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Spring 2016 List of Books & Resources
Categories: Books & ResourcesTheology, Spirituality Deuteronomy: Believers Church Bible Commentary. Gerald E. Gerbrandt. Herald Press, 2015, 600 pages. This is the 29th volume in the Believers Church Bible Commentary series. Deuteronomy, a collection…
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Uncovering a historic Mennonite costume collection
Categories: Web FirstFrom plain coats to lace-covered wedding dresses, Amanda Bartel, a history major from Iowa City, Iowa, is cataloging Bluffton University’s historic clothing collection to learn more about what it means…
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Take a look, it’s in a book…
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Katrina Sklepowich was assigned to write a weekly blog as part of her school work, focussing on literature was an obvious choice. “I love books and I’m always reading,…
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Flipping on the pastor switch
Categories: UncategorizedAsk Amanda Zehr what her favourite Bible story is, and she points to John 9, where Jesus heals a blind man. “It really questions who the blind one is,” says…
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How fear and mistrust gave way to friendship
Categories: Web FirstFirst nations, Lutheran and Mennonite movie-goers crowded into Saskatoon’s Roxy Theatre on March 13, 2016, popcorn in hand, to watch the premiere of Reserve 107: Reconciliation on the Prairies. The…
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European Mennonites reject violence against Syrian refugees
Categories: Web FirstMennonite churches in Europe are responding to the violence and displacement in the Middle East that is affecting their society. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeiden (AMG, Mennonite Church in Germany) and Algemene…
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Sir James MacMillan finds ‘the spiritual in music’
Categories: Web FirstConrad Grebel University College hosted Sir James MacMillan as the 2016 Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar. The Scottish composer and conductor, best known for his sacred choral works, gave…
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My taxes for peace, not war
Categories: Web FirstBecause I grew up in the Mennonite tradition, conscientious objection is not a foreign concept to me. I was raised to value peace over violence and to treat every human…
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MC Canada provides resource on indigenous-settler reconciliation
Categories: Web FirstSteve Heinrichs is passionate about healing broken relationships between indigenous and settler peoples. As Mennonite Church Canada’s director of indigenous relations, he is committed to responding positively to the Truth…
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Missing the Crucified Woman
The sculpture above stands on the grounds of my theological college, Emmanuel College in Toronto, of the United Church of Canada. I used to walk by her almost daily, on…
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Future Directions
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the wider Mennonite church these past few weeks, as there have been discussions about the future of Mennonite Church Canada at the…
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Can CM survive?
Categories: EditorialPerhaps the more pointed question should be: Do our readers and congregations of Mennonite Church Canada want us to survive? At the risk of this editorial sounding self-serving and turf-protecting,…
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Easter is past . . . where is Jesus now?
Categories: Feature ArticlesExcerpted and translated from a sermon preached at Niagara United Mennonite Church, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on April 26, 2015. It is based on chapter 21 of the Gospel of John, the…
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Readers write: March 28, 2016 issue
Categories: ViewpointsMennonite histories ‘are not that different’ Re: Future Directions Task Force editorials in the Jan. 18, Feb. 1 and 15 issues. The editor is to be thanked for wading into…
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Strange, suspect voices
Categories: ViewpointsOne of the things I most admire about Scripture is the space it creates for the undominant voice, specifically the strange and suspect voice. For sure, the text is far…
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Gently lead the mother sheep
Categories: Viewpoints“What this is about,” the counsellor said kindly, “is the end. How your mother faces the end—her dying—impacts everyone else in the family. How you and your siblings respond to…
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MC Manitoba approves new vision, Future Directions recommendations
Winnipeg, Man.—Delegates at Mennonite Church Manitoba’s annual general meeting on March 5, 2016, approved the area church’s new vision for mission and voted in support of the recommendations made by…
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It’s time we had ‘the talk’
Categories: ViewpointsIt’s time for “the talk.” You know, the one we’ve been putting off because it’s uncomfortable. That end-of-life conversation. There is, after all, a 100 percent certainty of our death.…
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Montreal River memories
Categories: Viewpoints‘Braun, Harder, Andres with wives at Montreal River,’ read the caption on the back of this photo taken by conscientious objector Wes Brown in 1942. As luck would have it,…
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The pursuit of truth (Pt. 3)
Categories: ViewpointsThe way many Canadians understand and talk about truth has changed. Some Christian thinkers believe the church needs to change how we understand and talk about truth as well, if…
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