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BASIC cyclists raising funds to abolish human trafficking
Four Alberta men representing Defend Dignity are cycling across Canada in a marathon endeavour they have called Biking Against Slavery in Canada (BASIC). BASIC’s mission is to raise awareness about…
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German Mennonite serves with Pilgrimage of Peace and Justice
In February 2016 Mennonite theologian Fernando Enns participated in a peacebuilding pilgrimage in the Middle East, as part of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace.…
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Loving the enemy in Burkina Faso
Categories: Web FirstIn a land that closely resembles the place Jesus lived more than 2,000 years ago, his words still prove true. The people of Sidi, Burkina Faso, plant their fields with…
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What I learned while walking the Camino
Categories: Web FirstAfter 10 days of walking, I come to a small town in Spain called Belorado. The day before, I had walked a gruelling 31 kilometres up and down hills, in…
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Can MC Canada become a ‘we’?
Categories: ViewpointsOne thing became very clear during the Future Directions Task Force conversation: In the imagination of most of us, Mennonite Church Canada is an “it” or a “they.” Currently, we…
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Stronger regionalism weakens national church
Categories: ViewpointsI have always been part of the Mennonite world, having been called to Jesus Christ in my early years; active in the fellowship of the church throughout my youth; and…
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A pastor’s holy moments
Categories: EditorialWe expect a lot from our pastors, especially the part-time ones who are forced to be bi-vocational. They speak candidly about their roles and their congregation’s expectations in this issue…
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Meet the pastors who moonlight
Categories: Feature ArticlesSomeone once said, “There’s no such thing as part-time pastors, only part-time salaries.” If this is true, a lot of congregations within Mennonite Church Canada are getting good value for…
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Readers write: June 20, 2016 issue
Categories: ViewpointsReading the gospels led reader to ‘faith in a living Christ’ Re: “The Bible is full of shortcomings and biases” letter, May 9, page 10. As a Christian who is…
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Not a fragile faith
Categories: ViewpointsIn a recent Bible study, we were looking at John 20 where Jesus appeared to the disciples. Gathered behind locked doors, Jesus appeared in the midst of them and said,…
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‘You say goodbye, I say hello’
Categories: ViewpointsA long time ago, my high school physics teacher defined work as moving something from one place to another. “You could work all day trying to move a boulder,” he…
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Alexander Fast
Categories: ViewpointsAlexander Fast (1888-1942), front row right, and his second wife Selinde Fast (1894-1973) fled to Germany from Russia during the Russian Revolution and were immigrants to Canada in 1928. In…
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The pursuit of truth (Pt. 6)
Categories: ViewpointsIn an article entitled “Has militant atheism become a religion?” published on Salon.com (March 24, 2013), primatologist Frans de Waal writes, “In my interactions with religious and nonreligious people alike,…
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Returning to their roots
Categories: UncategorizedThe history of Youth Farm Bible Camp is, in no small sense, the history of Mennonite Church Saskatchewan. In the early 1940s, the Mennonite Youth Society began holding retreats at…
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Hope Mennonite Fellowship withdraws from MC Saskatchewan
Categories: UncategorizedHope Mennonite Fellowship withdrew its membership from Mennonite Church Saskatchewan effective April 30, 2016. Several years ago, members became concerned by what they saw as a lack of accountability within…
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A hedge of protection
Categories: UncategorizedForty Mennonite Church Manitoba clergy attended the area church’s biennial “Healthy boundaries” seminar, held this year at Carman Mennonite Church. Led this spring by clinical psychologist Lois Edmund, the conference…
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Mennonite historical assumptions challenged
Categories: UncategorizedParticipants at the Mennonite Historical Society of Alberta spring conference, held on April 30, 2016, at Holyrood Mennonite Church, Edmonton, spent time “Rethinking Mennonite history in light of the Truth…
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‘This profession found me’
Categories: UncategorizedGrowing up in an immigrant family prepared Betty Pries to see God’s presence in the struggles of life. Her grandmother’s “story-based faith” came to her through stories from Russia under…
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‘Mennonite’ composers headline concert at WLU
Categories: ArtbeatWilfrid Laurier University (WLU) celebrated the 40th anniversary of its Faculty of Music with a concert on April 3, 2016, that featured the premiere of works by two composers with…
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Cousins write family saga: Daughters in the House of Jacob
Categories: ArtbeatTwo Canadian Mennonite women, one a pastor and the other a professor, introduced their new book, Daughters in the House of Jacob: A Memoir of Migration, at the Mennonite Heritage…
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