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The ‘terroir’ of church
Categories: ViewpointsDuring our 13 years in Niagara, my wife and I grew to appreciate the beauty and complexity of the winemaking process. Wine is fascinating to me. So is its intimate…
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The long path back to the Bible
Categories: Viewpoints“I am 86 years old now and I am confused.” The e-mail came from a Canadian Mennonite reader who was referring to references in this magazine to myth and metaphor…
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Nurse Katherine Dyck, 1956
Categories: ViewpointsMennonite Central Committee nurse Katherine Dyck poses with mothers and twins in Pusan, Korea, in 1956. Born in Russia in 1925, she immigrated to Rosthern, Sask., and worked as a…
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Church planters come under auspices of MC Eastern Canada
Categories: UncategorizedAfter more than 30 years of working with young people on the margins of society in Toronto, Judith and Colin McCartney are now ministering under the auspices of Mennonite Church…
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Kuen Yee ordained at Edmonton Vietnamese Mennonite Church
Categories: UncategorizedKuen Yee was ordained at a worship celebration of God’s leading, diversity and giftedness at Edmonton Vietnamese Mennonite Church on Sept. 6. Area church minister Dan Graber led the ordination…
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Being a Faithful Church 7
Categories: UncategorizedIn July, the General Board of Mennonite Church Canada received and approved two reports received from the Being a Faithful Church (BFC) Task Force. BFC 6.1 is the follow-up to…
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Building peace in northeast Asia
Categories: Uncategorized“Conflict isn’t something we should avoid,” says Cheryl Woelk, “because there are good things on the other side.” Recently, Woelk and her husband, Scott Kim—members of Wildwood Mennonite Church in…
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Bird therapy
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Ken Reddig was too depressed to get out of his chair, he sat at his window and watched birds. In winter, the nuthatches squabbled over dropped seeds. In summer,…
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Back at the Grebel table
Categories: Focus On EducationEager faces showing a little bit of nervousness arrived at Conrad Grebel University College on Labour Day for the new school year. Young adults from across Canada, as well as…
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Enrolment up in Mennonite universities
Categories: Focus On EducationEnrolment numbers for new first-year students are up—or even—to 2014 figures in five Mennonite universities and colleges in Canada and the U.S. where Canadians are enrolled, according to statistics gathered…
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Goodbye, Young Voices
Categories: UncategorizedI always knew growing up that I wanted to leave home and see the world. The thought of one day volunteering overseas, listening to people’s stories and learning new languages…
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Making the time together good
Categories: UncategorizedSleeping soundly with his legs pulled into his hunched frame, my grandfather was comfortable before I woke him. He made a statement about it being early for me to be…
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10 ways to make your church autism-friendly
Categories: Web FirstThis list is based on the workshop, “How Can Church be Autism-Friendly?” led by Geralde Reesor-Grooters. The workshop was held on July 24, 2015 at the Mennonite World Conference assembly…
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Global Youth Summit: just like family
Categories: Web FirstChris Brnjas felt a deep kinship with fellow delegates to the Global Youth Summit (GYS) held in Pennsylvania July 17-19, 2015. In a report following the event he wrote, “We…
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Remembering Simone Weil
The Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition arose in a context of great suffering. If you’ve ever done any reading (or even leafed through!) the Martyr’s Mirror (a collection of the stories of Christian…
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EMU and Goshen announce withdrawal from CCCU
Categories: Web FirstThe presidents of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) and Goshen College (GC) announced their voluntary withdrawals from the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) today. The presidents respectfully submitted separate…
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Syrian crisis could sway vote
Ryan Dueck, pastor of Lethbridge (Alberta) Mennonite Church, views with some skepticism Saturday’s (Sept. 19, 2015) announcement that regulations would be relaxed in a bid to allow thousands of refugees…
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Welcoming refugees is life-giving
As a Canadian, my family story is far from unique. We have a heritage of “welcoming the stranger”—the immigrant and refugee, writes Rich Janzen, co-director of the Centre for Community…
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MCC, Foodgrains Bank excited about federal Syrian relief fund
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) welcomes the announcement from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) of the creation of the Syria Emergency Relief Fund, which will match donations…
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Small-town suicide
I wrote this story two years ago, and since then another suicide has occurred and been mourned, in a neighbouring community. That man I did know. To remember both of…
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