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Readers write: October 27, 2014 issue
Categories: ViewpointsCommunitas follows in the footsteps of L’Arche founder Re: “Good work” and “Differently gifted,” Sept. 1, pages 4 and 8. I am writing to thank you for your recent articles…
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Faith vs. belief (Pt. 1)
Categories: ViewpointsA curious lyric caught my attention as I was listening to “Don’t Swallow the Cap,” a song by The National, a melancholic indie rock band: “I have faith but don’t…
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The deadly sin of pride
Categories: ViewpointsPride goeth before a fall, I ruefully thought last month, as I limped away from the place where I had taken a nasty tumble. I fell in the Detroit airport…
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That’s a lot of money!
Categories: ViewpointsI remember a special gift from my Grandpa: a $20 bill in a Christmas card. It came with one instruction: Grandpa had to see my purchase. It was a lot…
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Connecting passions
Categories: ViewpointsPart of my role in overseeing Mennonite Church Canada’s assemblies includes reading every word on assembly feedback forms. As I reviewed the 128 forms we received this year—a record number—I…
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Sexuality is about more than just sex
Categories: UncategorizedRockway Mennonite Collegiate decided that not only did it need to focus on sexuality for its students in grades 7 to 12, but it needed to invite the community, including…
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Lessons from those who left
Categories: UncategorizedPhil Kleinsasser urged the faithful to “sow” their money in the offering plate in order to “reap” abundance in all areas of their lives. Kleinsasser, of course, is a Hutterite…
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‘Choose hope’ for climate
Categories: UncategorizedBefore 120 political leaders gathered at the request of the United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon for a summit on climate change, and before more than 300,000 people marched through the…
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‘Shaping a sustainable future’
Categories: UncategorizedEven urban Mennonites lay claim to an agrarian heritage. According to many speakers at Rooted and Grounded: A Conference on Land and Christian Discipleship, held last month at Anabaptist Mennonite…
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‘They are not alone’
Categories: UncategorizedOn a very windy, cold and dark Oct. 3 night, Steve Heinrichs, director of indigenous relations for Mennonite Church Canada, and a few others strung 20 dresses on fishing line…
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Encouraged to keep working
Categories: Uncategorized“Everything I’ve done has been a team sport,” quips Ray Funk as he reflects on his life’s achievements. The community developer and former Member of Parliament was awarded Goshen (Ind.)…
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2014 Fall list of Books & Resources
Categories: Books & ResourcesTheology, Spirituality Good News: The Advent of Salvation in the Gospel of Luke. Darrin W. Snyder Belousek. Liturgical Press, 2014, 140 pages. As the executive director of Bridgefolk, Snyder Belousek…
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Pastor’s first novel invites discussion
Categories: Books & ResourcesWilliam Loewen has written a theological book disguised as a novel. This makes it challenging to classify, but it also opens new possibilities for how it can be used. I…
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Helping us not to forget
Categories: Books & ResourcesAfter getting a coffee I sat down to read The Winter We Danced. On the table next to me I noticed a book someone left behind. On the cover was…
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Suffering under the Soviets
Categories: Books & ResourcesVillage houses face the main street with barns attached behind and fields beyond that. Young people gather for “singings.” A bone setter relieves headaches by carefully manipulating the neck. These…
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Books show Old Order Mennonite culture from the inside
Categories: Books & ResourcesAmsey Martin, an Old Order Mennonite deacon and long-time parochial school teacher, loves books. While most people in his community are farmers, he says that sitting in his study surrounded…
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Peace, Pies, and Prophets
Do you know a lot about Pies, Peace, and Prophets? Come to a live comedy performance of I’d Like to Buy an Enemy by Ted and Company. Bring a handcrafted…
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Six things you can do to prepare for PA 2015
Categories: Web FirstIn less than a year from now, our sisters and brothers from around the world, and from across North America, will be coming to Harrisburg to worship and fellowship with…
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South Sudanese trained in trauma awareness in conflict zones
Categories: Web FirstNearly 100 people in South Sudan, all employees of the U.S. government, recently benefited from intensive trauma awareness and resilience trainings facilitated by Eastern Mennonite University. The USAID-sponsored workshops in…
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Why the choice to die is not personal or private
Categories: Web FirstIt has been heartbreaking these last few days to hear the story of Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old, beautiful young woman diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumor and given only a…
