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Old Order community waits for children to return
Categories: UncategorizedUPDATE: The required process of home visits and sleepovers has begun for two families in the Old Order Mennonite community. Yesterday the children of one family were returned home for…
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Pornography resource primarily for church leaders
Categories: UncategorizedAre Mennonites ready to discuss the ugly facts of pornography? A new resource being published by MCC can help start the conversation.
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2013 Fall List of Books & Resources
Categories: UncategorizedTheology, spirituality Flowing with the River: Soundings from my Life and Journey. Sue Clemmer Steiner. Self-published, 2013, 174 pages.
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Strengths, weaknesses in final ‘global history’ text
Categories: UncategorizedRoyden Loewen and Steven Nolt have undertaken a difficult challenge in writing a history of Mennonites in North America. The scope of the project is broad, not only in terms…
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Steiner pushed open doors for other women
Categories: Books & ResourcesSue Clemmer Steiner’s recent publication crosses genres within autobiography. It is personal memoir and spiritual recollection. It is reflections on a life in pastoral ministry. It is a historical snapshot…
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Faith Mennonite Church band produces CD
Categories: ArtbeatCreating a CD is both simple and complex. The proliferation of digital recording equipment and the ease and non-expensive nature of producing CDs has led many local musicians and congregations…
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Standing together with First Nations
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Moses Falco heard the words, “We never gave up our sovereignty,” at an Oct. 7 rally held in Winnipeg to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Proclamation of…
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Program for youth confirms seminary students’ call to ministry
Categories: UncategorizedAs two Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary students led a program that encourages high school youth to consider ministry, their own call to ministry grew stronger.
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Attunement
Categories: ViewpointsI was twenty-two years old when I first realized the price of my happiness was too high. I had met some Christians in a small Russian village who, although struggling…
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God’s in my kitchen
Categories: Viewpoints“Hey! This is our first kitchen renovation,” I exclaimed to my husband of 37 years, with whom I’ve shared nine homes. “It was never on my ‘bucket list’,” he glumly…
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The art of boundary walking
Categories: Viewpoints“We are to be in the world not of the world,” my father responded to a question I asked about war. As a youngster I didn’t quite understand what he…
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Readers write: Oct. 28, 2013 issue
Categories: Viewpoints‘A little humility is in order’ Re: “Holy contradictions,” Sept. 16, page 4. I was raised as a Catholic, but for years have accompanied my wife to her Mennonite church.…
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For discussion: ‘Let nobody judge them’
Categories: Feature Articles1. During the Second World War, what happened when young men in your family or community were called up for military service? What are the stories of your congregation dealing…
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Uncle Sam goes to jail
Categories: Feature ArticlesOf memories I have of family members, the one about my Uncle Sam’s arrest on April 19, 1944, and his imprisonment, which became legendary in our community, left an indelible…
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‘Let nobody judge them’
Categories: Feature ArticlesOf late, many peace-minded Canadians have been decrying the country’s increasing militarization, calling to mind this country’s proud peacekeeping tradition as if it was a defining feature of confederation. Unfortunately,…
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Peace Prevails
Categories: EditorialThe local newspaper editor called it a soap opera. The local Member of Parliament tried to make the spokespersons for the historic peace churches lone fringe persons in a celebration…
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COMMENTARY: Challenge and disruption
Categories: Web FirstI had the privilege of teaching a pastoral theology class at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, last week. I had the entire senior class: 13 young, promising, enthusiastic,…
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Icons bridge art, church traditions
Categories: ArtbeatToday, when people think of the word “icon,” images of computers and technology come to mind. For centuries, though, the icon—derived from the Greek eikon or ikon—has referred exclusively to…
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’12 Years a Slave’ prompts calls for racial reconciliation
Categories: Web FirstThe new movie “12 Years a Slave” may depict a bygone era in American history, but religious leaders hope it might spark increased attention about present-day race relations. “It…
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A Theologian’s Influence, and Stained Past, Live On
Categories: Web FirstCan a bad person be a good theologian? All of us fall short of our ideals, of course. But there is a common-sense expectation that religious professionals should try to…
