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A Family Reunion
This post first appeared on Isaac and Wanda’s blog Life in Egypt Less than a week ago we bid farewell to my parents Tim and Johanna. They came to Egypt…
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The church as landlord
Categories: UncategorizedIn an age when many Mennonite churches worry about losing young people, David Epp has a solution: the church should become their landlord. At Rosthern Mennonite Church’s semi-annual meeting late…
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When churches plug in
Categories: UncategorizedThe blue hymnal is nestled in the pew rack, its binding loose from having its spine cracked and pages flipped too many times to count. Now, as technology drives the…
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In the House of Friendship
Categories: UncategorizedCasa de la Amistad—House of Friendship—is a welcome change for about 140 Bolivian children aged 4 to 18. They are happy to participate in a program that offers them two…
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Spring 2013 List of Books & Resources
Categories: UncategorizedTheology/Spirituality Citizenship: Paul on Peace and Politics. Gordon Mark Zerbe. Canadian Mennonite University Press, 2012, 276 pages.
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New Anabaptist Sunday school curriculum coming fall 2014
Categories: UncategorizedDevelopment of a new Sunday school curriculum called Shine is underway by publishers MennoMedia and Brethren Press. Writers are beginning this month on the first quarter of Shine: Living in…
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Learning from the indigenous among us
Categories: UncategorizedMore information does not mean we will make the right choices, but less information insures an impoverished understanding. As the initial wave of media attention over Idle No More wanes,…
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Romance novels by and for evangelicals
Categories: UncategorizedAmish romance novels are big business, with the top authors selling millions of copies. From the 1990s to 2004, one or two Amish novels were published each year. By 2008,…
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Journalist honoured by Muslim community
Categories: UncategorizedBrenda Suderman, a member of Home Street Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, was one of two Winnipeg Free Press journalists to be honoured by the Islamic Social Services Association with its Ihsan…
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‘Where oil flows beneath our feet’
Categories: UncategorizedA cross in the ditch is a common marker for tragic events, so on Holy Saturday, March 30, a wooden cross is planted in the snowy ditch just outside the…
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A time of mystery and disorientation
Categories: UncategorizedWhile Mennonites in Canada enjoy an era of economic abundance, less and less of that wealth is trickling down to the area and national churches.
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Today’s church in the ‘Age of Spirit’
Categories: ViewpointsFor me, the Holy Spirit is the central character and protagonist of the New Testament, especially after Jesus’ death and resurrection. As John the Baptist was the forerunner—one who goes…
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What are you reading?
Categories: Viewpoints“What are you reading?” I’ll ask my mother, a friend or colleague. Partly I’m trolling for good titles, and partly I’m inviting them to tell me about their lives, what…
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Not as a I do
Categories: ViewpointsWe can be sure that the children and youth around us are observing our money habits, sometimes in surprising detail. On a shopping trip with my then young children, one…
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Our own best resource
Categories: ViewpointsWith its 225 congregations, Mennonite Church Canada has more “franchises” across the country than Future Shop and Best Buy combined, making us our own best resource.
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. How important is the Bible in your life? Do you think the church has lost its commitment to the Bible? Is your church presently wrestling with any passages of…
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Wrestling with our identity
Categories: Feature ArticlesAfter being called the Son of God at his baptism, Jesus was challenged by the devil, underscoring the connection between this identity and action: “If you are the Son of…
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Talking it out . . . in print
Categories: EditorialYou know you’re in a Mennonite home when you walk into the living room and see a copy of Canadian Mennonite on the coffee table.
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Blog of the Day: The Femonite
Hey there readers! In the last few weeks I’ve received lots of emails and suggestions of blogs to share. It’s now time to start passing some of these on so…
