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Advice for those ‘no longer required’
Categories: Feature ArticlesSince I shared my husband’s painful job loss through no fault of his own, I’ve received many emails and other private messages from people who have also experienced difficult endings…
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Readers write: August 29, 2016 issue
Categories: ViewpointsDealing with mental illness is ‘hard enough already’ Thank you for the recent special issue of Canadian Mennonite on “mental health.” It is an important topic if we are to…
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Ride for a ‘dream’
Categories: ViewpointsIn October 2014, Wame Chiepe invited us to dream. Wame lives near an abandoned park in Gaborone, Botswana. Young children play on a rusty, broken-down slide. Surrounded by drinking establishments,…
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Healthy families adapt
Categories: ViewpointsIt’s an exciting time for many people in my extended family. Three nieces are university students, preparing for careers in education or medicine. One niece, with BA newly in hand,…
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A big change
Categories: ViewpointsMennonite Foundation of Canada (MFC) is about to make a big change. In October, we will become Abundance Canada. This decision did not come easily. Our process was both cautious…
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The pursuit of truth (Pt. 8)
Categories: ViewpointsIn John 14:6, Jesus claims that he is the truth. What does this mean? I used to think that the truth of Christ was a set of doctrines I needed…
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An open letter to MC Canada
Categories: ViewpointsI was grateful for the opportunity to attend your biennial meeting in Saskatoon in early July. As always, I was impressed by the creativity expressed in your worship services and…
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Vineland
Categories: ViewpointsWhen Mennonites came to Ontario and western Canada in the 1920s, they were helped by the “Swiss” Mennonites, such as those from The First Mennonite Church in Vineland, Ont. The…
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SEED comes to an end
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Geoff Gould ponders his six years directing the SEED program at Camp Squeah, it is with mixed emotions: pride, joy, humility, gratitude. But there is also sadness. After much…
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Marching to ‘Onward’ from ‘Zion’
Categories: UncategorizedRockway Mennonite Church in Kitchener has worshipped in rental properties for all of its 56-year existence. Until now. On June 26, 2016, the congregation had its final regular service in…
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‘Still carrying on the vision’
Categories: UncategorizedThe passions that inspired Winnipeg’s community shared agriculture (CSA) movement and the famous Tall Grass Prairie Bakery are now making waves around the world, from Winnipeg to Hokkaido, Japan, and…
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Alberta inmates reach beyond the fence to help Foodgrains Bank Ethiopia drought appeal
Three years ago, when a group of inmates at Bowden Institution in Innisfail, Alta., were asked by their prison chaplain how they could live out God’s call to help those…
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Familiarity breeds good content
Categories: ArtbeatJane Austen once wrote that, for a developing writer, “three or four families in a country village is the very thing to work on.” While Steinbach, Man., is certainly no…
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A unique treasure
Categories: ArtbeatAnna Rehan has logged countless hours of volunteer time as Mennonite Church Saskatchewan’s music librarian. Appointed by the area church council, her mandate was to organize the large collection of…
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Food for body and soul
Categories: ArtbeatWhile the aroma of fresh-baked zwieback filled the air, members of the “Mennonite Girls Can Cook” blog group launched their newest book at the Mennonite Heritage Museum on Aug. 3,…
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Letting Christ abide, from Saskatchewan to Gambia
Categories: UncategorizedTending to the grapes she grows in the house she lives in provides Terri Lynn Paulson with a very tangible way of considering John 15, a chapter of the Bible…
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A potluck plate full of Mennonite cultures
Categories: UncategorizedThis spring I was awarded an archival internship with the Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission that allowed me to travel to various Mennonite Brethren archives in North America to learn how…
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First woman to direct Mennonite Bible school in Congo
Categories: Web FirstHoly Spirit fire dances in Bercy Mundedi's eyes. It sets aflame the ministries to which she has been called—the most recent being to lead the Kalonda Bible Institute in Democratic…
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‘This is not the end of life’
Categories: Web FirstBy the time Feryal arrived at a camp for displaced people in Iraq’s northern Ninewa Governorate, she had little desire to leave the security of the tent she shared with…
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Finding God at work in the city
Categories: Web FirstGod is at work and the gospel is alive in our cities, towns and communities. This is the message Marty Troyer wants to share in his new book, The Gospel…
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