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Something exciting
Categories: ViewpointsSummer is an exciting time, and one that most of us tend to look forward to. Warm temperatures, long weekends at the lake or on the porch, summer sports, and,…
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Fifty shades of . . .
Categories: ViewpointsI mostly managed to ignore it the first time it came around. But now when I go to the movies, there are huge, impossible-to-miss posters blaring the news that a…
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Lend a Bible camp your helping hand
Categories: ViewpointsA number of people glanced over as they passed the elderly woman working in her front lawn. She had finished planting flowers in the garden and was now struggling to…
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Moving thinward (Pt. 1)
Categories: ViewpointsI’ve always been intrigued with “thin places” long before I ever heard the term “thin place.” Since childhood, I’ve been curiously drawn to old churches, temples, cathedrals, monasteries, ruins, holy…
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‘Competent adults’ to get right-to-die
Categories: UncategorizedThe Supreme Court of Canada's February decision to legalize physician-assisted dying shifted the moral landscape in Canada. Three-quarters of Canadians welcome that shift, but some people of faith don't. The…
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Court turns medicine into ‘death dealing’
Categories: UncategorizedThe Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Feb. 6, 2015 that our current ban on physician-assisted death (PAD) is not in keeping with Section 7 of the Charter of Rights…
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What is the purpose of the church?
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Rainham Mennonite Church, near Selkirk, Ont., was audited by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) in the summer of 2014, the auditor wanted to see the congregation’s constitution. When it…
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A father’s struggle with his gay son
Categories: Artbeat“It’s a good thing you in the church are discussing homosexuality, because otherwise I don’t think you would be discussing sex at all,” was one of many funny lines Ted…
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‘A place in the kingdom’
Categories: ArtbeatWith brilliant and detailed clarity, Manitoba artist Lynda Toews has painted a series of farm animal portraits that will be on display at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery in Winnipeg…
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The winter’s most dangerous film
Categories: ArtbeatFilm review: American Sniper Directed by Clint Eastwood. Written by Jason Hall and Chris Kyle. Starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller. A Warner Bros. Pictures release, 2014. Rated 14A. Set…
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Fertile environment for God’s good news
Categories: Focus on campingAt Camp Squeah, we care a great deal about our young adult staff. We believe that a community of staff that cares for one another and treats each other as…
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Peace is possible
Categories: Focus on campingI love camp. I love the silliness, the excitement and the community. Most importantly, I love the learning opportunities and teachable moments that camp can offer. Camp provides an atmo-sphere…
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Making ripples
Categories: Focus on campingLike ripples flowing from the point where a stone hits the water, the choices we make everyday spread out from us and impact others. John shares a story in his…
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‘God was there’
Categories: UncategorizedMaking plans for university and picking out a graduation dress are typical activities for teenage girls in Grade 12, but Allegra Friesen Epp had something extra to contend with as…
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Looking back and looking up
Categories: Focus on campingThis coming summer is a milestone in my camp career, being 10 years since I started spending my summers in leadership at Shekinah Retreat Centre’s summer camp. There are a…
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‘Raise the peace’
Categories: Focus on campingAs summer staff, part of our job was planning and implementing a peace camp titled “Raise the peace” in the Meadowgreen area of Saskatoon last August. This area is home…
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The sound of the soul shifting
Categories: Focus on campingTo feed our mind we go to school, to fix our body we go to the doctor, to feel our hearts we go home, and for our soul to flourish—that…
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Transformed in the wilderness
Categories: Focus on campingThis year marks 60 years since Fraser Lake Camp began in a farmer’s field northeast of Bancroft, Ont. Since then, the camp has evolved and now covers 105 hectares of…
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Moments like these
Categories: Focus on campingYouth Farm Bible Camp is just that: Bible camp in a farm atmosphere. Located outside of Rosthern, Sask., we have wide open spaces holding pastures for horses, goats and sheep,…
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Saskatchewan youth speak out
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite youth in Saskatchewan are raising their voices and offering a perspective on some of the controversial issues facing the denomination. The Saskatchewan Mennonite Youth Organization (SMYO) is made up…
