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Paths of kindness and truth
Categories: OpinionI grew up believing that God’s will was specific. God had a plan for my life and I was either living faithfully along that path or veering from it. It…
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Ernie Regehr presents analysis of Ukraine war
Categories: NewsErnie Regehr—a prominent Canadian voice on disarmament and peacebuilding for over 40 years—shared his unique analysis of the Ukraine conflict at Grace Mennonite Church in St. Catharines, Ontario on May…
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New churches, new spending at MCEC gathering
Categories: NewsAt its annual gathering, Mennonite Church Eastern Canada welcomed new congregations, announced a break from status quo spending and heard bold challenges from Fanosie Legesse and Rebecca Riek. During the…
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Bridge Building ministry reaches into community
Categories: NewsDecolonization, interfaith dialogue, intersectionality—these terms can feel heady and intimidating, but Suzanne Gross says they can all happen through the well-practiced Mennonite art of hospitality. Gross serves as Bridge Building…
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Philippines learning tour
Categories: NewsOver brunch on Sunday, April 23, at Niagara United Mennonite Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, two members of the church shared about the Mennonite Church Canada learning tour to the Philippines.…
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Film society screens Women Talking
Categories: NewsAn Abbotsford audience had the chance to view and discuss Women Talking, the film that has generated buzz in both Mennonite and Hollywood circles. The movie had not been shown…
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Grebel grandma
Categories: NewsWhile cousins Adam and Owen Roth had grown to “love the Grebel community,” as first-year students at Conrad Grebel University College, one crucial thing was missing from their new lifestyle:…
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Women walk through the wilderness
Categories: NewsBetween conversation and quiche, B.C. women were inspired, touched and encouraged as they heard one another’s stories at this year’s Women’s Day. The Mennonite Church B.C. annual event took place…
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MCC Ontario hires new ED
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ontario announced the appointment of Michelle Brenneman as its next executive director. Brenneman, who now serves as the organization’s director of human resources, will start in…
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Author addresses collective trauma in new book
Categories: Focus on Mental HealthA new book aims to help Christians process collective traumas. In All Our Griefs to Bear, seminary professor Joni S. Sancken suggests practices that church leaders and members can use…
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Concussion inspires albums about the Psalms
Categories: Focus on Mental HealthIf Mike Janzen hadn’t been thirsty one night seven years ago, it’s possible he wouldn’t have recorded his three most recent albums. In 2021, the Toronto singer-songwriter released the first…
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Grebel hires new peace scholar
Eric Lepp will join Conrad Grebel University College as assistant professor of peace and conflict studies (PACS) on July 1, becoming the college’s newest tenure-track faculty member. He earned a…
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Mennonite Men approves grants for planting 121,000 trees
GOSHEN, IND.—Mennonite Men approved $121,000 for 11 grants to support tree-planting projects around the world. Besides two grants that went to American congregations, the other nine were awarded to Mennonite community projects outside the United States: four each in the Democratic…
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Spirit of MDS Fund grants help Canadian churches
Three Mennonite Church Canada congregations—two in Ontario and one in British Columbia—have been approved to receive grants from the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Spirit of MDS Fund: In Toronto, Connect…
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Virtual game show raises funds for Camp Valaqua
“Survey says!” Mennonite Church Alberta hosted its third annual Family Feud event to raise funds for Camp Valaqua. One-hundred-and-twenty people, in 20 unique teams, participated in the virtual event held…
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In-house acknowledgment
Categories: EditorialWith this issue of Canadian Mennonite, Ross W. Muir completes his time with the magazine. As managing editor for almost 18 years, he has undertaken a central piece of the…
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Dispatches from the front lines
Categories: Feature ArticlesI’m basing the form of this final missive on the last book I read, Dispatches—a harrowing and sometimes hilarious memoir by Michael Herr, who covered the insanity of the Vietnam…
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U2’s Mennonite string section
Categories: NewsThere was nothing unusual about it when Richard, Paul and Adele Armin walked into the recording studio on New Year’s Eve in 1986. It was just another job, really. Music…
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MC Alberta hosts first ever Taste of MCA event
Categories: NewsWhen most people think of Mennonite cuisine, they think of perogies and farmer sausage, or perhaps fresh rollkuchen dipped in Rogers Golden Syrup. Yet at A Taste of MCA, a…
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Two congregations withdraw from MC Manitoba
Categories: NewsIn the same year that two congregations joined Mennonite Church Manitoba, adding new member churches for the first time in a decade, two congregations have also withdrawn from the regional…
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