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Ohio court gives lawyer guardianship of Amish girl with cancer
Categories: Web FirstAn Ohio court has given limited guardianship of a 10-year-old Amish girl to a lawyer who will make medical decisions instead of the girl’s parents. Maria Schimer is also…
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An aging maverick, Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong has no regrets
Categories: Web FirstAt 82, retired and enjoying life, Bishop John Shelby Spong doesn’t have to be the liberal enfant terrible whose pronouncements for gay rights and against traditional dogmas once scandalized Christendom.…
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Interview: Malcolm Gladwell on his return to faith
Categories: Web FirstAuthor Malcolm Gladwell may not be known for writing on religion. His New York Times best-selling books “The Tipping Point,” “Outliers,” “Blink” and “What the Dog Saw” deal with the…
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‘A life sentence for nothing’
Categories: UncategorizedMaia was four years old when she was diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). She remembers being confused and upset. In many ways, the anger the Winnipegger feels towards…
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The ‘dos’ of purity
Categories: UncategorizedI’m not waiting for marriage. Like many other evangelical teenagers, I signed a yellow “true love waits” index card in youth group and wore a chastity ring. These symbols may…
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When will we Christians ever learn?
Categories: UncategorizedThis past summer, Kathy Moorhead Thiessen, who works for Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in Iraqi Kurdistan, visited the Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) First Nation in northwestern Ontario to prepare the community…
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First step towards reconciliation
Categories: Uncategorized“Walk together, children, don’t you get weary,” said Bernice King, daughter of the legendary Martin Luther King Jr. Those words were spoken to a crowd that organizers estimated at 70,000…
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‘I’ve been everywhere, ma’am’
Categories: UncategorizedYvonne Martin, retired from the Mennonite Savings and Credit Union, and her husband Murray, also retired, have travelled to many places—all of Canada, half of the U.S., and many locations…
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An inkling into the Inklings
Categories: ArtbeatTrinity Western University has established a new research unit dedicated to the study of a group of popular British authors and thinkers, the Inklings. While the name may not be…
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‘Blessed by God to be a blessing’
Categories: UncategorizedA 200th anniversary fiesta broke out on First Mennonite Church’s parking lot on Sept. 28 with a bouncy castle, face painting, and worship in Spanish and English with the invitation…
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Bethania Group dismisses CEO
Categories: UncategorizedFour months after being placed on administrative leave by the board of Bethania Group Personal Care Homes, chief executive officer Ray Koop was let go on Oct. 3 following the…
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‘Settlers’ warned against feeling guilty
Categories: UncategorizedGrace Smallboy, an Indian Residential School (IRS) survivor, sat on a small folded blanket in the middle of the Valleyview Mennonite Church sanctuary while around her others—including London area Mennonites—stood…
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Peace triumphs in festival
Categories: UncategorizedWhen the white doves flew up from the newly installed peace plaque in the centre of Stouffville, Ont., Arnold Neufeldt-Fast’s heart must have stopped.
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Waste makes haste
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Ken Rempel stopped for a construction delay on Highway 2 near Winnipeg, the flagman asked if he was the guy who ran his car on vegetable oil. The flagman…
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A cause for concern?
Categories: ViewpointsQuebec’s proposed Charter of Values has the potential for many reactions.
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I felt the Spirit under an umbrella
Categories: ViewpointsIt’s Sunday morning and, instead of sitting comfortably in a sanctuary, I’m standing with my family in the pouring rain in downtown Vancouver. We’re soaked. The stroller is collecting water,…
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Things I’m learning from AA
Categories: ViewpointsI was invited to a birthday party. A hunched-over seventy-something Scottish gentleman from my church family was turning 34. With that kind of math, who wouldn’t want to go? So…
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‘Better together’
Categories: ViewpointsMennonite Church British Columbia exists to help our congregations be healthy, vibrant, missional and connected. I want to explore this value of being connected. At MC B.C. we like to…
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Readers write: Oct. 14, 2013 issue
Categories: ViewpointsEnough already about gender issues In my opinion, the question of human gender comes up way too often among us and way beyond its importance to society as a whole.…
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For discussion: Rethinking peace
Categories: Feature Articles1. What would happen if someone in your congregation joined the military? Would your church have a prayer of blessing to send him on his way? What does peace mean…
