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A prophetic voice for the excluded
Categories: Uncategorized“Mennonites talking about sex? That would probably make world news!” So observes the latest original production by Ontario-based theatre company Theatre of the Beat. The hard-hitting play, This Will Lead…
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Finding the strength to keep going
Categories: UncategorizedMy mother Colleen Thiessen and I were out for a walk when I visited her a few months ago and we passed our church. I asked how she could attend…
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Growing apples to feed hungry people
Categories: Web FirstYou don’t have to be a grain farmer to support the Canadian Foodgrains Bank through a growing project. And you don’t even need to be a farmer, as members of…
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Philpott defeats Calandra on election day
Among the many political upsets at the local level in the Liberals’ sweeping victory in the October 19, 2015, federal election is Liberal Jane Philpott’s defeat of Conservative Paul Calandra…
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Shantz Mennonite Church celebrates 175 years
Categories: Web FirstOn the weekend of Oct. 3 and 4, 2015, Shantz Mennonite Church congregation celebrated its 175th anniversary. Church members recalled how, in the late 1830s, Mennonite families began to settle…
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Shannon Moroney makes art from pain
Categories: Web First“You should do something with all this,” was the doctor’s prescription. “All this” were the art supplies scattered across Shannon Moroney’s husband’s studio in their house. Jason, her husband of…
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Making a difference
Categories: Web FirstIn the Bible, there’s a well-known story about Jesus miraculously feeding five thousand with only a few loaves and fish. That story inspired the Arnaud (Manitoba) Mennonite Church youth group…
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Church leaders learn to pastor people of peace in a country at war
Categories: Web First“We don’t practise peace because it always works, but because we are called to be faithful to Christ’s way.” Scott Brubaker-Zehr, pastor of Rockway Mennonite Church in Kitchener, Ont., made…
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Mennonite credit union proposes name change
Mennonite Savings and Credit Union (MSCU), based in Kitchener, Ont., announced that it is embarking on a process of rebranding, including the change of its name. Founded in 1964, the credit…
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More-with-Less for toddlers
Being a parent, I’ve found, can be profoundly clarifying in terms of what aspects of faith one finds most meaningful, and therefore most worthy of teaching to one’s children. One…
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The downside of digital
Categories: EditorialSome days I would like to just unplug my computer, walk out into the sunshine and warmth of an autumn day, breathe in the clear air and pretend I was…
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A tale of two ethnic groups
Categories: Feature ArticlesTo start, a little bit of history. The Mennonites evolved out of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. As Anabaptist pacifists who practised adult baptism, they often held themselves apart from the…
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Readers write: October 12, 2015 issue
Categories: ViewpointsRelationships in an age of ‘impacts and outcomes’ Re: “The future of MCC,” Aug. 31, page 11. Certainly relationship has been at the core of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for…
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Recapturing the momentum of reconciliation
Categories: ViewpointsSince the Truth and Reconciliation Commission events, there has been limited movement and engagement for local churches with regard to first nation relationship development. Many have been asking, “What can…
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Jesus in a world in upheaval
Categories: ViewpointsA number of weeks ago I boarded a plane in Toronto for Istanbul. It’s a long flight—more than nine hours—and I secretly hoped that the seat beside me would remain…
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Adopted and given my wings
Categories: ViewpointsI was born in Bukavu in Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre). My parents were polygamous so I didn’t have a great family structure. I grew up Roman Catholic and…
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Keeping alive stories of hope
Categories: UncategorizedForty years after refugees fled Vietnam and communist oppression for Canada’s shores, the Vietnamese community in B.C. expressed gratitude to God at a celebratory evening on Aug. 30, 2015. The…
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Leon Kehl campaigns for Syrian refugees
Categories: UncategorizedFor years, Leon Kehl of Floradale (Ont.) Mennonite Church, has been working to build understanding and friendship between Christians and Muslims in Waterloo Region. Long before the media carried stories…
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Let the children come!
Categories: UncategorizedWhy would a church of predominantly greying members build a playground for children? Betty Brown was thinking about children as she drove past the abandoned playground at Midway School in…
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‘A way of life’ celebrated on Cow Sunday
Categories: Uncategorized“Dairy farming is not just a job,” said Lloyd Sawatzky, “It is a way of life.” For members of Osler Mennonite Church, dairy farming is a way of life that…
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