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Camp Squeah offers indigenous education
Categories: UncategorizedWith its very name meaning “place of refuge” in the local Salish dialect and its location on Sto:lo territory, Camp Squeah has always felt an innate connection with first nations.…
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‘Camp with a purpose’ at Willowgrove
Categories: UncategorizedAs a parent, you know that for your son or daughter to be successful in life they need to be well rounded. They need to be strong academically, but also…
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Finding God in the ‘thin places’
Categories: Uncategorized“I’m a better person when I get home from camp.”
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Why invest in camping?
Categories: UncategorizedAs Hidden Acres prepared to introduce and inform our many supporters about our new Camper Subsidy Fund at our 50th anniversary benefit concert I had a few butterflies in my…
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MWC beefing up online presence
Categories: ArtbeatLast year, the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) General Council approved a global communication strategy calling for changes in the reach, frequency, form and content of the organization’s communications. Undergirding the…
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‘Stayed on thee’
Categories: UncategorizedBill Block has more than 1,300 sermons that sit in his bottom filing cabinet drawer, evidence of his many years of working for the Mennonite church as a pastor, chaplain…
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Student hospitality transcends borders
Categories: UncategorizedThe hallways at Westgate Mennonite Collegiate in Winnipeg were abuzz with excitement. Eight students and their teacher, Emil Haloun, had arrived from Mar Elias High School in Ibillin, Israel, to…
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From pieces to peace
Categories: UncategorizedJan. 26 is Australia Day, the equivalent of Canada Day. Over the Australia Day weekend the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand held its biennial conference in Sydney with…
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The professionalization factor
Categories: ViewpointsI addressed the “priority problem” of Bible reading in the lives of many Christians in my last article. Here, I want to address the “professionalization factor,” which is what happens…
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Less please: Pop theology for Lent
Categories: ViewpointsThe customary practice of self-sacrifice during Lent carries tinges of earnest piety and religious compunction. It can feel like a moral “heavy.” But it also has a certain appeal.
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What are your vices?
Categories: Viewpoints“What are your vices?” Now there’s a conversation starter.
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Summer camp: More than a facility
Categories: ViewpointsSummer camp had a very significant influence on my life. I remember being nervous before attending for the first time at age six, and I found the idea of going…
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Hearing Jesus as songwriter
Categories: ViewpointsIn the 1930s, Woody Guthrie took a song by Albert Brumley and adapted it for fellow Oklahomans fleeing the “dust bowl.”
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Readers write
Categories: ViewpointsHow to stretch our ‘peace’ taxes Re: “Are we paying for peace or war?” by Ernie Unger, Jan. 21, page, 12.
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. Who in your congregation takes a leadership role in interpreting the Bible? How do they acquire that role? What happens if anyone challenges their interpretation? Who has been most…
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Power and community
Categories: Feature ArticlesReading the Bible for ethics is an act of power. Reading the Bible for ethics is about using the language and images of the Bible to transform ourselves and those…
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A hidden darkness
Categories: EditorialWhile the Mennonite faith community has sometimes been contentiously consumed over the past two decades with one aspect of sexuality—homosexuality and same-sex marriage—another darker side has quietly escaped our notice:…
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Venting and vetting: The brutal side of papal politics
Categories: Web FirstIf you want a crash course on how papal politics really works, look no further than the saga of Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien. On Friday, Britain’s most senior Catholic cleric…
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Zimbabwe’s gang rape coming back to haunt
Categories: Web FirstWhen Robert Mugabe clung to power after Zimbabwe’s 2008 election he was quick to wield the power of the law and the authority of the state, reported Anna Maria Tremonti…
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Quebec loses status as Canada’s most secular province
Categories: Web FirstA new poll suggests Quebecers are no longer among the least religious residents of Canada. The reason? Quebecers are now slightly more likely to feel an “attachment to religion” than…
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