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CMU student hopes for stability and reconciliation in Congo
Categories: UncategorizedShadrack Mutabazi is a Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) student who is trying to concentrate on his studies in spite of the trauma that plagues his family and his country. Mutabazi…
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Sommerfeld Church pulls out of MCC
Categories: UncategorizedAt a Brotherhood meeting in Altona, Man. last November, the Sommerfeld Mennonite Church decided to withdraw as one of the member churches of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). The church—made up…
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Putting faith in action through meat canning
Categories: UncategorizedElaine Dueck, 15, eagerly anticipates the annual 64-hour around-the-clock meat canning operations when Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) mobile meat canner comes to her home community.
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Lorraine Roth’s collection finds archival home
Categories: UncategorizedA lifetime of persistent and meticulous research into the lives and family histories of Amish Mennonites has been donated to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario at Conrad Grebel University College…
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Bethel Mennonite Church celebrates 75 Years
Categories: UncategorizedIn 1937, a tired and aging Rev. Benjamin Ewert sat in the old Eaton’s waiting room in downtown Winnipeg. As young people drifted through, he studied their faces to see…
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Saskatoon MEDA chapter hears about Ghana
Categories: UncategorizedAlthough the Saskatoon chapter of MEDA is considered to be a small group, their dreams to help others are big. Each year, this group of business people raises money for…
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The paths and ditches of Biblical interpretation
Categories: UncategorizedPath #12: Grace and justice for the vulnerable By Laura Loewen, Being a Faith Church Task Force member Jesus is portrayed as “consistently interpreting Scripture in reference to, and with…
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The Bible is theological
Categories: ViewpointsIn our denomination we give less and less attention to the practice of theology. One wonders why. Perhaps it is because we falsely believe theology to be a strictly “academic”…
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Scripture in the postmodern shift
Categories: ViewpointsThere are numerous schemas that map out differing views of Scripture. One of the most straightforward suggests everyone believes the Bible is either: fully divine, or
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New eyes
Categories: ViewpointsWhen my friend told me she was knitting a scarf for her husband, I foolishly exclaimed, “But you don’t knit!” Foolish, I say, because she should know if she knits…
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Let’s NOT just have a quick prayer!
Categories: Viewpoints“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom…” (Proverbs 9:10)
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New president believes value in Bible-based education
Categories: Feature ArticlesBryan Born, the new president of Columbia Bible College sees his goal as equipping and encouraging the students to become “fully devoted followers of Jesus,” and that means more than…
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Ank de Vlas: A life devoted to Kenya’s runners and students
Categories: Feature ArticlesIn recent decades, young people from the Kalenjin community in the highlands of Kenya have dominated all levels of competitive athletic running events around the world. They have been described…
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Forming content in 2013
Categories: EditorialAs one year ends and another begins, the pundits package the highlights of the past and out of that attempt to project something of what lies ahead. It’s as if…
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On not buying Buy Nothing Christmas
Christmas is by now long over and I am, as always, sad about it. I love the candles, the cookies, the darkness complete and frozen outside the window, and the…
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Opening thoughts with Miriam Toews
This past November, Miriam Toews gave a keynote address at the International Festival of Authors in Toronto. In the address she discussed the idea of national literature, and, more interestingly…
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Local Peacebuilder Nominations Wanted
Come the new year I will be continueing a column called ‘Peacebuilder Profiles’, where we will hear the stories of Mennonite peacebuilders in our communities. A number of weeks ago…
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Miracles Are Possible
At this point in the Mennonite Church, the miracle of God’s son being born into this world. can be considered a common conversation. It is one of the major stories…
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Salt in the Fire
Over the last year or so, I’ve appreciated the paintings, poetry, and musings of Jan Richardson on her blog, paintedprayerbook.com. Recently, one post caught my attention, “Salted with Fire.” In…
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