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‘A family camping trip . . . with a lot more guitars’
Categories: UncategorizedMost university students use reading week to study or go on a quick vacation, but not the members of Pocket Change, a Winnipeg rock band. While their peers were hitting…
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Angry words call for a peaceful response
Categories: UncategorizedBen Borne, 24, who self-identifies as gay, was talking to Krista Loewen and Joe Heikman, his co-pastors and friends, after attending a Mennonite Church Saskatchewan meeting to discuss its Safe…
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New every year!
Categories: EditorialSeveral years ago, a fellow pastor sighed in resignation as we talked about the approach of Advent, a pastor’s workload equivalent to an accountant’s tax season. “I don’t like preaching…
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For discussion: “The desert of Advent: our passage to Christmas” and “A mother’s perspective on Advent”
Categories: Feature Articles1. Stuart Scadron-Wattles says that waiting in expectation is a difficult balancing act. What experiences have you had of waiting with expectation? What makes it difficult? Do we recognize and…
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A mother’s perspective on Advent
Categories: Feature ArticlesIt is my favourite time of year, this season of Advent. The anticipation leading up to Christmas is the richest and most exciting time of year for me. Last year,…
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The desert of Advent: our passage to Christmas
Categories: Feature Articles“I can’t get into the Christmas spirit,” she said. My daughter Alyson hefted the load in front of her, and the load—my 10-week-old granddaughter—squeaked. “Maybe it’s the new baby. Everything…
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Readers write: November 24, 2014 issue
Categories: Viewpoints‘Open invitation’ leaves reader saddened and disturbed Re: “Come out: An open invitation,” Oct. 13, page 14.
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Faith vs. beliefs (Pt. 2)
Categories: Viewpoints“When the disciples saw him they worshipped him, but some of them doubted.” That’s how the disciples responded to the risen Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew (28:17). So what…
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Serving as a witness to God’s salvation
Categories: ViewpointsWhat is central to our relationship with God in Christ through the Holy Spirit? Do we experience vitality in this relationship? What happens when we encounter people who can’t, or…
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Talk of sin should start with forgiveness
Categories: ViewpointsThe best moment of my Sunday school teaching career happened when the children were nearly stumped by a question. My co-teacher began the Bible lesson by asking the 8- to…
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Transformation to generosity
Categories: ViewpointsI didn’t grow up in a home steeped in Christian heritage. Instead, my childhood includes only a handful of memories that involve the church or religion. But in 1980, that…
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MC Manitoba approves 2015 budget in principle
Categories: UncategorizedDespite falling short of a quorum, delegates attending Mennonite Church Manitoba’s fall gathering on Nov. 6 gave the board strong affirmation for its 2015 proposed budget. The budget as presented…
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How will we walk together?
Categories: UncategorizedInstead of the usual small, intimate gathering that has characterized previous fall Partnership Circle meetings, more than 85 northern indigenous people, Mennonite Church Manitoba representatives, people from other denominations and…
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Water of life
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Mennonites in Winnipeg baptize a believer, they do so with water from Shoal Lake. The baptismal water comes from a project for which the members of Shoal Lake 40…
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MC Canada promises prayer for Middle East churches
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite Church Canada has responded with letters of support to the Supreme Council of the Evangelical Community and the Middle East Council of Churches. The organizations state that their member…
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Building peace in Northeast Asia
Categories: UncategorizedHow does a South Korean soldier become a teacher of peace? Delegates at Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Saskatchewan’s Encounter and annual general meeting heard the answer to that question through…
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Herald Press publishes new book on spiritual formation
Categories: ArtbeatMany people have grown tired of the pat answers that the church and religion have provided regarding questions of faith and meaning in life. A new book addressing the deepest…
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A place of beauty
Categories: UncategorizedWhen entering Bontleng in Botswana’s Gaborone Region from the southeasternmost road you find yourself passing tall grass, wrought-iron covers and headstones of a large cemetery. As the road curves to…
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An open letter to the Mennonite family
Categories: Web FirstWe are Richard and Jewel (Wenger) Showalter. As church planters, missionaries, educators, mission administrators, parents and now grandparents, we have walked as part of the Mennonite family throughout our lives.…
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On the bridge between Mennonite and Catholic shores
Categories: Web FirstThe authors participate in the activities of Bridgefolk, “a movement of sacramentally-minded Mennonites and peace-minded Roman Catholics who come together to celebrate each other's traditions, explore each other's practices, and…
