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‘Swiss Mennonite’ cherry platz
Categories: ViewpointsWhen Floradale Mennonite Church planned a farewell event for our pastor Fred Redekop, this is a recipe we prepared. (For the story that goes with this recipe, see “Expressing love…
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Carwash
Categories: ViewpointsA 1978 car wash at Mennonite Brethren Bible College in Winnipeg, Man. Pictured, Don Wiens, right, soaks Adrienne Wiebe, left. Car washes, bake sales, quilt raffles, pie auctions, coffee houses,…
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Making diamonds out of us
Categories: ViewpointsOften in the morning as I awake, God gives me songs which become prayers. Usually, it’s just a phrase or tune that causes me to search out the rest of…
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MC B.C. divided on BFC7
Categories: Uncategorized“Who is MC B.C.? What kind of family are we and what kind of family do we want to be?” These questions were posed by Garry Janzen, executive minister of…
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Donna Entz has ‘a lot of sun in her bones’
Categories: UncategorizedDonna Entz, an outreach worker for Mennonite Church Alberta, has many friends in the North Edmonton communities in which she lives and works. Manna Ali, a member of the Somali…
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‘Social media: The good, the bad and the beautiful’
Categories: UncategorizedSelfies just might be God’s idea. Remember, you are smarter than your smartphone. What if virtue went viral? With these three ideas front and centre, David Balzer, assistant professor of…
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Faith formation for leaders today
Categories: UncategorizedSpending half of Canadian Thanksgiving in the U.S. away from my family is not how I usually like to plan things. But this past summer as I was thinking through…
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The journey of a feather
Categories: UncategorizedAmong many aboriginal people the eagle feather communicates respect, humility, courage and wisdom. Several years ago, I received an eagle feather as a sign of appreciation for my ministry at…
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Serving at the centre
Categories: UncategorizedChurch planter Mario Marchand responded to being licensed toward ordination on Oct. 16 by reciting his vision for the church in Québec: “Jesus, the centre of faith; the community of…
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Church growth the result of actions, not words
Categories: ArtbeatRecently, I have become curious about the life of the early church. What did its members believe? What did they preach and what did they practise? More to the point,…
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Reaching out to help other people
Categories: UncategorizedFor Johise Namwira, being a student and being an activist go hand in hand. During the 2015-16 school year, the 19-year-old was involved with a variety of different groups on…
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Give a little means a lot
Categories: UncategorizedTwo-and-a-half years ago, I took over a long-running column that appears in the Winnipeg Free Press. Each week, I write about a different volunteer in the city. The column is…
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MCC calls for ‘big tent thinking’
Categories: Web FirstComparing Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) to a big tent, Don Peters, the executive director of MCC Canada, described the organization as “the place where the Anabaptist community works and serves…
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Huxman completes role at Grebel
Categories: Web FirstOn September 30, 2016, friends and colleagues of Susan Schultz Huxman paid tribute to her time as president of Conrad Grebel University College. She has accepted the presidency of Eastern…
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EVI announces workshop tour
Categories: Web FirstEmerging Voices Initiative (EVI) is embarking on a fall 2016 workshop tour. This group of concerned young adults hopes to encourage further discussion about the process of transitioning into a…
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Like a ‘biblical mustard seed’
Categories: Web FirstIt all started simply enough. In January 1996, Clare Jantzi, worship leader at Valleyview Mennonite Church in London, invited three men from the congregation to sing an introit during four…
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Clark chosen as Saskatoon’s mayor-elect
Saskatoon, Sask.— Charlie Clark was elected as this city’s mayor-elect after a hard-fought election, with 41 percent of the vote compared to his main opponent, Don Atchison, who got 37…
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‘Mennonite biblical feminist’ passes away
Katie Funk Wiebe died Oct. 23, 2016, in Wichita, Kan., at the age of 92. The long-time writer and educator was named by The Mennonite as among the Top 20…
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Kuttab calls Mennonites to action for Middle East peace and justice
Categories: Web FirstOn September 28, 2016, Palestinian Christian Jonathan Kuttab spoke to Mennonites gathered for lunch at the Mennonite Central Committee Ontario building in Kitchener, Ont. Responding to the action Mennonite Church…
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Back the boycott
Categories: EditorialOf all the current global conflicts, none seems as intractable as the Israeli-Palestinian one, pitting an occupier government against its occupied residents. The dire situation was recognized at Assembly 2016…
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