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Is the ban back?
Categories: EditorialIn our feature article, Carol Ann Weaver tells of two Mennonite evangelists who imposed a ban on musical instruments decades ago. It’s tempting to marvel at how utterly unenlightened such…
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The piano ban
Categories: Feature ArticlesOctober 22 was a normal Sunday. I had just arrived at Rockway Mennonite Church in Kitchener, Ont., when Conrad Brunk approached me. He is a fellow Rockway member, a former…
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Readers write: March 13, 2023 issue
Categories: OpinionConvenient pacifism In response to “Conscientious” (Jan. 30): Wherever religious Mennonites locate in the world, security is usually provided mostly by others. Others suffer and die in their place, while…
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Driving Miss Darcie
Categories: OpinionA few weeks ago I sent a text to a friend who I hadn’t seen for quite some time. Although we’d been in touch several times throughout the pandemic, we…
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La Crete river landing
Categories: Opinion“How did the North become the North?” asks historian Gerald Friesen. By the Second World War northern Canada was experiencing an influx of “new technology, money and people.” River landings…
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Belonging comes first
Categories: OpinionI remember a difficult church meeting at my fiancé’s congregation when I was an active participant in the young adult group. I don’t recall the topic, but I do recall…
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Practising for tragedy
Categories: OpinionIt’s no secret that there are gaps in our congregational song. In particular, gaps in the kinds of words we have available for moments of crisis, despair and loss. Voices…
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The pendulum, Hegel and Christ
Categories: OpinionSome have described history as a series of pendulum swings, oscillating from one extreme to the other, between tyranny and freedom, conservatism and liberalism, progress and tradition. It has also…
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Goodbye ‘model minority’
Categories: Opinion“I refuse to be your model minority,” Simu Liu tweeted. Liu played Jung Kim on the award-winning Canadian sitcom, Kim’s Convenience. This drama portrays a Korean immigrant family’s life in…
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Is it time to cancel cancel culture?
Categories: OpinionAt first I thought cancel culture was a good idea. The phenomenon, which emerged a handful of years ago, refers to “ending (or attempting to end) an individual’s career or…
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Invitation to freedom: A lenten practice
Categories: OpinionWho wants to talk about sin? Not me, that’s for sure. Most people I know are pretty stressed out; they want good news, not something that makes them feel worse.…
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Affirmation of new executive minister highlights B.C. AGM
Categories: NewsThe affirmation of a new executive minister highlighted the annual meeting of Mennonite Church B.C. at Peace Mennonite Church in Richmond on Feb. 25. Ninety-eight percent of delegates approved the…
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MC Canada executive minister visits Saskatchewan
Categories: NewsIn an effort to strengthen communication and relationships between the nationwide and regional churches, Doug Klassen, Mennonite Church Canada’s executive minister, paid a visit to Saskatchewan last month. He came,…
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Museum curator brings Mennonite identity and research to role
Categories: NewsAs Roland Sawatzky gives a tour through The Manitoba Museum, his eyes light up and his hands animatedly point out the highlights and features of each gallery. It’s clear he’s…
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Tips for foster and adoptive parents
Categories: NewsWhile parenting can be a struggle, parenting through foster care or adoption has extra challenges, says Jenn Hook in Thriving Families. Her experience as a counsellor with a foster-care…
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MC Canada climate action update
Categories: NewsIn a meeting on Jan. 30, 2022, Mennonite Church Canada’s governing body, Joint Council, affirmed climate action as a nationwide ministry emphasis. Eight days later, MC Canada published a document…
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MC Canada appoints associate executive minister
Al Rempel began serving as associate executive minister of Mennonite Church Canada on March 1. He will work closely with church leadership ministers across the nationwide church in the encouragement…
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MDS Canada returning to Cape Breton
Although thousands of fallen trees were cleaned up by Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers after Hurricane Fiona struck the Maritimes last fall, and some roofs were patched or tarped, the…
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Saskatoon’s only MCC Thrift store moves to new location
Saskatoon’s Village Green Thrift Shop held a grand opening celebration at its new location in Saskatoon on Feb. 11. The all-in-one location, situated on 33rd Street, takes the place of…
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Land, reconciliation doc showing in Winnipeg this weekend
Categories: Web FirstA new documentary exploring questions of land and reconciliation in rural Saskatchewan will have its Manitoba premiere in Winnipeg this weekend. Custodians: A Story of Ancient Echoes is showing on…
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