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Profiles in education
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe Mennonite church is at a unique time in history. Currently, women lead three of the four major institutions of higher learning serving the church in Canada. In October 2010,…
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Hindsight foresight insight
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe ability to see clearly is an important sense to us as Christians and as Mennonites: our theology, The Anabaptist Vision; our music, “Be Thou My Vision”; our scripture, “Without…
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Healing sexual abuse
Categories: EditorialTwo stories on sexual abuse have re-emerged recently on the Mennonite scene that call for sober reflection and some self-examination, but not self-obsession. They should be seen, in the present,…
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Youth Speak Out on Creation Care
Categories: UncategorizedEditor’s Note: The following article arrived too late to appear in our Aug. 19 ‘Fat Calf Festival’ print issue. On July 30, 2013, I travelled to Camp Assiniboia to deliver…
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Steve Jobs: Prophet of a new religion
Categories: ViewpointsThe new movie about Steve Jobs is short on anything explicitly religious. Like its main character, however, it’s got a thread of transcendence running through it. The truth about Jobs…
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Political Islam on the defensive across the Middle East
Categories: Web FirstThe backlash against Muslim Brotherhood rule in Egypt comes as secular forces across the Middle East are rising up in opposition to political Islam. Divisions reach from top leaders to…
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Is God an angry ogre? Presbyterians and Baptists debate
Categories: Web FirstThe dispute over dropping a beloved Christian song from a new Presbyterian hymnal has widened into a multi-denominational tussle, with Baptists joining the fray. At issue are various Christian doctrines…
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PBS series ‘Life of Muhammad’ explores diverse opinions of prophet
Categories: Web FirstHe’s born poor. By age 6, he’s an orphan. Two years later, he loses his grandfather. Yet he overcomes his circumstances, develops a reputation for business integrity and progressive views…
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An accessible heart
Categories: UncategorizedDisrespect is nothing new for Michael Mifflin, who was born with spina bifida. In high school in Winnipeg, he was shoved into lockers and had his canes stolen and hidden…
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Change wisely, dude
Categories: UncategorizedWhen I came back to church after a faith crisis in my early 20s, the first one I attended regularly was a place called Praxis. It was the kind of…
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Learning to live life with God
Categories: UncategorizedGod loves you and he wants you to live life with him. That was the message youth from across Canada were left with at the Fat Calf Festival, Mennonite Church…
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Fixing a ‘spoiled biography’
Categories: ArtbeatHans Werner uses his father’s stories to reflect on questions of autobiography and Mennonite identity in the 20th century. The stories of his father’s (and mother’s) experiences of growing up…
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A lasting legacy in wood
Categories: UncategorizedJohn Reimer, who died on June 28 at age 86, left a lasting legacy to Mennonite Church Canada and its congregations. All of the wooden plaques depicting a dove with…
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Creation care in an age of indigenous industry
Categories: UncategorizedEdward S. Curtis gained fame a century ago for his iconic photos of indigenous people. That fame was later tainted by revelations that he removed traces of western society from…
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Peacekeepers receive mixed reception in Haiti
Categories: UncategorizedIn a decision that could have a direct impact on the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Haiti, the Canadian government has stepped up its contribution to the United…
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Low German program structure shifts
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada’s work with Low German-speaking Mennonite communities in Mexico will continue despite recent structural and administrative changes within MCC Canada’s program department. The program, which has…
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Faith and Life Women’s Chorus tours Europe
Categories: UncategorizedAn idea that began in a chat on the way to choir practice became a dream come true for members of Manitoba’s Faith and Life Women’s Chorus.
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Revisiting the legacy of John Howard Yoder
Categories: ViewpointsTime has its way. As does the Spirit. The accelerating interest in and widespread appreciation for John Howard Yoder’s theological work has also provoked renewed calls for the Mennonite church,…
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‘Torn from home’ hits close to home
Categories: ViewpointsI have always appreciated hearing stories of refugees to Canada, so I eagerly joined our St. Jacobs Mennonite Church seniors group on its trip to Doon Pioneer Village and the…
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Boxing up the Old Colony Mennonites
Categories: ViewpointsIn his July 8, 2013 editorial, Dick Benner considers “the trouble with labels.” He says that in our pluralistic society we tend to put people into boxes with a smug…
