2017, when a student from Mennonite Educational Institute (MEI) in Abbotsford died during a ski trip to Whistler Blackcomb ski resort.…
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‘Being like a family’
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite Church Manitoba gave its final comments on the Being a Faithful Church (BFC) 7 process, which has dominated public attention since last summer, at the area church’s annual general…
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A ‘manufactured narrative’?
Categories: Uncategorized“Moral selectivity is worse than immorality,” insisted Omar Ramahi, a Muslim Canadian invited to address an adult Sunday school class at Waterloo (Ont.) North Mennonite Church recently, to give his…
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A voice from ‘outside the gate’
Categories: Uncategorized“We are exhausted.” So say members of a group of Mennonite parents of LGBTQ children, who met together for 30 years to worship, pray, exchange stories and support each other…
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Evangelistic work still paying dividends today
Categories: UncategorizedTilman Martin turned 90 on Jan. 3, 2017. He is the last of the four original church planters sent from Ontario to Quebec in 1956 whose work continues to pay…
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Step back in history
Categories: UncategorizedJoshua Enns goes through less than two kilograms of flour each week baking bread for himself and his wife Laura. By comparison, the original inhabitants of the house they live…
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Playing for fun and credit
Categories: UncategorizedLegendary rock ‘n’ roll drummers Keith Moon and Neil Peart inspired Matt Schellenberg to get into percussion, but it’s Bach and Beethoven that he will be playing when he performs…
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Mennonite observes Lent with ‘Fast for Healing Justice’ and tweets to Trump
Categories: Web FirstIn preparation for his 40-day fast, which began on March 1, Ash Wednesday, Daryl Byler made a few changes to his recreational reading. This lawyer, ordained minister and executive director of the Center…
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Is there room enough for hope?
Categories: Web FirstMary Jo Leddy asked those gathered on a cold Canadian evening in Waterloo what kind of Canada they want to be part of: one that is mean and nasty, with…
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‘Communities so full of love that it’s contagious’
Categories: Web FirstTrusting enough to be vulnerable and the willingness to be accountable are key intentional acts needed to build true community. In the extensively secularized culture of England, self-reliance and independence…
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Ministry on a human scale
Categories: Web First“Ring the bells (ring the bells) that still can ring / Forget your perfect offering/ There is a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything) / That's how…
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EMU alumnus among those kidnapped in Democratic Republic of Congo
Categories: Web FirstMichael J. “M.J.” Sharp, a United Nations official, was among six people kidnapped in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a press release issued Monday by the Congolese…
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‘Land rights apply to my church and my home’
Categories: Web FirstNine-month-old Junia has just become the youngest participant to join the Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights, a 600-kilometre walk through from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., to Ottawa, taking place from April 23 to…
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The past as prologue
Categories: Editorial“While Anabaptists affirm the inspiration and trustworthiness of Scripture, we are not strict literalists,” writes Palmer Becker in his just-released book, Anabaptist Essentials. This Canadian pastor, educator and missionary makes…
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Rolled away
Categories: Feature ArticlesChrist is risen. He is risen indeed. I always love this joyful affirmation of life and hope on Easter morning. When it is still grey and cold outside, when the…
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Readers write: March 13, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsA holy challenge to become living bodies of Christ Re: “A year of re-visioning” editorial, Jan. 2, page 2. Thank you for challenging Mennonite Church Canada to give priority to…
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A leadership lens on I Corinthians 13
Categories: ViewpointsWhat would the Apostle Paul say to leaders today? This was the question posed to participants at the recent Values-based Leadership Program that I attended. I offer one perspective of…
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What music rankles you?
Categories: ViewpointsDo you ever have a Sunday when the church music stinks? In your opinion, at least? Well, that’s the way it should be from time to time. Even though I…
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Sharing food with my two families
Categories: ViewpointsOne of the privileges of living and travelling overseas is that you get to become a part of many different families. I’ve been fortunate to spend significant amounts of time…
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