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Mennonite Heritage Museum opens in B.C.
Categories: UncategorizedThe dream of a heritage museum for B.C. Mennonites to tell their story became reality Jan. 22, 2016, when hundreds, including B.C. Premier Christy Clark, gathered for the grand opening…
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Hearing stories dispels fear
Categories: UncategorizedRetreats present opportunities for building relationships and hearing one another’s stories. Saskatchewan Mennonite Youth Organization’s senior high retreat, held January 29 to 30, 2016, at Shekinah Retreat Centre, was just…
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Evangelical Anabaptist Network generates hope and frustration
Categories: UncategorizedOn January 22 to 23, 2016, Maple View Mennonite Church, with its pastor Brent Kipfer, sponsored the first Canadian workshop of the Evangelical Anabaptist Network (EVANA). Located west of Kitchener/Waterloo,…
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Reconciliation requires an end to guilty white inhibition
Categories: UncategorizedThe door to reconciliation is open further now than ever before in Canada. From Trudeau to church organizers I speak with, interest in improving relations between indigenous and non-indigenous people…
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Young entrepreneur balances profit, community and faith
Categories: UncategorizedMatthew Penner loves airports. Sometimes he rides his bicycle to the airport in Steinbach and simply sits next to the runway. “I would call it a sacred place for me…
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More than just punchlines
Categories: UncategorizedWhat makes Mennonites funny, and what does their sense of humour say about them? Those are the questions at the heart of That Mennonite Joke, a new documentary from Prairie…
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Set up to succeed
Categories: UncategorizedI paid for my undergraduate degree with scholarships and my own savings, and graduated without student debt. I am touchy about this. I tell anyone listening about how expensive it…
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What people want to know about Mennonites
Categories: Web FirstThe Third Way website was re-launched last April, and by late 2015 daily visitors were averaging 750 or more. Many are seeking information about Mennonites, their beliefs and practices. Volunteers…
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Mennonites active in Ukraine
Categories: Web FirstVarious Mennonite groups and agencies have been working in Ukraine since the late 1980s, and representatives of eight organizations met in Winnipeg on Jan. 25, 2016, for an annual review…
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Project Ploughshares begins a new furrow
Categories: Web FirstCesar Jaramillo, executive director at Project Ploughshares since last July, knows first-hand the need for new ways of dealing with conflict and violence. He and his wife Paula Cardenas arrived…
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Video: Christ at the coffee shop
Categories: Web FirstIn the spring of 2015, Pastor Kassa Lemma of Rehoboth Evangelical Church in Toronto invited Mennonite Church Canada Executive Director Willard Metzger to speak at an Ethiopian evangelistic conference. Metzger…
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Are congregations up to it?
Categories: EditorialWith the Being a Faithful Church (BFC) process, congregations across Canada were wisely and prudently given seven years to discern the important issues confronting them in an increasingly post-Christendom era…
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Witness workers bring forth concerns about ‘Future Directions’
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe following is an abridged version of a letter sent to the Future Directions Task Force and Mennonite Church Canada leaders that was signed by all 24 Witness workers in…
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Witness workers’ concerns acknowledged
Categories: Feature ArticlesOn behalf of the Future Directions Task Force I express sincere thanks for the thought and time you’ve put into the open letter received last week from Norm Dyck, Mennonite…
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Readers write: February 1, 2016 issue
Categories: ViewpointsEvolutionary theory attacks Christianity Some time ago there was a letter to the editor promoting evolutionary theory as strengthening faith. This is not Christian or scriptural. Since evolutionary theory is…
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Do we need saving?
Categories: ViewpointsThe word “saviour” doesn’t often come up in conversation. Could it be that we are not in need of saving? Perhaps we face no imminent danger. Or perhaps there is…
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A transformational moment
Categories: Viewpoints“I wonder where my wrapping paper is,” my mother mused. “I know I’m not supposed to go to the attic, but I did. Maybe it’s up there.” (The attic is…
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Busted budget
Categories: ViewpointsThere once was a congregation called Peach Blossom Community Church. It was approaching the end of the year with a significant financial shortfall, needing $60,000 to meet its annual budget.…
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The pursuit of truth (Pt. 1)
Categories: ViewpointsI’ve had a number of conversations recently where the topic of truth has come up. Without exception, someone inevitably says, “There is no truth with a capital T. You have…
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Funk family goes to church
Categories: ViewpointsThis is a photo of Mennonite writer Katie Funk Wiebe and her family driving to church circa 1940. Katie’s father, Jacob J. Funk, took the picture in front of Eigenheim…
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