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Is our generosity thoughtful?
Categories: ViewpointsIt seems like generosity is all the rage these days. Many retail outlets support one or more charities and invite their customers to join in by giving an extra dollar…
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More than just giving
Categories: ViewpointsSeveral years ago, a former colleague asked a group of lay leaders in the church what they would expect to hear if their pastor ever talked about money in the…
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CIDA minister praises MEDA project
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe sustainable approach to economic development in Ethiopia by Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) was recognized recently by Julian Fantino, Canada’s minister for international cooperation. During his visit, Fantino met…
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Bogale Kebede: Apostle to the Kaffa
Categories: Feature ArticlesAs the notorious persecutor Saul of Tarsus was transformed by God’s grace and is now remembered as the “apostle to the gentiles,” so Bogale Kebede, charged and imprisoned for murder,…
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Whose voice are we?
Categories: EditorialOut of the many discussions at Canadian Mennonite’s annual board meeting recently in Lethbridge, Alta., came the call, once again, for some clarification on two issues: “Whose voice is Canadian…
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Welby installed as 105th Archbishop of Canterbury
Categories: Web FirstJustin Welby, the 57-year old former oil executive who quit the world of high finance in 1992 to become a priest, was enthroned Thursday (March 21) as the 105th archbishop…
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Pope Francis and the long shadow of Argentina’s “Dirty War”
Categories: Web FirstIn 1974, when the Rev. Jorge Bergoglio was the top Jesuit in his native Argentina, a former nightclub dancer named Isabel Peron came to head the nation – an accidental…
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My Response to Bill 18
When I was in grade 9 or 10 I remember a boy in my class, who wasn’t religious, asking several students if they “supported gay people” or if they thought…
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The Economic Crisis
This post first appeared on Issac and Wanda’s blog Life in Egypt. Visit the site for a full archive of their posts. Egypt usually appears in the news due to…
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Everyday Epics
More stories of the past at Kumomoto. Stories that complex-ify. Japan not as a cohesive, evil, military power all seeking destruction of neighbouring nations, but as a land of people…
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Bringing biblical themes to the big screen
Categories: UncategorizedDreaming big can be dangerous when you’ve got an obsessive personality. Once you’ve got a crazy idea, you need to make it happen. That’s a lesson Paul Plett learned after…
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Telling an old story through new music
Categories: UncategorizedJesse Krause, 27, spent nearly a year in total fashioning instruments out of whatever he could find and writing music based on biblical stories, all to tell an old story…
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Life in Egypt
Categories: UncategorizedYoung Voices is excited to welcome Isaac Friesen and Wanda Wall-Bergen as our newest bloggers. Isaac and Wanda are currently serving in Egypt with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) as foreign-language…
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Turning waste into food
Categories: Back PageWhere might you find coffee grounds, potato skins and egg shells mixed with meat, napkins and leftover spaghetti? Typically, beside other garbage in the dump. In fact, for years, this…
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A long row to hoe for an urban farmer
Categories: Uncategorized“The health of the land is probably the best indicator of the health of the covenant between God and God’s people.”
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Counting his chickens
Categories: UncategorizedNot many aspiring Alberta farmers find inspiration in Hawaii, but that is exactly what happened for 11-year-old Colin Brown of Carstairs, Alta. While on a family vacation three years ago,…
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Clocks a symbol of Mennonite heritage
Categories: ArtbeatMy cousin Arthur’s book about clocks of the Russian Mennonites, and about Kroeger clocks in particular, is the result of a life-long labour. He is the last in a Krueger/Kroeger…
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From computers to cash
Categories: UncategorizedIn his first year working in information technology (IT) in 1996, Nolan Andres was living at Conrad Grebel University College and his roommate was Tim Miller Dyck, later to become…
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Study guide explores ‘white privilege’ and racism
Categories: UncategorizedCanadians of European ancestry generally don’t pay much attention to the benefits and advantages they enjoy because of their skin colour. So says Sue Eagle, a director of Mennonite Central…
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