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Encourage single people in the church
Categories: UncategorizedI often find myself questioning the way the church handles single people. Surely there is a better way for the church to relate to those of us who aren’t married.…
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Peace: The Exhibition
Categories: ArtbeatIt’s an unusual place for an exhibition about peace. Instead of in a Mennonite institution, this exhibition is at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa where permanent exhibit space has…
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From pew to pulpit to pew
Categories: UncategorizedJake Neufeld, lay minister for 46 years, was released from his ordination to ministry last October in Whitewater Mennonite Church in Boissevain. Neufeld leaves ordination behind with a grateful heart…
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Eben-Ezer sends nine to New York storm clean-up
Categories: UncategorizedNine members of Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church in Abbotsford spent a week in New York City in May, but not as tourists. They were volunteering their time as Mennonite Disaster Service…
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Murray shares Anabaptist vision in South Korea
Categories: UncategorizedU.K. Anabaptist leader Stuart Murray engaged Anabaptists in South Korea during a country-wide speaking tour this spring.
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Living alone/ with others
Categories: ViewpointsSomething about the placement of the living room furniture caught my attention. With its cozy circle of a comfy couch and chairs, it subtly signaled invitation and welcome. On a…
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Grandchildren: Growing from self-centredness to unrestrained generosity
Categories: ViewpointsNovember of 2012 brought us our first grandchild and with our grandson came a myriad of hopes and dreams. What will he be like? What will he contribute to society?…
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Wild with a paint brush
Categories: ViewpointsThe pictures I coloured in grade school were neat and tidy, coloured within the lines. Darker lines marked the borders, every section clearly separated from the other; emerald green, lemon…
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. Mennonite schools had been designed to keep students separate from the “modernizing secular world” while Conrad Grebel College was deliberately set within a large public university. What are the…
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The Grebel vision at 50 years
Categories: Feature ArticlesAn innovative experiment in higher education By Susan Schultz Huxman President, Conrad Grebel University College
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Micah and the Mud
Categories: EditorialMy, what a summer—unexpected flooding in central and southern Alberta, oil rail tankers exploding in Lac-Mégantic, devastating that small rural town in Quebec, record-setting heat waves in several parts of…
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We Shall Remain
We Shall Remain is the title of a documentary series by PBS. We watched a few of the episodes while living in Virginia, where we heard very little of indigenous…
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Circles of Sabbath
My hand rested on the shelf of books and I looked at the title of the volume under my palm. It was the same book that I’d remembered. Another…
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MDS volunteers tackle mud in High River
Categories: Web FirstEditor’s Note: The response to the flood disaster in High River, Alta, has been overwhelming. Here Gerald and Lee Dyck, who spent a week there directing clean-up efforts, give a…
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Jewish ex-gay group faces suit for consumer fraud
Categories: Web FirstA month after the nation’s leading Christian “ex-gay” group apologized and announced plans to close, a similar Jewish group is facing a first-of-its-kind lawsuit for consumer fraud. On Friday (July…
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A Case of Narrative Negotiation
One class from my MA studies at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding which continues to stick in my mind is a course called “Narrative Negotiation.” We learned…
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Millions in foreign aid unspent
Categories: Web FirstHundreds of millions of dollars set aside to help the world’s poor went unspent in the last fiscal year, new figures from the parliamentary budget office show, prompting fresh concerns…
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COMMENTARY: Preaching in the shadow of the Trayvon Martin verdict
Categories: Web FirstPreaching on the Sunday morning after the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin verdict seemed daunting. It turned out not to be so. The worship bulletin was already printed. Hymns had been chosen.…
