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With Petraeus, echoes of that other warrior David
Categories: ViewpointsIt’s tempting to view the sex scandal surrounding retired Army Gen. David Petraeus through a religious lens. After all, most faiths forbid adultery, and even before his fall from grace,…
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Church’s “green team” turns into area church initiative
Categories: UncategorizedIn an attempt to help their church become more environmentally friendly, Emmanuel Mennonite Church has done some environmental audits and proposals. The ideas proposed have became a basis for a…
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Fighting against ourselves
Categories: UncategorizedI remember standing at the entrance to the cathedral in the German city of Muenster, gazing upwards at the metal cages suspended from the bell tower. I listened as my…
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Banana trees and justice
Categories: UncategorizedWhen I was asked to write an article for Canadian Mennonite, I did not know where to start. I have so many stories to tell, but these stories are complicated,…
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Healthy living begins with wholesome food at Sam’s Place
Categories: UncategorizedPackages of beans, tomatoes, carrots, apples and pesto fill the freezers at Sam’s Place, a used book store, café and performing arts venue in the Winnipeg neighbourhood of Elmwood.
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Courage for Lydia
Categories: ArtbeatElementary school student Lydia Herrle was thrown 25 metres after being hit by a truck as she stepped off her school bus in front of her family’s Country Farm Market…
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‘Job’ sings the blues
Categories: ArtbeatRoss Muir, managing editor of Canadian Mennonite, penned the lyrics to his blues’ opera, Job’s Blues, during one of the happiest times of his life, in 1988. The idea had…
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A compelling narrative of Russian Mennonites’ darkest hour
Categories: ArtbeatThis personal narrative of one of the darkest hours for Russian Mennonites, suffering unspeakably under the repression of a ruthless regime, is one of the most compelling I have read.…
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“My great-grandfather was a Mennonite:”
Categories: UncategorizedAlthough Odette Mukole has surely told her story hundreds of times, she speaks softly. She is patient, humble and gracious.
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Ukraine oak ‘grandchild’ planted at M.E.I.
Categories: UncategorizedThe Chortitza oak, a large tree that has stood in Ukraine for over 700 years, continues living on in a new generation on the campus of Mennonite Educational Institute (M.E.I.)…
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Mothers and daughters learn about HIV in Tanzania
Categories: UncategorizedTears flow freely at Binti Mama (daughter/mother) gatherings as mothers and their teenage daughters talk openly about issues such as HIV and AIDS. Led by an intergenerational team of students,…
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Snow, warning letter and study enthusiasm
Categories: UncategorizedA blast of winter welcomed Mennonite Church Canada leaders to Edmonton’s First Mennonite Church for the annual fall leadership assembly Nov. 7-10. Most travellers managed to be on time, and…
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Jubilee is the standard for both business and pastors
Categories: UncategorizedProclaiming Jubilee is the mission and vision of both the congregation and Mennonite-owned business, David Miller told a workshop of business leaders and pastors when Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA)…
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The paths and ditches of Biblical interpretation
Categories: UncategorizedPath # 7 Holy Spirit and interpretive community By Robert J. Suderman, Being a Faithful Church Task Force member “It is the Holy Spirit who guides the interpretive community in…
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Beyond politics
Categories: ViewpointsI’m a sucker for politics. I read the papers, stay up late on election nights and get far too emotionally involved. But at the same time, I maintain a fundamental…
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More room for awe and wonder
Categories: Viewpoints“Are you excited about the new IKEA store?” asked the woman I was visiting. Sheepishly I confessed that I was and then added, “Even though there is nothing I need…
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Who’s talking to your kids?
Categories: ViewpointsWe are bombarded with thousands of advertising messages every day. As we approach the holidays it seems everywhere we turn we’re being targeted. Radio, TV, billboards, newspapers, magazines, pop-up ads…
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‘Sir, we would like to see Jesus’
Categories: ViewpointsThe above request came to Philip from “Greeks” who had come to celebrate the Passover in Jerusalem. Whether the question came out of their curiosity about the triumphal entry or…
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Readers write
Categories: ViewpointsNew Mennonite building can provide synergy Re: MCC’s big building rationale not compelling.
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. What are some of your warm “waiting for Christmas” memories? What is it about Advent and Christmas family traditions that make them so special? Do you have negative memories…
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