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Train trip to mark 100th anniversary of Mennonites coming to Canada from Soviet Union
Categories: NewsOne hundred years ago, the first of 21,000 Mennonites who left the former Soviet Union boarded a train in Quebec City for new lives across Canada. On July 6, some…
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Tactile land acknowledgment
Categories: NewsLand acknowledgments are usually spoken, but Angela Hildebrand was curious how they could be expressed in other mediums. “Being a very visual person, I resonate a lot with things I…
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The duty of tension
Categories: EditorialI did not plan to write about polarization—I’ve filled my quota on that topic—until Maxime Bernier held a rally near my home. Bernier leads the People’s Party of Canada (PPC)…
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Broken to serve
Categories: Feature ArticlesIn my mid-30s, two decades after the last time my father beat me, and two years after he died, I broke glass twice in one week. Once, for the first…
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Readers write: June 16, 2023 issue
Categories: OpinionSpringfield Heights process flawed I want to thank Canadian Mennonite for the report on Carman Mennonite Church and Springfield Heights Mennonite Church leaving Mennonite Church Manitoba (“Two congregations withdraw from…
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Are pick-and-shovel prayers still tearing through God’s rooftop?
Categories: OpinionIn Mark 2:1, Jesus teaches the word to crowds gathered at his home. (Most readers don’t realize this was likely Jesus’s house). Jesus didn’t want the crowds. In the previous…
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Walnut Receiving Home
Categories: OpinionIn 1976, Jake and Trudy Unrau bought a home at 171 Walnut Street in Winnipeg and opened it up for Indigenous people visiting Winnipeg for medical appointments. In 1977, the…
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The gift of urgency
Categories: OpinionAn impassioned rant by a grandchild included these words: “Opa, why are you not dead yet?” Why indeed. The comment regarding my deserved death connects to the story of a…
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Not talking politics in the Holy Land
Categories: OpinionTourism is often promoted for the sake of economic development and toward the goal of breaking down stereotypes and barriers. A companion and I just returned from the Holy Land.…
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Deciding where to drink
Categories: OpinionWould you rather drink from the fountain of youth or the fountain of life? Why is our culture so obsessed with the many iterations of the mythical fountain of youth?…
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A safe-ish consumption site
Categories: OpinionThis spring it dawned on me that our front yard occasionally functions as a safe-ish consumption site. Almost 10 years ago we bought a small church in Winnipeg’s West End…
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Reno with a cause
Categories: NewsCathy Abbott remembers the preacher’s phrase that got her to consider taking a big step toward providing shelter for refugees arriving in Canada. It was 2015 and Canadians were learning…
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Children taken from Ukrainian families
Categories: NewsParents in Molochansk, Ukraine, awoke one morning in May to a message from Russian authorities: “Dear parents: Evacuation has been announced at the school. Today, arrive at the school building…
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Writing career a dream come true for Winnipeg author
Categories: NewsThere was no magic lamp or genie involved when MaryLou Driedger made her wish, just a felt tip marker and a famous pond. In 1991, the Manitoba writer’s family visited…
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Mennonites join pride parade
Five Mennonite Church Manitoba congregations—more than ever before—officially marched in the Winnipeg pride parade on June 4. Bethel Mennonite Church, First Mennonite Church, Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship, Hope Mennonite Church…
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Northern cartographer runs thriving map business
Categories: NewsWhen Dan Driediger closes his eyes, he sees rivers, rises and roads. His unique photographic memory comes in handy. Driediger is a cartographer: He creates, prints and sells maps to people…
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Class of ’60 reunion
Categories: NewsTo the sounds of much laughter, along with moments of sadness, the Rosthern Junior College (RJC) class of 1960 met in Saskatoon on May 18-19 to mark 63 years since…
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Pinegrove care home maintains Anabaptist values as demographics shift
Categories: NewsA little-known Mennonite mission, hidden away in a quiet residential neighbourhood on the flats of Richmond, B.C., celebrated its fortieth anniversary on June 7. Pinegrove Place, a three-storey, 76-bed residential…
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The sky ablaze
Categories: NewsArt Koop was cleaning up after teaching his last class of the day when the emergency alert blared from his cell phone. The message called for an immediate, mandatory evacuation.…
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Mennonite Church Manitoba pastoral transitions
Selenna Wolfe will be the associate pastor at Hope Mennonite Church in Winnipeg beginning on August 1. The part-time position will focus on children and youth ministry. Wolfe spent the…
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