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Called to Bethlehem
I have received a new call from Bethlehem Bible College (BBC) and Mennonite Church Canada to go to Palestine/Israel for nine weeks to teach Pastoral Care and Counseling in the…
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Learning about violence and peace in Colombia
What does active pacifism look like? What exactly is violence when you get past the classic images of guns and combat? What unique insights does my Christian faith have to…
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‘Holy Spirit is great choreographer’ in creation care, delegates told
Categories: Web First“The Holy Spirit is a great choreographer,” Rick Faw told the delegates gathered here Feb. 21-22, 2014, for the annual meeting of Mennonite Church British Columbia. “What would happen if…
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Honour Walk Send Off
As our friends participating with the Honour Walk prepare for their three-week walk to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in honor of residential school survivors, we invite you to join…
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Eden and the rock
Categories: EditorialHis passion for creation care was palatable, his enthusiasm infectious, his words direct but searing the silence. His stature was not imposing, his voice not booming and bouncing off the…
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Other faiths speak out on end-of-life issues
Categories: Feature ArticlesPhysician-assisted suicide has been in the news a lot recently. Last spring, Canadians watched as Winnipegger Susan Griffiths took her final journey to Switzerland to end her life, rather than…
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Only God can determine the time and place of death
Categories: Feature Articles“Do not kill yourselves: for verily God is to you most merciful” (Qur’an 4:29). It is commonly understood that when we were born, we had no choice but to become…
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God gives life, nobody should try to take it away
Categories: Feature ArticlesHinduism is based on nonviolence. Suicide—killing oneself—is an act of violence. Killing another person is also wrong. In Hindu scriptures, nowhere is it mentioned that one can assist someone who…
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Obligated to ‘choose life’
Categories: Feature ArticlesTo begin with, Judaism teaches that our lives belong to God. We are mere stewards of the body which the Creator has given us. As Jews, we also believe that…
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Applying ancient wisdom to the here and now
Categories: Feature ArticlesBuddhism as an organized religion began some 2,600 years ago. The advanced technology we have today was unimaginable in those distant eras. We are thus faced with the problem of…
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For discussion: Other faiths speak out on end-of-life issues
Categories: Feature Articles1. John Longhurst refers to a recent poll indicating that 70 percent of Canadians support physician-assisted suicide and 68 percent believe that those who help a seriously ill person commit…
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‘Right to life does not include the right to be killed’
Categories: Feature ArticlesLawyers with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), of which Mennonite Church Canada is a member, have joined lawyers from across the country in signing a declaration that condemns the…
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Readers write: Mar 3, 2014 issue
Categories: ViewpointsChrist’s death completes the incarnation Re: “Atonement,” Nov. 11, 2013, page 4. The main issues around the atonement appear to centre around two questions: “Why did Jesus have to die?”…
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Make the kids pay for vacation
Categories: ViewpointsSitting on the beach, swimming and building sandcastles all seem like a dream right now as I look out my window at the deep snow banks. Our three children, ranging…
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The deadly sin of sloth
Categories: ViewpointsA few years ago, a Mennonite church offered a Lenten worship series on the Seven Deadly Sins. For each of the six Sundays of Lent, the preacher’s sermon focused on…
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Captivating your audience
Categories: Viewpoints“Let’s make this go viral!” I’ve heard this phrase too many times in my work as communications director at Mennonite Church Canada, usually from dear colleagues who dream of their…
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Into the wilderness
Categories: ViewpointsOver the past few years, I’ve been inundated with stories, statistics, articles, books and documentaries chronicling the mass exodus of people leaving the church. The most recent to make waves…
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Not okay with violent play
Categories: ViewpointsAs followers of Jesus, Darnell and I want our sons Cody and Makai to grow up without violent toys and video games. While that can be a challenge in many…
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Sunday un-schooling
Categories: UncategorizedMy wife and I have chosen to keep our sons, aged 3 and 6, out of school, but we're not “homeschoolers.” The whole point of what we do is that…
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Survival of Old Order community at ‘a critical stage’
Categories: UncategorizedAs the one-year anniversary of the first apprehensions of children from an Old Order Mennonite community in rural Manitoba came and went, new developments emerged that lent an air of…
