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One step at a time
Categories: ViewpointsAcross Canada, generations of women have been walking together in faith. As early as 1786, when Mennonites first began arriving from Pennsylvania, up until today, Mennonite women have found a…
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An ode to this printed page
Categories: ViewpointsI used to be the circulation and fulfillment manager for a small, independent, faith-based magazine. Ever-increasing postage rates and pressure to increase online presence were constant concerns. I regularly received…
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Fight or flight?
Categories: ViewpointsMy city had a year of sorrow sadly stamped by the death of Julie Paskall on Dec. 29. It was Surrey’s 25th murder of the year. The 53-year-old mom was…
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Addressing inner needs
Categories: ViewpointsSometimes I find the relationship between church and business a little baffling. It seems that the business world is increasingly adopting Christian values and practices to run their organizations, including…
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Readers write: Jan. 20, 2014 issue
Categories: ViewpointsNelson Mandela: We all love a hero Politicians and celebrities need saints to lean on. And so it was this time around, that after Nelson Mandela died all the most…
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Nature’s fury and blessing
Categories: EditorialBone-chilling blizzards, record-breaking deep freezes, ferocious winds, devastating floods, ice storms downing trees and power lines, leaving hundreds of thousands without heat and light. Nothing gets our attention like the…
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Micah Mission offers restorative justice to ex-offenders
Categories: Web FirstSporting a bright orange T-shirt and a shaved head, Ryan Grills is an imposing presence, but his handshake is warm and his voice enthusiastic as he speaks about Forward Step,…
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Congregations turn to compost for lessons on life, death and the environment
Categories: Web FirstThe wheelbarrow outside the sanctuary was overflowing with vegetable scraps; decomposing matter filled the baptismal font; and a pile of rich brown soil replaced the Communion table. Ashley Goff, minister…
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Students say YESS! to creation care
Categories: UncategorizedThey had only 20 minutes to create a skit based on a Bible text and a box of props. It was “creation care” up close and personal for the students…
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Missing the city . . . in the country
Categories: UncategorizedWhen my family moved to a rural community in southwestern British Columbia, I didn’t realize how much life and my faith would be challenged. I was born and raised in…
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Remembering Yoder honestly
Categories: UncategorizedHow do we reconcile leading Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder’s theological brilliance with his sexual harassment of a number of his female students? It’s something I’ve been struggling with for…
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‘A dream which became true’
Categories: UncategorizedThe staff, students and teachers at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, Kitchener, Ont., had the privilege to welcome Jacob Deng, one of the “Lost Boys of Sudan,” to speak to us in…
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MCC is more than thrift stores to MCI students
Categories: UncategorizedTaking learning beyond the regular classroom, Mennonite Collegiate Institute (MCI) invited Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) on Nov. 21, 2013, as guest speakers engaged students in interactive workshops on interfaith dialogue,…
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Disclaimer to be included in John Howard Yoder books
Categories: ArtbeatThe board and staff of MennoMedia, the publishing agency for Mennonite Church U.S.A. and MC Canada, has issued a statement regarding the continued publication of John Howard Yoder books in…
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Catching Fire turns up the heat
Categories: ArtbeatDirected by Frances Lawrence. Written by Simon Beaufoy and Michael deBruyn (screenplay); Suzanne Collins (novel). Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson and Donald Sutherland. A Color Force/Lionsgate Entertainment release,…
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Dealing with difference
Categories: UncategorizedI was on Chapter 10 of Alan Paton’s defining South African novel, Cry the Beloved Country, when Nelson Mandela died. The story of the man and the story in the…
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Saying goodbye to Madiba
Categories: UncategorizedAfter a lifetime spent struggling for the emancipation and equality of all, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela can finally rest, his long walk at an end. “Madiba,” as he is affectionately known,…
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Will you sign up to be a ‘FossilFreeMenno’?
Categories: UncategorizedEarly last month an open letter to the leadership of Mennonite Church Canada was posted on a website called FossilFreeMenno.org, asking individuals to sign it, identify their home congregation and…
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Efforts continue to reunite Old Order families
Categories: UncategorizedThe annual Christmas concert at the rural Manitoba school where Old Order Mennonites normally send their children had to be cancelled last month as the building has sat empty for…
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Spirit attunement
Categories: ViewpointsIn my last article, I explained that baptizo (the Greek word for “baptize”) means to merge or saturate something to the point of transforming its essence. One of the oldest…
