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Seek the Peace of the City
The view was breathtaking. On a clear day, from the 52nd floor, they said we should be able to see Mount Fuji. It was too hazy that day, though. All…
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Intentional Communities: Words of Wisdom Pt.2
Last year I had the opportunity to interview numerous people living in intentional communities across Ontario. The following are words of experience and wisdom from people who strive to love…
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Charitable status – take it or leave it?
Well, I’m back after some time away from this blog, and I must admit, I’ve missed writing and posting here! For my first post back, I thought I’d weigh in…
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A Tale of Two Farms
We were on the island! The train had risen about the surface of the water out of the underwater tunnel that had taken us a half hour to traverse. We…
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Why the next pope should come from the Global South
Categories: Web FirstAs the 117 Roman Catholic cardinals walk into the Sistine Chapel next month for the election of a new pope, one hopes that they fully recognize the unfolding, dramatic pilgrimage…
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Poll: Bad sex a bigger problem for couples than religious differences
Categories: Web FirstUnchurched Americans have high expectations that they will have sex on Valentine’s Day. Lutherans, Presbyterians and other mainline Protestants? Not so much. A new study from the Washington-based Public Religion…
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Strangers seeking ashes
Categories: Web FirstThe church that I pastor sits on a busy corner in downtown Washington, D.C. It’s the kind of neighborhood where most people, whether they live or work in the area,…
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Come to prayer, come to well-being
Categories: Uncategorized“I want to talk to God, but I’m afraid ‘cause we ain’t spoke in so long.” (Kanye West, “Jesus Walks”) “Please talk to me / Won’t you please talk to…
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Peacebuilding through song
Categories: Uncategorized“Even in the smallest places can a garden grow.” This line from Noah Gunderson’s song, “Garden,” captures the essence of a CD recording tour with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Alberta…
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Human rights
Categories: Uncategorized“The states, parties to the present covenant, recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and…
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Digging deep
Categories: Back PageA typhoon, five million hungry people and no available funds for relief operations. When Peacebuilders Community Inc. (PBCI) faced that scenario late last year, staff rose to the challenge by…
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Like a punch in the gut
Categories: ArtbeatLooper is an independent, critically acclaimed, futuristic, neo-noir, time-travel thriller. By itself, this is a unique set of characteristics guaranteed to attract viewers like me.
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‘A good journey . . . a labour of love’
Categories: UncategorizedPaul M. Zehr is retiring after serving as chair of the editorial council of the Believers Church Bible Commentary (BCBC) series for more than 25 years. “While it’s been a…
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Leaving the liberal-conservative rut
Categories: UncategorizedAs a quiet first-year college student, I took a long, nervous walk down the dorm hallway, across a dimly lit ideological divide and into the room of the second-year student…
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Baptism the focus of trilateral dialogue
Categories: UncategorizedBuilding on years of separate bilateral dialogues between Mennonites and their Catholic and Lutheran counterparts, the three denominations began trilateral talks on the issue of baptism in Rome late last…
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‘A place at God’s table’
Categories: UncategorizedThe welcome offered at the communion table on Jan. 20 at Hope Mennonite Church signalled the congregation’s arrival at a significant milestone on what has been a long, winding and…
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New wine in new beer kegs
Categories: ViewpointsWhat would you do if a dead preacher left you $13,000?
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Resisting the pursuit of more
Categories: ViewpointsI really like our new phone. It’s a cream-coloured touch-tone, the kind with the handset that rests on a cradle. When I use it I have to stay in one…
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Our empathy needs to be tangible
Categories: ViewpointsThe Idle No More movement may exhilarate some while perplexing others. What it hopes to gain for aboriginal Canadians is probably clear, at least in broad strokes; what it means…
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