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Being a Faithful Church 6
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite Church Canada’s General Board offers BFC 6 in a follow-up to delegate discussions at Assembly 2014, which took place in Winnipeg from July 3 to 6, 2014. Background The…
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Equipped to listen, but not to agree
Categories: Uncategorized“Jesus, help us live in peace,” people sang at the outset of Mennonite Church Saskatchewan’s “Equipping to listen” event, expressing the sorrow—but also the hope—of a church deeply divided. The…
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‘I can still be heard’
Categories: UncategorizedThe woman known to countless Mennonite church missionary kids from Canada and the U.S. as “Aunt Tina” died on Oct. 16 at the age of 83 “Tina had a special…
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The Amish Project provocative and harrowing
Categories: ArtbeatIn 2006, when the Amish of Nickel Mines, Pa., forgave the man who shot their daughters and offered assistance to his widowed family, the world was divided: Were they insane,…
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Christmas in October
Categories: Back PageWhen Mennonite Women in B.C. members arrived at Camp Squeah for their annual fall retreat last month, they might have thought their calendars had skipped two months ahead. The holiday…
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Squash!
It’s full on fall and what a lovely season it is. We spent last weekend browsing the stalls at our local farmer’s market, stealing samples and purchasing way too many…
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Canadian cyclists raise money for Botswana soccer pitch
Categories: Web FirstOn October 4, 56 cyclists and eight teams in six locations across the country took part in Mennonite Church Canada’s Ride for Refuge. Together they raised almost $20,000 in support…
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New exhibit features South American artists
Categories: Web FirstOn Sept. 19, 2014, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights received national attention for its opening in Winnipeg. On the same day, the Mennonite Heritage Centre Art Gallery quietly launched…
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An eerie calm: Iraqi Christians anxiously ponder their future
Categories: Web FirstBasima al-Safar retouches a picture of Jesus on an easel outside her house overlooking the flat Nineveh plains, 30 miles north of Mosul. The murals she paints tell the story…
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Nigerian Brethren headquarters property overtaken by insurgents
Categories: Web FirstThe Nigeria Brethren church headquarters property has been overtaken by Boko Haram extremist insurgents. The news was shared in the early hours of October 29, in an e-mail from the…
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Cracked? Who’s cracked?
Categories: Web FirstLiz Klassen felt the need to correct the rumour going around among the seniors that the play Cracked made fun of folk with dementia. Klassen, executive director of the Nithview Community…
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AMBS faculty provide resources for conversations on sexuality
Categories: Web FirstA collection of resources for conversations about sexuality is emerging from work of the faculty of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS). Sara Wenger Shenk, AMBS president, emphasizes that “listening to…
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Thoughts on Ottawa
I’m finding it difficult to respond without cynicism as I think about the violent events which occurred in Ottawa this past week. By now, we’ve heard the sequence of events…
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Who’s in or out, and why?
At the beginning of this month, I had the pleasure of going to “Ex-Mennonite, Near Mennonite: Liturgical, Non-denominational, Secular,” a conference hosted by the Chair in Mennonite Studies at the…
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Values, views and visions
Categories: UncategorizedThe morning begins with many hugs, some handshakes and the hearty, infectious laugh of Kathy Giesbrecht, or “Kathy G.” as many refer to Mennonite Church Manitoba’s energetic associate director of…
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Supplementary reading
Categories: UncategorizedDid you know that there’s an illustrated Bible that retells the stories in Scripture using Lego? The Brick Testament is a series by a man in California named Brendan Powell…
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Lower the pointing finger
Categories: EditorialSeveral months ago, our editor heard complaints from someone who wanted Canadian Mennonite to stop carrying letters to the editor because letters often cause too much friction. A small confession:…
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For discussion: “What is truth?”
Categories: Feature Articles1. Where would you place yourself and your congregation: believing in absolute truths, wondering if there really is any truth, or somewhere in between? Do you agree that many Christians…
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“What is truth?”
Categories: Feature Articles“Pilate asked him, ‘So you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world,…
