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Readers write: January 16, 2017 issue
Categories: ViewpointsBeing pro-Palestinian is not being anti-Jewish Re: “A better way than BDS?” letter, Nov. 21, 2016, page 10. One distinction that is often forgotten in discussions about Israel-Palestine is the…
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All aboard for the future
Categories: ViewpointsThe timing was tight. I had made it to the airport parking lot and was then shuttled to Terminal 1 at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport to catch my flight to…
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Strengthen what remains
Categories: ViewpointsI wonder what it was like to be on the receiving end of those seven letters to the churches named in Revelation 2 and 3. The words of Jesus to…
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Sharing baked goods by the dozen
Categories: ViewpointsFrieda Woelk loves to bake. When she gets up in the morning, she thinks, “What can I bake today?” Although she is in her mid-80s and lives in a seniors…
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Frieda’s raisin bread
Categories: Web FirstFrieda Woelk, who lives in a seniors apartment in Leamington, Ont., put together a “Special Cookbook for my Children, Grandchildren, Family and Friends,” with editions in 1994, 1995, 2005 and…
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Funk crop
Categories: ViewpointsCornelius R. Funk shows plant growth in his new home in Menno Colony, Paraguay. In 1926, Funk and 1,785 other Mennonites from Saskatchewan and Manitoba left for Paraguay because they…
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What’s in a name?
Categories: ViewpointsWe eyed each other’s books and wondered who would ask the “Mennonite” question first. Our names, Donita Wiebe-Neufeld and K.V. Doerksen, were emblazoned across our books (Thirty Bucks and Blessed…
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Staying afloat in a sea of change
Categories: ViewpointsFor some in Mennonite Church Canada, this might be a frightening time, as the denomination faces an uncertain future. It might be cold comfort, but you are not alone; most…
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Deepening our faith journeys
Categories: Viewpoints“Jesus calls us to life-long journeys of faith—shaped in part by our age and stage in life. Faith practices are deepest and richest when our Christian community embraces and nurtures…
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‘Everything turned into a sea for three days’
Categories: UncategorizedPartners of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, are working to provide relief assistance for the hundreds of thousands of…
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Questions for an uncertain year
Categories: UncategorizedThe year we left behind created big uncertainty for the year that lies ahead. Here is a glance at key questions that hang over what is sure to be an…
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‘Consult or consent’
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite organizations played a large role in putting on a public panel discussion on indigenous land rights in Canada and how they impact social groups at the community level, held…
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No longer alone
Categories: UncategorizedIn past years, there were only two Anabaptist congregations in Ottawa, the nation’s capital, one Mennonite Brethren and the other, Ottawa Mennonite Church, a member of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada.…
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Engraved on the heart of God
Categories: UncategorizedWith the moon still peeking over the mountains and the stars twinkling in the clear sky, more than 60 people gathered together in the wee hours of Christmas morning at…
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Play tells stories in refugees’ own words
Categories: ArtbeatOne of today’s most pressing social issues came to life onstage late last year at Trinity Western University (TWU) with the world premiere of the original drama, disPLACE: Refugee Stories…
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Letting his spirit grow
Categories: ArtbeatLike many Mennonites, Larry Krause grew up singing in Sunday school and church choirs. Music has always been an important part of his life, but in the past decade it…
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Worship and song submissions, recommendations sought for new hymnal
Categories: Web FirstWhat songs connect you to God and your community, and empower you to serve? What songs do you turn to in joyful or difficult times? What are your heart songs?…
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Australians speak for the stranger
Categories: Web FirstChristian activists in Australia repeatedly risk arrest when they call attention to the plight of asylum-seekers suffering mistreatment in indefinite detention. One of the activists is Matt Anslow, vice president…
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Third Way’s 2016 top 10 quirky queries
Categories: Web FirstMillions of people will never pick up a book or magazine about Mennonites or enter any Mennonite church. But they will drop in anonymously to the Third Way website (thirdway.com)…
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A year of re-visioning
Categories: EditorialThis year—2017—will bring changes for members of Mennonite Church Canada, a denominational entity to be reconfigured into a proposed structure of five area churches doing the work of a denominational…
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