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Where are things not right in your world?
Categories: ViewpointsI have been caught by the need for justice in our world of late. I am on the e-mail list of Rabbis for Human Rights who are actively standing up…
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Do we love him?
Categories: ViewpointsMy beautiful wife and I had the pleasure recently of leading a couple’s retreat on an island just off British Columbia’s mainland. It was a glorious weekend—sans kids for us—with…
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A different kind of disaster
Categories: ViewpointsMy family and I often walk through the old-growth forests that surround the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus and then down to the waters of English Bay. There is…
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‘Burning bush moment’ leads to refugee children singing
Categories: ViewpointsIt was a “burning bush moment” that got Marian Hooge Jones of Rosthern (Sask.) Mennonite Church started on her lengthy involvement with the sponsorship of refugee families from Myanmar (formerly…
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Chin Christians receive Mennonite teaching with joy
Categories: UncategorizedDavid Martin was invited to Myanmar (formerly Burma) in March 2015 to preach two or three times and to teach from the book of Galatians in four sessions over two…
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MCC 50th full of historic symbolism
Categories: UncategorizedAs the choirs’ final note of “Die Zeit ist Kurz” hung sublimely in the sanctuary of Knox United Church on April 18, the indigenous drums began to beat and the…
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MC Eastern Canada gathering hears stories of faith
Categories: UncategorizedPaul Wideman, moderator of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, challenged the 28th annual church gathering, saying, “How can we encourage one another by sharing our faith?” The day-and-a-half event was filled…
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Building houses and learning to serve
Categories: UncategorizedIt may not be typical summer camp staff training, but Mark Wurtz says the Youth Farm Bible Camp’s annual trip to Mexico is “probably more worthwhile than orientation.” The camp…
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A warming world should make us uncomfortable
Categories: UncategorizedIt’s time for some uncomfortable conversations about climate change and poverty, says Willard Metzger, executive director of Mennonite Church Canada. “We’re trying to work for a better environment, but we’re…
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Churches ‘on the healing side’
Categories: Uncategorized“We are all equal. Not one person is above others.” Elder Marie Linklater’s words set the tone for a day of learning and discerning on April 18, when about 200…
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Saskatchewan youth take small steps toward big changes
Categories: UncategorizedWorms, balloons, dolly carts and minimal sleep were all part of a Saskatchewan Mennonite Youth Organization event held in partnership with Mennonite Central Committee Saskatchewan on April 8 and 9.…
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A giant has passed
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) lost one of its most enduring and faithful supporters on Feb. 11 with the passing of Roy G. Snyder of Waterloo, Ont. He was 99.…
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History surprises
Categories: ArtbeatLewis Burkholder’s A Brief History of Mennonites in Ontario, published in 1935, is a “brief” book compared to Sam Steiner’s new book on the same topic: In Search of Promised…
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Youths change lives on MDS trip . . . including their own
Categories: UncategorizedA group of Manitoba youths and young adults from the Bunker, a ministry of Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church, recently went to High River, Alta., to work with Mennonite Disaster Service…
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The Mennonite and the Lurmen
Categories: UncategorizedAre there parallels between the Star Wars universe and Anabaptism? I asked myself that recently after watching an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, an animated TV series. The…
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Kenya Mennonite Church launches history book
Categories: Web FirstExcited participants streamed into the Ahero Pastoral Care Center on April 17‒18, 2015, to launch the freshly-minted history of the Kenya Mennonite Church (KMC), Forward in Faith: A Seventy-Year Journey, 1942-2012. Guests…
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CMU adds collaborative MBA program
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) has introduced the second of two new graduate studies programs to launch for the 2015/16 academic year. In addition to the recently unveiled Master of Arts…
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MDS seeks families for summer service opportunity
Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) is offering an opportunity for families of adults and children of all ages to serve together for one week, building cabins at Camp Elim near Swift…
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‘Best Church Potlucks Ever’ contest launched
Categories: Web FirstSome congregations eat together monthly and even weekly as a way of enhancing fellowship and offering hospitality with shared, regular meals. Mennonite Community Cookbook blog and Third Way website/MennoMedia have announced…
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Portraits of Justice
Hello my friends of faith and curiosity! I happy to announce that the project I have been curating for quite some time is ready for launching! Huzzah! As a part…
