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MCC begins response to Nepal earthquake
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Central Committee (MCC) will begin its earthquake response by working with a local organization in a remote area of eastern Nepal, providing food and other essential items to affected…
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Mennonites to compile new hymnal and more
Categories: Web FirstMeeting the week of April 13 in Minneapolis, representatives from MennoMedia, Mennonite Church Canada, and Mennonite Church USA laid the foundation for a new Mennonite song collection that is anticipated…
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CMU announces new MA in peacebuilding and collaborative development
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) recently announced a new Masters of Arts in Peacebuilding and Collaborative Development, which will bridge the fields of peacebuilding-conflict resolution studies and development-transformational justice studies. The MA…
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MCC responding to earthquake in Nepal
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck an area of Nepal between the capital Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara on April 25, 2015. Mennonite Central Committee has confirmed that its staff…
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I can’t breathe
After a recent experience in New York comes this reflection on racism and the social context of our faith. I can’t breathe. At this moment, this is one of the…
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An urgent search for water in Mozambique
Categories: UncategorizedSix men grasp the long metal handle of the drill and walk slowly in a circle. They lean into the task, using body weight to drive the shaft of the…
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The practical side of discernment
Categories: Editorial“Discernment” has been a much-used word and concept in interpreting the Bible over the past number of years. Mainly we have defined it as a working tool to determine what…
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Mennonite me
Categories: Feature ArticlesMy grandmother’s church is, like all Old Order Mennonite churches, plain. The white walls are bare. There are no stained-glass windows, no gilded altars and no images of saints or…
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Readers write: April 27, 2015 issue
Categories: ViewpointsWouldn’t it be nice if the Bible’s answers were ‘cut and dried’? While I haven’t got any answers, I have been reading with interest the articles and letters about sexuality…
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A unique synergy
Categories: Viewpoints“Yep, I have to get an annual membership.” That customer comment reflects growing excitement over CommonWord, the new resource venture of Mennonite Church Canada and Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), launched…
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What kind of God do you believe in?
Categories: ViewpointsOn a lovely summer day while walking down the street, a young woman approached me and politely asked if she could show me a magic trick. Given a host of…
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Developing our generosity skills
Categories: ViewpointsAn early sign of spring in southern Ontario is seeing sports teams move their practices outside. The sight of children and youth in colourful uniforms on the soccer pitch is…
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Moving thinward (Pt. 3)
Categories: ViewpointsOne of the many fascinating events to occur in the Book of Exodus is God “leaving” the mountain of God (Mount Sinai) to travel with the Hebrews to the Promised…
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God is at work in the church in China
Categories: Uncategorized“This is about what God’s doing,” said George Veith. “We want all the glory to go to God.” He was referring, during a series of four presentations hosted by Rosthern…
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Welcome to Canada . . . because of Jesus
Categories: UncategorizedAhmad Al-Jamal, his wife Ghada, and their three young children were visibly excited as they waited at Edmonton International Airport on the evening of March 31, 2015. Ahmad hadn’t seen…
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Ethical businesses make good money
Categories: UncategorizedIf you want Tamworth heritage bacon or Golden Guernsey milk, Jacqui Schmucker can provide them. If you want maple syrup from a horse-and-buggy farm or honey from a black-bumper Mennonite…
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Seeking peace in Iraqi Kurdistan
Categories: UncategorizedRefugee camps around the city of Suleimani in the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq have become pressure cookers of cultural and religious tension. Thousands of people displaced by Syria’s civil…
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Cookbook reflects old-style Menno cooking
Categories: Books & ResourcesIn the 1940s, Mary Emma Showalter began a cookbook project, collecting old Mennonite recipes that were handwritten in notebooks because she feared that soon the notebooks would be discarded. As…
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Listening to the characters’ voices
Categories: Books & ResourcesJohn Siebert had two things to say to Carrie Snyder as she finished her readings from her latest book, Girl Runner, at Conrad Grebel University College on March 4. The…
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Spring 2015 List of Books & Resources
Categories: Books & ResourcesTheology, Spirituality Christian, Muslim, Friend: Twelve Paths to Real Relationship. David W. Shenk. Herald Press, 2014, 187 pages. Using many examples from his own experience, Shenk gives advice on developing…
