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Anabaptist footprints, fingerprints
Categories: ViewpointsOn a cold, windy afternoon, the first snow is falling outside my office window. For many, this is a depressing sight, especially so early in October, but for me it…
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For Discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. Carol Penner says, “sinning against our neighbours once removed just doesn’t feel so bad.” Do you agree? Who might be a “neighbour once removed”? What might be some examples…
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Peace to our neighbour once removed
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhen I was little, I remember my dad explaining our relatives to us: “She’s my cousin, twice removed.” It’s an expression that talks about a relationship that is a bit…
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Injustice ‘once removed’
Categories: EditorialJust as Carol Penner, in our lead article calling us to account on Remembrance Day, persuasively makes the case that killing is killing even though it is “once removed,” so…
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Arts & Worship: Deprived at Church (#1)
A blog reader recently sent me an email asking if I would write about my experiences with arts in the church (Thanks Michael Turman). Being an artist in many ways,…
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EMU trained new president of Somalia
Categories: Web FirstThe new president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, deepened his understanding of building peace in traumatized societies in three classes taken at the 2001 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) held at…
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EMU grad brings trauma-healing to Somalia
Categories: Web FirstA graduate of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), as well as the center’s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program, is playing a key role in…
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Hellbound?: Columbia Bible College Graduate Makes a Documentary about Hell
Categories: ArtbeatRecently released to wide critical acclaim across the U.S. and Canada, Hellbound? is the brainchild of filmmaker Kevin Miller, a graduate of Columbia Bible College and resident of Abbotsford, BC,…
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National church consults young adults
Categories: UncategorizedYoung adults have a lot to say about the future of the church—and the wider church is listening. Mennonite Church Canada and the five area churches invited eight young adults…
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Of competition and community
Categories: UncategorizedGrowing up playing sports, Brad Thiessen occasionally heard the stereotype that Christians are too meek to care about competing at a high level and winning games. “I think [some] people…
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Visiting the Children of Guatemala
Categories: UncategorizedFor 11 years Rachel Potter de Reyes, a missionary from Scotland, has worked in Guatemala with Mike Black Ministries. Initiated in January 1990 by Pastor Mike Black and his wife,…
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Team Farmall’s Mechanical Hoedown: Square Dancing Tractors as Performance Art
“Swing your partner ‘round and ‘round” used to be a predictable slogan, conjuring up images of people square dancing in a barn to jigs and reels, but this is no…
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Destination Winnipeg
Categories: UncategorizedWe returned to Canada July 18, 2011, after spending six years teaching at the International Christian School in Hong Kong. My husband Dave and I moved into a condo in…
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A ‘cash cow’ or an opportunity to share with others?
Categories: ArtbeatOne businessman had a hard time getting his head around the idea of the Mennonite Girls Can Cook authors giving all their royalties to charity. Charlotte Penner and her husband,…
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Elsie Cressman, pioneer missionary and midwife, dies
Categories: UncategorizedFuneral services were held Sept. 23, for Elsie Cressman, a former Eastern Mennonite Missions worker in East Africa, who died Sept. 11. Cressman was known for her work among leprosy…
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Reclaimed hotel becomes intentional community
Categories: UncategorizedBy turning a former flophouse into a cozy community living space, young adults in Abbotsford have found a way to recycle and build community at the same time.
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Being a Faithful Church
Categories: UncategorizedToo often, Christians use scripture in unhelpful ways to advance a particular point of view. As Mennonite Church Canada we want to honour Scripture and use it with integrity. Since…
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Conversation with a Republican pastor
Categories: ViewpointsAmerica is again ablaze with partisan divisiveness. As two men square off to be king of the biggest castle on earth, I am both captivated and disturbed by the crescendo…
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Being God’s architecture
Categories: ViewpointsThe world is full of amazing architectural creations and the most impressive stuff takes the longest to pull off. Barcelona, Spain’s famous Sagrada Familia church began construction in 1882—they hope…
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