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CMU appoints faculty in music, biology and conflict resolution
Categories: Web FirstCanadian Mennonite University (CMU) announced three new faculty appointments. Rachel Krause and Matthew Pauls will join CMU’s main campus faculty as assistant professor of biology and assistant professor of music,…
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Grebel hires faculty for PACS and global music
Categories: Web FirstConrad Grebel University College announced the hiring of Jennifer Ball as Assistant Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) and Maisie Sum as Assistant Professor of Music, both in tenure…
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Bike-a-thon to raise funds for affordable housing
MennoHomes is seeking participants for its annual bike-a-thon, Out-Spok’n V, to raise funds for a new affordable housing project in Elmira, Ont., on Saturday June 20, 2015. In 2014 over…
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Conrad Grebel University College renews presidential term
After its April meeting, the Conrad Grebel University College Board of Governors announced the four-year extension of the term of president for Susan Schultz Huxman, commencing July 1, 2015. Huxman…
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Death of a cousin
Categories: EditorialAs of the end of 2015, the Mennonite Brethren Herald, the 54-year-old periodical of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, will cease to exist. This untimely death calls for…
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Journeying towards reconciliation
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe journey towards reconciliation is not easy. Attempts to repair wrongs involve time and intentionality. Healing broken relationships takes longer still. In 2009, Canada began a Truth and Reconciliation Commission…
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Pushing back with colour
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhat do you do in the face of hatred, a hatred so immense that it drives people to pillage, beat and even kill others? What do you do when that…
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Readers write: June 8, 2015 issue
Categories: Viewpoints‘What a blessing’ the Bible is Re: “Bible reading meant less Canadian Mennonite reading” letter, March 30, page 13. The Bible cannot be read like any other book. The truths…
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New mission frontiers
Categories: ViewpointsHow to plant a church is not a big mystery. Any good Mennonite gardener knew how to take a clump of bulbs from her front garden, split them up and…
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My renewed confession: Jesus Christ is Lord
Categories: ViewpointsI’m in a beautiful and sorrowful place. My travels have brought me to a stunning seaside within a country that significantly restricts the proclamation of Jesus as Messiah and Lord.…
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Led to a team of fixers and helpers
Categories: ViewpointsI am, and always have been, a “doer,” and my late husband was the same. If people needed help, we found a way to help them. If something was broken,…
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More study on homosexuality and the Bible sought
Categories: UncategorizedWinkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church wants Mennonite Church Manitoba to organize a conference to study “what Scripture clearly states on the matter of homosexuality and the definition of marriage,” and Ken…
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Here’s to old white guys and everyone else
Categories: UncategorizedI stopped short when the ’70s picture of a serious-looking white-haired man in a suit and tie popped up on my screen. I had started an article about a Mennonite…
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Touring the province, touring the church
Categories: UncategorizedLouise Sawatsky has boarded the bus for Mennonite Church Saskatchewan’s Touring Mission Fest every year the event has been offered. For the 92-year-old from Saskatoon’s First Mennonite Church, the annual…
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‘A community event’
Categories: UncategorizedWeather was again the main story at the annual Camp Squeah paddle-a-thon held on April 18 and 19, but this time—unlike some years—for all the right reasons. Sunny skies, warm…
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MCC pre-sale fundraiser exceeds expectations
Categories: Uncategorized“I thought if we could do $3,000 to $4,000, that would be what we’ve done in the past. When I was off by $10,000, I was elated.” These words came…
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A partner for healing, help and freedom
Categories: Uncategorized“And when you send a slave out from you a free person, you shall not send him out empty-handed. Provide liberally out of your flock, your threshing floor, and your…
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Concert held for Nepali earthquake survivors
Categories: UncategorizedMembers of the Mennonite community and other citizens of Abbotsford, B.C., raised more than $25,000 in a benefit concert at Emmanuel Mennonite Church on May 17 to aid survivors of…
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A generous legacy
Categories: UncategorizedThe late Isaac Andres and his wife Mary are sharing their passionate faith and generosity in a legacy that continues to inspire and nurture new generations of Mennonites. As a…
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Mennonites extend influence via media
Categories: ArtbeatSteven Carpenter’s new book, Mennonites and Media: Mentioned in It, Maligned by It and Makers of It, offers a summary of both the ways Mennonites have been portrayed in popular…
