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Three meditations on Christmas mysteries
Categories: Feature ArticlesA gathering of strangers The Christmas stories include an odd assortment of strangers. The guest list for the party that would eventually become the familiar nativity scene omitted all of…
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Readers write: December 15, 2014 issue
Categories: ViewpointsFeature takes us ‘where we need to go’ Re: “What is truth?” feature, Oct. 27, page 4. I want to thank writer Dave Rogalsky and Canadian Mennonite very much for…
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An uneasy transition
Categories: ViewpointsThis is my seventh year living in Canada. My transition from Japan to Canada wasn’t easy, since I love my country and my family. I especially love the church where…
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Movember is the new Christmas
Categories: ViewpointsI have a goatee. I’ve had it for a while and, as my wife reminds me, my kids can’t even remember me without it. I can barely remember me without…
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A deeper view of bread
Categories: ViewpointsWhen I was a child, my mother used to bake buns every Saturday. It seemed to me that she would make hundreds of them. She baked so that on Sunday…
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RJC envisions a bigger, better school
Categories: Uncategorized“Do more. Be more.” These words sound a little like the mantra of a motivational speaker. They are, in fact, the name given to a new five-year strategic fundraising plan…
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CMU opens Marpeck Commons
Categories: UncategorizedFor the past year-and-a-half, residents of Winnipeg have watched as Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) built a pedestrian bridge linking its north and south campuses over a busy thoroughfare. On Nov.…
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More viewpoints: Smudging
Categories: UncategorizedTo celebrate its 50th anniversary Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Manitoba planned an event to be held on Nov. 15, 2014, at the Immanuel Pentecostal Church in Winnipeg, a venue MCC…
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MCC Manitoba stands with Buffalo Gals
Categories: UncategorizedThe landmark event was intended, in part, to promote reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous Peoples. That goal will likely be achieved to a far greater extent than organizers ever imagined, but…
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Peace brings local community together
Categories: Uncategorized“Regardless of our perspectives on ‘just war’ and pacifism, as Christians we are all united in our desire for peace and justice in our community and around the world,” says…
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No time to give up on Planet Earth
Categories: Artbeat“We’re not meant to save the world; we’re meant to leave it.” So says the protagonist of Interstellar, a grand science fiction epic from Christopher Nolan. One of Hollywood’s best…
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‘Portraits of perseverance’
Categories: ArtbeatKarl Kessler and Sunshine Chen openly admit to being inspired by Harvey Wang’s New York, a 1990 book of photographic “portraits of men and women in vanishing jobs and professions.”…
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Old hymns get new arrangements
Categories: Artbeat"Whatever you believe, there is something about the way words and music combine that allows us to see beauty, find comfort and connect with history.” This is the essence of…
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Make your pauses sacred
Categories: Back PageCombining their gifts for words and pictures, two Mennonite Church Canada pastors who are long-time friends have produced a 2015 inspirational daybook. Lois Siemens, pastor of Superb Mennonite Church in…
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Buy Nothing Day
Did you know that Thursday, November 27 was American Thanksgiving? You might not, since this holiday seems to have faded into the shadows of the sinister Black Friday—which is today.…
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Public invited to grand opening of CMU’s Marpeck Commons
Categories: Web FirstCanadian Mennonite University will celebrate the grand opening of Marpeck Commons, CMU’s new library, learning commons, and bridge, on Sat., Nov. 29, 2014. The public is invited to join CMU…
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MDS volunteers shovel out their neighbours
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers often describe their service as being “the hands and feet of Jesus.” During the weekend of Nov. 21-23, those hands—and backs—were working hard, shovelling the historic…
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World Council of Churches highlights “NoXcuses” anti-violence campaign
Categories: Web FirstThe World Council of Churches (WCC) has invited its member churches and partners to join the World YWCA campaign “NoXcuses for Violence against Women.” “There is no excuse for violence…
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‘Come, let us all unite to sing’
Categories: Web FirstBobby Switzer did not grow up going to church or singing, but he has become passionate about hymns and congregational music since coming to Goshen College four years ago. When…
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‘Sweet’ memories
Categories: UncategorizedEvery Sunday after church, a woman in my congregation hands out candy to children in Sunday school who can recite a Bible verse from memory. My guess is that the…
