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Mennonites learn about First Nations worldview
Categories: UncategorizedIn preparation for next September’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Christians in B.C. gathered to learn about the First Nations worldview. Brander McDonald, Mennonite Church B.C.’s Indigenous Relations Coordinator, led an…
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Challenging the Icon of Mary
Categories: UncategorizedWhen I think of Mary, the chosen mother of Christ, I think of one iconic image. I think of the Catholic version of the eternal virgin on a pedestal. This…
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Westgate students explore religious practices
Categories: UncategorizedPraying 25 times over the course of five days will change the way you look at God, yourself and others. Just ask Maddy Loewen. This past June, the student at…
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Roadblocks for Christmas
Categories: Back PageOn his way to church last Christmas Eve, Todd Hanson found the police had erected roadblocks to facilitate crowd control. Hanson lives in Chengdu, China, where he and his wife…
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New source documents in Mennonite history
Categories: ArtbeatWhat happens when an ethno-religious group feels their way of life is threatened? For over a century, before the October 1917 revolution in Russia, Mennonites in Ukraine had considerable independence…
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Congolese flee as rebel army controls city
Categories: UncategorizedMany of the people displaced when rebel group M23 recently took control of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo had already been displaced a number of times earlier this…
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Housing project visualizes new model of care
Categories: UncategorizedOver the last number of years the St. Clair O’Connor Community (SCOC) Board has reviewed and renewed its mission statement and constitution. Through these evaluations many questions were raised about…
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The paths and ditches of Biblical interpretation
Categories: UncategorizedPath # 8: We are part of a larger story of “God’s love affair with the world.” By Willard Metzger, Being a Faithful Church Task Force member “Scripture calls us…
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Is theology biblical?
Categories: ViewpointsIn our denomination the academic discipline known as theology is given a lofty position. But when I look at the influences that have formed me as a Christian, theology is…
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A funeral state of mind
Categories: ViewpointsAt the risk of sounding creepy, I like the way we Mennonites do funerals. Specifically, I like the way people act during the funerals and for a few hours after…
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A gospel shaped for me?
Categories: ViewpointsThere’s no end of hand-wringing these days in our churches of how to keep young adults interested. The “next” generation is leaving the church faster than hockey fans from a…
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Readers write
Categories: ViewpointsContinue the critique Re: “‘Political reminder’ disturbing,” Editorial (Nov. 12, 2012, page 2).
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. Wendy and Phil Reimer describe some instances when God intervened in the lives of Christians. Can you think of similar experiences that you or other Christians have had? Why…
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Learning from my Grosspa about the voice of God
Categories: Feature ArticlesIn my earliest recollection Jacob Janzen was 60-something. He was not the oldest person I knew and rather undistinguished. He came walking tiredly up the sidewalk to the house in…
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Distinguishing the voice of God can be difficult
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe following articles are from a presentation by Wendy and Phil Dyck at Rockway Mennonite Church several months ago.
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Thank you!
Categories: EditorialAs I write this last editorial of 2012, I am overcome with gratitude.
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Chris Koelle: Religious Art Reborn
Chris Koelle: Religious Art Reborn Web: http://chriskoelle.com/ & http://silveragency.net/ Bio Chris Koelle is an artist and illustrator living in Greenville, South Carolina with his wife Annie and son Marshall. The…
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Mennonite musicians raise funds for Winnipeg women’s shelter
Categories: UncategorizedAfter a Winnipeg shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence lost out on $450,000 from the city, local recording artist and record label manager Michael Petkau Falk decided to…
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MCC facing funding gap for chaplaincy service
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Central Committee’s chaplaincy programs in Alberta and Ontario are facing a fund gap following the Canadian government’s decision to change how it supports community chaplaincy services for ex-prisoners. MCC’s…
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Church of England rejects women bishops
Categories: Web FirstIn a surprise move that shocked both sides of a years-long debate, the Church of England on Tuesday (Nov. 20) rejected an expected move to allow women bishops, preserving the…
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