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Gelassenheit and power
I got into an interesting discussion with a friend from my church recently. In adult ed., we were talking about liberation theology and its view of sin. (You can read…
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What our survey says about you
Categories: Editorial“Canadian Mennonite provides a vital service by keeping the congregations informed on church life issues and trends. It has a good balance on raising cutting edge questions.” This is only…
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For what purpose has Christ grabbed hold of you?
Categories: Feature ArticlesA year ago, when a colleague and I spent an intense two days in the beautiful Fraser Valley of B.C. with the writing team for our Leader magazine, I met…
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Readers write: February 29, 2016 issue
Categories: ViewpointsMagazine should ‘continue to challenge and question’ Re: “Do church and journalism mix?” by Will Braun and “Are congregations up to it?” by Dick Benner, Feb. 1, pages 14 and…
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History matters
Categories: ViewpointsLast summer, the Mennonite Heritage Centre was given a German language database of more than 110,000 family registries. We were ecstatic! With this new resource, we could reconnect families torn…
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Aging gracefully
Categories: ViewpointsOn a soft spring day, I looked out my window to see the neighbour’s mature crab tree in full bloom. Its tall, fully rounded shape was blanketed in a carpet…
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Autonomy and community
Categories: Viewpoints“So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak. When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip…
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First Mennonite Church in Greendale, B.C., 1948
Categories: ViewpointsIn the spring of 1948, First Mennonite Church in Greendale, B.C., was inundated with water. Dikes had been built along the rivers some 50 years earlier, but they had suffered…
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The pursuit of truth (Pt. 2)
Categories: ViewpointsI can’t imagine two scientists debating something of a scientific nature and concluding, “Well, you have your truth and I have mine.” Yet this attitude is quickly becoming the norm…
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What makes a quilt Amish?
Categories: UncategorizedWhat makes a quilt Amish? Does it have to be “quilted by a group of Amish women sitting around the frame in their sitting room?” Or does it have to…
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Edmonton church becomes inclusive, affirming
Categories: UncategorizedOn Feb. 7, 2016, Edmonton’s First Mennonite Church voted to become an inclusive and affirming Christian community. Two motions, one stating that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer people are…
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MC Canada wants to know who is caring for refugees
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite Church Canada congregations are taking the words of Deuteronomy 10:18-19 to heart by caring for Syrian refugees. The passage shares God’s desire to clothe and feed strangers. It’s a…
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Is climate change real?
Categories: UncategorizedA reader of this magazine sent an e-mail admonishing me not to associate our Mennonite faith with the “fear narrative” of climate change. He provided some links to seemingly credible…
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Breakfasts, burnt curtains and a surprising friendship
Categories: UncategorizedAcross the parking lot from Altona Mennonite Church stands a long, yellow brick building with narrow halls and tiny bachelor suites that rent out for $285 per month. Friendship Manor…
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Former soldier leaves legacy of Christian pacifism
Categories: UncategorizedSiegfried Bartel, the former German army officer who became an ardent advocate for peace and an influential Mennonite figure in Canada, died at the age of 101. Siegfried Wilhelm Bartel…
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Camping ministry a common thread for AMBS students
Categories: Focus on campingWhat do 10 of the 33 first-year students at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) have in common? A background as staff members at Mennonite camps and retreat centres. Scott Litwiller…
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Deep in the marrow: Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
Categories: Focus on campingI never went to camp as a kid because growing up on a farm in Saskatchewan seemed sufficiently uncivilized that I didn’t need to spend another week or two sleeping…
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CMU and Camps with Meaning prepare leaders of faith
Categories: Focus on campingSummer may be a distant memory at this time of year, but Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) student Jonas Cornelsen fondly recalls how he spent last July and August working as…
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Camp installs ‘green’ roof
Categories: Focus on campingLast fall, workers installed a “green” roof over the Stonehouse meeting room at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp. The old flat roof was in need of replacement and while it would…
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‘God has a vision for Shekinah that’s exciting’
Categories: Focus on campingIt’s not the kind of news Shekinah Retreat Centre executive director Nick Parkes likes to share with his constituency, and it’s not the kind of news the constituency likes to…
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