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‘I should ask Dad’
Categories: Feature Articles“It was here somewhere,” I said to my son Allan. “The Boese canning factory was over here, and over there was an orchard where we lived in our trailer until…
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Readers write: January 2, 2017 issue
Categories: Viewpoints‘A timely rebuke’ to MC B.C.’s ‘professional’ church leaders Re: “No more closed doors” editorial, Nov. 7, 2016, page 2. Dick Benner hit the nail on the head with that…
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Hope across generations
Categories: Viewpoints“Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;…
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Going home
Categories: ViewpointsOne of the sweetest phrases in the Bible, “The Word became flesh and lived among us” (John 1:14), is often heard at Christmas. With joy and gratitude, we celebrate the…
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Generosity superheroes
Categories: ViewpointsSuperhero movies are all the rage. One website says it is the most popular movie genre around. We all want someone to put things right in turbulent times. Even Lego…
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Wisdom, where art thou? (Pt. 3)
Categories: ViewpointsOne of the most overlooked fruits borne in the life of someone who genuinely follows the way of Jesus and lives in the Spirit, is wisdom. If we put into…
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CMBC choir
Categories: ViewpointsGeorge Wiebe conducts the Canadian Mennonite Bible College (CMBC) choir in an impromptu song on a B.C. ferry while on tour in May 1966. The choir gave 24 performances in…
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Painting for community
Categories: UncategorizedIn an ironic coincidence, ugly graffiti was sprayed on the outside wall of Edmonton First Mennonite Church the same day that teenagers from a local junior-high school painted a beautiful…
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From behind the Iron Curtain
Categories: UncategorizedTales of families separated through war and later reunited through letters 60 years ago were featured at the Mennonite Historical Society of B.C.’s fall fundraiser. The program, held at King…
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New Ethiopian church emerges in Ottawa
Categories: UncategorizedThe Oromo Christian Fellowship, which was established in 2004 and changed its name to Oromo Evangelical Church of Ottawa in 2010, has applied for emerging church status in Mennonite Church…
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Making room for the politics of hope
Categories: Uncategorized“I don’t know if it’s sunk in entirely, but it’s been a good experience so far.” That’s Charlie Clark’s assessment of his first weeks as the new mayor of Saskatoon.…
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Egyptian radiologist seeks help for Salam Medical Centre
Categories: UncategorizedIn an attempt to secure the future of the Salam Medical Centre, which he founded in a town some 25 kilometres north of Cairo, Egypt, Dr. Freddy Elbaiady, has embarked…
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Roots and routes
Categories: UncategorizedA presentation by Timothy Epp on the enduring relationship between blacks and Mennonites quickly morphed into a time of sharing and storytelling by members of the two communities during this…
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Mennonite missionary served with hands-on attitude
Categories: UncategorizedFrom seafaring cowboy to Christian book publisher, Ken Schwartzentruber embraced life and adventure with a hands-on attitude and a commitment to God. Born to the late Allen and Elizabeth (Wagler)…
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More-with-Less cookbook gets a new look
Categories: ArtbeatThe 40th-anniversary edition of the More-with-Less cookbook, with its many full-page photographs, has an updated and more sophisticated look. Rather than simple black-and-white pages, it has moved to a full-colour…
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Mennonite academic launches new book on theology and popular literature
Categories: ArtbeatCanadian Mennonite University (CMU) professor Paul Doerksen launched a new collection of essays, Take and Read: Reflecting Theologically on Books, at McNally-Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg on Dec. 4, 2016. Officially…
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‘We must act and we must do it now’
Categories: UncategorizedThis is a critical time in the world. From environmental threats like the Kinder Morgan pipeline, to the troubling rhetoric coming out of the United States after Donald Trump’s presidential…
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Caring for the forgotten
Categories: UncategorizedJared Redekop has seen and done a lot in just over a year of working as a spiritual health practitioner at the Children’s Hospital of Winnipeg. One experience that most…
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Film on COs wins awards and attention
Categories: Web FirstA film produced by the Mennonite Heritage Centre (MHC) Archives about conscientious objectors (COs) is garnering significant attention. CBC recently aired The Last Objectors on its national channel, as well…
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Mission worker befriended Jews and Palestinians
Categories: Web FirstFlorence Cressman Kreider was a friend to both Jews and Palestinians, and she sought to spread peace wherever she traveled. The former mission worker died Nov. 1, 2016, in Broadway,…
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