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MC B.C. sees ‘life in the comma’
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite Church B.C. managed to accomplish in one day what used to take two.
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‘Hear O people’
Categories: UncategorizedAt times, there seemed to be more questions than answers. But for those in attendance at the Mennonite Church Saskatchewan delegate sessions at the end of February, there was also…
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Church being pushed and pulled in many directions
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite Church Manitoba is at a critical juncture as it faces issues that reflect changing times.
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Pastor concerned about financial health of wider church
Categories: UncategorizedGordon Allaby is grateful for the services his wider church provides. But he is deeply concerned about how charitable giving is changing.
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Gardening delights over generations
Categories: ViewpointsWith spring just around the corner, most of us are looking forward to seeing the last of the snow disappear as we savour warmer temperatures, longer days and shorter nights,…
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No business trying to be ‘balanced’
Categories: ViewpointsBrowsing through the Nov. 26, 2012, issue of Canadian Mennonite, Dick Benner’s review of Red Quarter Moon on page 30, and Kholoud Al Ajarma’s “Banana trees and justice” piece in…
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The labels we wear
Categories: ViewpointsWhat are you wearing right now? What does the label say? Chances are, it boxes you somehow—possibly in your own eyes, but definitely in the eyes of others. The labels…
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My troubled affinity with radicals
Categories: ViewpointsI watched shaky video footage on the Internet. A person in a forest in Texas walked out in front of a dinosaur-like machine that was biting large trees and ripping…
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‘Interesting time to be the church’
Categories: ViewpointsWhen people ask me how my work is going, I often begin my response with the phrase, “This is an interesting time to be the church!”
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. What powerful stories have you heard in your congregation? Who did the telling? What was the setting? What made the story powerful? How did it influence the teller or…
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Storytelling and the people of God
Categories: Feature ArticlesReading the Bible for ethics calls for a new approach to community. Above all else, it calls for the centrality of storytelling: storytelling at the centre of the community, between…
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What about this Bible?
Categories: EditorialNot in recent history have we paid so much attention to the Bible in our faith community.
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Stories of Salvation
Blame. Hatred. Lament. Ignorance. Shame. Defense. It might just seem like stories of the past, but the struggle for history brings out deep feelings, as I discovered in our visit…
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Life in Bethlehem: an interview
With Christmas having come and gone, I would guess that not many of us are thinking about the “little town” of Bethlehem these days. Even at Christmas-time, many of us…
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From thesis to exhibition
Categories: UncategorizedWhen I interviewed her in her studio overlooking Winnipeg’s historic Exchange District, artist Chantel Mierau was hard at work putting together materials for her first-ever solo exhibit. The video installation…
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Now that I have seen, I am responsible
Categories: UncategorizedOn my recent two-week visit to Palestine/Israel, I had the pleasure of meeting the renowned author and archbishop, Elias Chacour. Referring to the Israeli occupation of his homeland, Father Chacour…
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Surviving in a wilderness of doubt
Categories: UncategorizedDoubt is common to everyone, but it seems to be especially so for young adults, since we are the ones who are starting our own independent lives and have uncertainties…
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All this and more
Categories: Uncategorized“This will be my last year!” say the 16-year-olds, sadly bemoaning the fact that after this summer they will be too old for Ontario Mennonite Music Camp, held each summer…
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