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We’re in this together
Categories: ViewpointsWhen I was called to serve on the Mennonite Church Canada General Board in 2006, church participation and financial giving were in slow decline. The looming threat of cutbacks further…
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Heaven on earth, wonders without end
Categories: Viewpoints“There’s a gift for you in my office,” my husband announced cheerily. “What?!?” I exclaimed, puzzled at such a development. He repeated the news and added, “It’s a dress to…
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A severe case of ‘generosi-phobia’
Categories: ViewpointsOn a sunny lunch break while attending high school, I went for my customary walk into town. A classmate drove up in his shiny two-door coupe and offered a ride.…
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Interdependency at the heart of MWC vision
Categories: ViewpointsOne minute César García is talking with awe about a postmodern work of art in a thriving Amsterdam Mennonite church, and the next he’s speaking with similar awe about a…
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Moving thinward (Pt. 4)
Categories: ViewpointsOne of my atheist friends told me about a unique encounter with a “holy” man that ignited her spiritual awakening. She met a Buddhist monk visiting the city she lived…
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Why Mennonites love their gardens
Categories: UncategorizedIn the village of Neubergthal in southern Manitoba, gnarled cottonwoods with deeply grooved trunks line the village streets and cluster along the edge of farmyards. Cottonwoods here and in nearby…
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Students learn about indigenous land issues
Categories: Uncategorized“I feel like a refugee in my own country,” said George Kingfisher. The hereditary chief of the Young Chippewayan First Nation was at Rosthern Junior College (RJC) to tell students…
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Credit helps Mennonite farmer in Burkina Faso
Categories: Uncategorized“I love everything about farming,” Abram says. That passion—and his generosity—led him to empower the self-sufficiency of a farmer on the other side of the world. Abram (a pseudonym) recently…
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Pianist dedicated her hands to God
Categories: Uncategorized“When I was 17 years old I dedicated my hands to the Lord. I was going to play his music in the church,” said Lydia Derksen, whose hands have been…
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Pax Christi Chorale revives Judith oratorio
Categories: ArtbeatThe apocryphal book of Judith contains the story of a righteous Jewish widow who saves her people from the ravages of the Assyrian/Babylonian army led by Holofernes. While her city…
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CMU graduate from Kenya wants to make a difference at home
Categories: UncategorizedThis article is the first in a series called Voice of the Marginalized. These articles were written by students in Canadian Mennonite University’s Journalism: Principles and Practice course. Voice of…
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‘This will lead to dancing’
Categories: UncategorizedThere’s a running joke in the church that Mennonites don’t dance because it could lead to sex. After many requests, Ontario’s Theatre of the Beat is tackling one of the…
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Humour and insight—the legacy of a gifted communicator
Categories: Web FirstThe church lost a voice for humour and faith with the passing of Joel Kauffmann, of Goshen, Ind., who died May 8, 2015. “Joel had an uncanny ability and gift…
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MDS volunteers urgently needed
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) projects in Pilger (Neb.), High River (Alta.), and Crisfield (Md.) are in great need of short-term (one week) volunteers. The Pilger site has lots of work…
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Pax program recognized by centre for global nonviolence
Categories: Web FirstIn 1951, Jay “Junior” Lehman, then a 21-year-old farm boy from Ohio, sailed by freighter to Antwerp, Belgium. He was among the first wave of conscientious objectors to participate in…
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Canadian Mennonite honoured with five CCP awards of merit
Categories: Web FirstFollowing two days of keynote addresses, seminars, workshops and a closing banquet at the Canadian Church Press Convention, held in Toronto from April 30 to May 1, 2015, member publications…
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New Foodgrains Bank coordinator appointed in Ontario
David Epp of Leamington, Ont., has been appointed regional coordinator for Ontario for Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Epp is a third-generation tomato farmer and has grown grain and oilseed crops as…
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$3.33 a day does it
Categories: EditorialThat’s right—the mere cost of a cappuccino at Starbucks by 33 of your friends every day for three months provides relief for 1,000 refugees or some 200 families in war-torn…
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A love for all seasons
Categories: Feature Articles“Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of…
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Readers write: May 11, 2015 issue
Categories: ViewpointsPolarizing sexual debate distresses reader I am distressed by the polarizing debate on sexuality in Mennonite Church Canada congregations. I wonder if adequate consideration is given to two questions that…
