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Interruptions
Categories: ViewpointsSo Jesus was striding down the street one day when a kid in front of him turned around and asked for a bus ticket. Jesus had noticed the boy—a skinny…
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When a little becomes a lot
Categories: Viewpoints“Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, ‘Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among…
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Where you start matters
Categories: ViewpointsThe fragrance of old books mingled with stale pipe tobacco washed over me like finely aged wisdom, fermented from years of deep contemplation. Every wall of the late history professor’s…
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The future of poverty
Categories: ViewpointsIn the year 2000, world leaders set themselves a deadline for dramatically decreasing global poverty. That deadline was 2015. The global betterment plan was contained in the Millennium Development Goals…
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On the way to Sängerfest, 1934
Categories: UncategorizedA group of 18 young men and women travel in the back of a truck on their way a Sängerfest or song festival in the Didsbury, Alberta, area in 1934.…
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Community Mennonite celebrates 25 years
Categories: UncategorizedThe roots ran deep in both the Berea and Moorefield Mennonite Churches, north of Kitchener-Waterloo. Berea, first known as the Parker Mission, was founded in 1941 and joined the Ontario…
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Emotions run high at MC USA convention
Categories: UncategorizedPick a category of people at the Mennonite Church USA convention, and you could identify their pain. It might have been the pain of exclusion due to sexual orientation. Or of…
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Faith, fasting and feasting
Categories: UncategorizedAn interfaith symposium on July 6 at Abbotsford’s Garden Park Tower found Christians, Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs reflecting on fasting and peace and then eating together with a meal around…
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Ester Neufeldt leaves MCEC after 27 years
Categories: UncategorizedEster Neufeldt has been around Mennonite Church Eastern Canada longer than MCEC has existed. The area church came into being on Feb. 1, 1988, but Neufeldt began her job on…
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Pastor brings compassion to same-sex debate
Categories: ArtbeatA letter to my congregation: An evangelical pastor’s path to embracing people who are gay, lesbian and transgender into the company of Jesus. By Ken Wilson. Read the Spirit Books,…
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Singing a new song
Categories: UncategorizedWhen children arrive at Mennonite Church Manitoba’s (MCM) three camps this summer, they will have a new tune to learn. “This Ground” is a simple, catchy, four-chord song—and it was…
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A ray of sunshine in the classroom
Categories: UncategorizedWilhelm (Will) Friesen, a Grade 5/6 student, does not have a voice. Will was born with severe cognitive and physical disabilities which prevent him from performing basic tasks, including speaking.…
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Saskatchewan Mennonites pedal for peace
Categories: UncategorizedBefore they ate their fill of rollkuchen, watermelon, farmer’s sausage and other traditional Mennonite food, a group of Saskatchewan Mennonites cycled 43 kilometres in solidarity with those who have to…
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MWC PA 2015 opens with celebration, call for walking together
Categories: Web FirstThe 16th Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly opened July 21, 2015, in Harrisburg, Pa., with a parade of Mennonites from across the globe, with confession of past treatment of Native…
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First ever Anabaptist World Cup set for PA 2015
Categories: Web FirstThe first ever Anabaptist World Cup will be played on the afternoons of July 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2015, as an optional recreational event during PA 2015, the Mennonite…
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On confessions of faith
You may have heard about what happened at Mennonite Church USA’s convention earlier this month, specifically with regard to same-sex marriage and LGBTQ Mennonites. And, like me, you may be…
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Klassen named MWC coordinator of regional reps
Arli Klassen has been named coordinator of regional representatives for Mennonite World Conference (MWC), effective July 1, 2015. In this new half-time role, Klassen will work closely with the MWC…
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International music ensemble to lead music at PA 2015
Categories: Web FirstA 19-member international ensemble of singers and instrumentalists will lead the morning and evening worship each day at PA 2015, the Mennonite World Conference Assembly to be held in Harrisburg…
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Trauma healing in Nigeria
Categories: Web FirstMusa* grew up in a close-knit family that did not change even as they became adults. The siblings looked out for each other and their parents. When Boko Haram insurgent…
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Classic restorative justice book re-issued
Categories: Web FirstChanging Lenses: Restorative Justice for Our Times, by Howard Zehr, remains the go-to text in the restorative justice field, even twenty-five years after it was first published. Herald Press launched…
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