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Creating a village
Categories: EditorialRecently, our congregation discovered Facebook. “Discovered” isn’t quite the right word, of course, since many of us were already part of the online community reputed to have a mind-boggling billion…
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Beni Suef: Insider’s Edition
This post first appeared on Isaac and Wanda’s blog Life in Egypt I clearly recall our first visit to Beni Suef back in May 2011. We had been living in…
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April is Blog Month!
Hey guys — I’ve decided that April is Blog Month. In the next few weeks I am going to be scouring the internet in search of some unique blogs Mennonite…
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Beni Suef
This post first appeared on Isaac and Wanda’s blog Life in Egypt As we reach the two year point in our term, we look back on past blog entries and…
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Happy Easter
This post first appeared on Isaac and Wanda’s blog Life in Egypt Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he has given…
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First Day of School
This post first appeared on Isaac and Wanda’s blog Life in Egypt Winter has breathed its last breath in Egypt, as recent weather has been unusually warm. While we welcome…
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Meeting the Risen Lord in church
When I am in Vancouver, I am bad at going to church. I was better last year when my friend Rebecca and I would go, sharing ear buds and listening…
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A Berry Poem for the Season
I think that every season is a time to reflect, and that poetry is a great way to do that. The following poem I love in any season, but particularily…
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A beat to think about
Categories: UncategorizedIn the basement of Toronto’s Danforth Mennonite Church, two chairs and a laundry basket serve as a makeshift set. Two young actors repeat their lines over and over, practising how…
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Embracing the orphan at home
Categories: UncategorizedOn page 35 of the Jan. 21 issue, Thorpe wrote “Advocating for the orphan” about international adoption. Now she looks at local adoption, and the story of a young couple…
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Tragedy and comedy in Mennonite life
Categories: UncategorizedIt’s a Wednesday night and there is a good turnout at the St. Clair O’Connor Community, an intergenerational housing project in Toronto, where internationally renowned author Miriam Toews is present…
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Christian ethics for non-academics
Categories: ArtbeatThe late John Howard Yoder has long been recognized as an important Mennonite theologian, but his work has mostly been used by scholars and has not been readily accessible to…
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Children of imprisoned parents speak out
Categories: UncategorizedGovernment and media often brand people who have committed offences as “bad guys” to be feared and put away. But that’s not how their kids see them. In What Will…
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A victim’s voice: Wilma Derksen
Categories: UncategorizedIn 1984, Cliff and Wilma Derksen’s 13-year-old daughter Candace was abducted and murdered. The case was not solved until 2011. Below are excerpts of Wilma’s presentation to a parliamentary committee…
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‘Get smart on crime’
Categories: UncategorizedWhen John Hutton sees a person convicted of murder or assault, as he regularly does, he does not see a “bad guy” to be feared or reviled. Instead, he sees…
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‘What God is doing in our midst’
Categories: UncategorizedFrom a wind-damaged Bible camp in northern B.C. to a flooded town in North Dakota, and even to storm-ravaged New York City, British Columbians gave of their time and talents…
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Introducing the Future Directions Task Force
Categories: UncategorizedHow to financially sustain ministry is a topic of discussion for at least six national church bodies in Canada, including Mennonite Church Canada.
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The ‘Age of Spirit’
Categories: ViewpointsAmerican theologian Harvey Cox wrote a book called The Future of Faith, in which he presents three major stages in church history. The first was the “Age of Faith,” when…
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The gift of giving . . . a kidney
Categories: ViewpointsIt’s Easter and as Christians we celebrate the resurrection of Christ. God sent his Son to us to be crucified, to die and then to be raised from the dead.…
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What will you do for love?
Categories: ViewpointsWeddings are natural places where we think and talk about love. At the two weddings I attended recently, love was all over the place—in the words of the preacher, in…
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