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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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Coming home
Categories: Feature ArticlesIn my first year at Canadian Mennonite University, my first year away from home, I kept a running countdown to the Christmas holidays on the whiteboard stuck to my dorm…
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A father’s perspective on Advent
Categories: Feature ArticlesOur childhood returns to us through our children—especially in the season of Advent.
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What Advent means to me
Categories: Feature ArticlesAdvent means memories, traditions, plans, lists, emotions and thoughts. In my youth in western Canada, growing up in a Mennonite Brethren (MB) community, Advent was a season. It was not…
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Advent hymns and texts are disturbing.
Categories: Feature Articles“O come, O come Emmanuel,” a stock dirge of Advent, comes from a house of pain that once was, still is, and shall be again. The hymn is haunting. (HWB…
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Practice the peace we proclaim
Categories: EditorialWhile I appreciate the widespread support for Canadian Mennonite when we broke the story in our last edition regarding Canada Revenue Agency reminding us about “political partisanship” cited in two…
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At the Table
Pastor Ishiya met us at Fudoin station and we drove the ten minutes up the hills, through the back streets, until we arrived at a traditional Japanese house – Hiroshima…
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Arts & Worship: Dynamic Expressions (#2)
worship is about honest expression Part of having a dynamic faith involves a cultivating a habit of looking for God in every place. It means looking for God in how…
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The Peacebuilding Busker
Let me introduce you to today’s spotlight peacebuilder . Every night he heads out to the streets of Osborne Village in Winnipeg, Manitoba, takes out his guitar, lights a candle,…
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No offence!
Categories: UncategorizedWhat offends you? When should Christians be offended by what they see in the world around them, and how should they respond? Those questions were recently addressed in a Huffington…
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Christianity on the margins
Categories: UncategorizedCanadian Mennonite University took 12 students on a study tour to the United Kingdom this summer led by Professor Irma Fast Dueck. The students explored the theme of Christianity on…
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Mennonites and human rights
Categories: UncategorizedSheep, shepherds and wolves—that’s the metaphor Virgil O. Wiebe uses to describe how Mennonites have traditionally related to human rights. Wiebe, a professor from the Faculty of Law at the…
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Reconciling our vision of holiness with the reality of sin
Categories: ArtbeatIf the grim historical associations with words like “purity” and “cleansing” are any indication, then Sider is right to suggest that the church has had trouble reconciling the messiness of…
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First female Mennonite missionary went down with the Titanic
Categories: UncategorizedThis year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Throughout this commemorative year there has been much in-depth coverage of the Titanic but a little-known part of…
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New assignment in Burkina Faso
Categories: UncategorizedNancy Frey and Bruce Yoder are building a new home in Burkina Faso with their children Jeremiah and Deborah. In the capital city of Ouagadougou, the Frey Yoders connect with…
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Canadian Mennonite warned of political activities
Categories: UncategorizedA federal government agency has warned Canadian Mennonite about publishing material that could rally its readers to oppose specific politicians and political parties. A letter to the magazine from Canada…
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The paths and ditches of Biblical interpretation
Categories: UncategorizedPath #2: Context makes a difference By Rudy Baergen, Co-chair, Being a Faithful Church Task Force “Context makes a difference in how Scripture is interpreted, understood, and applied for faith and…
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MCC’s big building rationale not compelling
Categories: ViewpointsDuring a July interview, Rick Cober Bauman—head of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ontario—spoke with much enthusiasm about the $12-million Menno complex now under construction in Kitchener, Ont. At the end…
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