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Displaced Iraqis get food, supplies through MCC
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Central Committee (MCC) and partner organizations continue to meet the needs of families displaced by conflict in Iraq with a mid-July distribution of locally purchased food and personal hygiene…
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More viewpoints: Finding ways to share this land of plenty
Categories: Web FirstIn “Finding ways to share this land of plenty,” Will Braun explains the two Supreme Court of Canada decisions concerning the Tsilhqot’in people (B.C.) and Grassy Narrows (Ont.). Here are…
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‘If I read more, I get more out of it’
Categories: UncategorizedA Year of Reading Biblically (YORB) continues, and if you are following the reading schedule, you’re somewhere in Jeremiah by now. The year is more than half over, and I…
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The invisible poor
Categories: UncategorizedAlicia Good and her family lived below the poverty line for more than three years. That is, until last year. The 32-year-old currently serves as a pastor at North Leamington…
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Helplessly watching Gaza
Categories: EditorialWe, in North America, watch helplessly as the human carnage continues in Gaza. The continuing struggle for control of a tiny piece of land on the Mediterranean Sea—a narrow, densely…
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For discussion: From milk and honey to a land of rubble
Categories: Feature Articles1. What have been your personal experiences or connections with Israel/Palestine? What are your sources for news or information of what is happening there? Do Canadians tend to see the…
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Lord, in your mercy
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe following is an excerpt from a recent prayer from the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, calling on the world to pray for the people who live in…
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From milk and honey to a land of rubble
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhat is God’s plan for Israel? It would be presumptuous for me to say that I have a definitive answer to that question. If I did, I would likely be…
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Readers write: August 18, 2014 issue
Categories: ViewpointsYoung Voice paints true picture of life in Israel/Palestine Re: “A constant terrifying threat,” May 26, page 36, and “Altruistic young person ‘taken in by propaganda’ ” letter, June 23,…
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Musings on creation’s final groan
Categories: ViewpointsWill the day ever come when I will be able to look at the beauty of a flower in its original home without feeling the urge to pluck and pull…
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We need to regain our sense of wonder
Categories: ViewpointsWe’re at a fun and befuddling stage of life. We have little children, our youngest is just six months, and teenagers. I enjoy both, and the opportunity to escape one…
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Take time to listen
Categories: ViewpointsCanada has conscientiously gained a worldwide reputation as a donor country to a variety of humanitarian and beneficial causes. Private enterprises like nongovernmental organizations, churches and charities, as well as…
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More than meets the eye about conflict
Categories: ViewpointsConflict is a normal human phenomenon. We become aware of conflict when there is a clash between individuals or groups. Differences butt up against one another. The clash may be…
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As long as the rivers flow
Categories: ViewpointsWhen Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Alberta asked Adrienne Wiebe and me to attend the May 31-June 1 conference on the Alberta oil sands and treaty rights in Fort McMurray, it…
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Ears to earth, eyes to God
Categories: UncategorizedAn early morning fire and smudging ceremony started each day of Native Assembly 2014 that met from July 28 to 31 at the edge of the Assiniboine Forest on the…
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In another skin
Categories: UncategorizedBrander McDonald is soft-spoken. He moves about the room with quiet dignity, avoiding eye contact while he presents a workshop exploring indigenous worldviews at Native Assembly 2014. He admits to…
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Searching for harmony
Categories: UncategorizedThere’s an imbalance here. Of the 250-ish gathered for Native Assembly 2014, indigenous participants are overwhelmingly outnumbered by non-native folks. A few months ago, planners were concerned that not enough…
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Finding ways to share this land of plenty
Categories: UncategorizedIndigenous issues are charged, complex and unappealing to many Canadians. Understandably so. Competing histories and intricate legalities combine with strong sentiments to create a sort of national quagmire. No one…
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More evidence of sexual abuse uncovered
Categories: UncategorizedA Mennonite Church U.S.A. discernment group addressing sexual abuse by the late theologian John Howard Yoder has reported finding additional evidence of abuse. After a June 3, 2014, meeting in…
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Works of John Howard Yoder now available online
Categories: UncategorizedAn online digital library containing nearly 250 unpublished, informally published and popular works by theologian John Howard Yoder is now available for scholars and students around the world. A collaborative…
