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Clarity and confusion in the Middle East
Categories: UncategorizedIt’s easy to get fed up with talking about things while studying in college or university; the desire to do something hands-on can be overwhelming. When my religious studies professor…
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A surprise hit
Categories: UncategorizedIt’s 11 weeks until Christmas, and if you’re looking to buy something for the fun-loving Mennonite on your shopping list, Jonathan Kornelsen has just the items for you. Kornelsen is…
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MC Canada surveys young adults on their gifts
Categories: Uncategorized"Youth" is a strange term for people from 18 to 30-something, but Chris Brnjas has been given the task of connecting with at least 50 Mennonites between these ages from…
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Listening or doing?
Categories: EditorialMainstream Mennonites tend to be doers. We have been taught to work hard and take satisfaction from getting things done, whether that is fixing up houses through Mennonite Disaster Service…
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For discussion: Can we talk?
Categories: Feature Articles1. What have been your experiences in cross-cultural bridge-building with Canada’s indigenous people? What involvement does the church and organizations like Mennonite Central Committee have with indigenous people in your…
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MCC B.C. ‘refocusses’ Aboriginal Neighbours program, releases staff
Categories: Feature ArticlesMennonite Central Committee (MCC) British Columbia has decided to dismiss long-time Aboriginal Neighbours program coordinator Darryl Klassen. The decision, which was made early this year, will take effect at the…
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Can we talk?
Categories: Feature ArticlesTension gripped my gut as I drove to a Mennonite church in Altona, Man., with an indigenous friend. We were doing a joint Sunday morning presentation about hydropower impacts. I…
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Readers write: October 13, 2014 issue
Categories: ViewpointsLove our enemies because we worship the same God Re: “‘Global caliphate’ a Muslim goal, not a myth'” letter, Sept. 1, page 15. It is my prayer that someday we…
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Improving church communications
Categories: ViewpointsWhen it comes to graphic design and communications, everyone has an opinion. It’s nearly impossible to please everyone, but we live in a day and age when we must engage…
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When time becomes the right time
Categories: ViewpointsThe New Testament speaks of time in two ways: there is chronos (chronology, the movement of time by clock and calendar), and there is kairos (the opportune time, the right…
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Identifying, investing, installing
Categories: ViewpointsOne of the many challenges that are common to most new churches is leadership. Those who have decided to be part of Mennonite Church Canada’s area churches are not immune.…
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Creating beauty out of randomness
Categories: UncategorizedAssembling random pieces of fabric or paper to create something beautiful is what quilters and scrapbookers do. And they do it with gusto at the Shekinah Retreat Centre’s annual Quilting…
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Committed, supportive. . . and ‘just plain tired’
Categories: Uncategorized“It almost felt like a huge sigh of relief coming from the volunteers,” said George Klassen as he closed the books of the Morris (Man.) Mennonite Central Committee Relief Sale.…
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‘The way of harmonious energy’
Categories: UncategorizedKevin Peters Unrau thinks that the Mennonite Church has gotten Jesus wrong. When Jesus calls on his followers to “not resist evildoers” in Matthew 5:39, many Mennonites have turned to…
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Parenting along the Road to Emmaus
Categories: ArtbeatManaged chaos. That’s how Rachel Gerber describes parenting three young sons. Herald Press has published her first book, a devotional memoir, Ordinary Miracles: Awakening to the Holy Work of Parenting.…
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The whole truth
Categories: Uncategorized“Have you ever watched those TV court programs where a witness is brought to the stand and asked to raise his hand and swear to tell the truth?” I ask…
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Mary’s river
Mary Magdalene is one of the most controversial and mysterious biblical characters. She often gets a bad rap. She was pegged as a prostitute and temptress by Pope Gregory I,…
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Clarity and confusion in the Middle East
Categories: UncategorizedIt’s easy to get fed up with talking about things while studying in college or university; the desire to do something hands-on can be overwhelming. When my religious studies professor…
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Mid-point reflections from Gaza
This is midpoint in my five-week ministry here in Gaza and Bethlehem. Things are going well. While my students in Gaza are doing research, book reports and various kinds of…
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First report from Gaza
I am writing this from prison. All 1.8 million of us who are living in Gaza are in prison. The walls around Gaza keep us (except us privileged foreigners) from…
