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Activists hail release of pastor, teen
Categories: Web FirstReligious rights activists are hailing the release over the weekend of an Iranian pastor accused of apostasy and a Pakistani girl who was charged with blasphemy. Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani was released…
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Congo religious leaders seek to build awareness of war
Categories: Web FirstA delegation of religious leaders from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is visiting the U.S and Canada as part of a tour seeking to build awareness of a re-emerging…
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Former MCC executive joins MWC as fundraiser
Categories: Web FirstArli Klassen, formerly executive director of the binational Mennonite Central Committee before its reorganization earlier this year into a Canadian and US entity, will serve as Development Manager for Mennonite…
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Argentina addresses need for non-sexist language
Categories: Web FirstThe World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) said it welcomes a plan by Argentina’s National University of Entre Rios to oversee a seminar on “subjective construction of gender in the…
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Friday News Wrap-up: Obama invokes Lincoln
Categories: Web FirstBarack Obama invoked Abraham Lincoln in Thursday’s speech in which he accepted his party’s nomination for president. “I have been driven to my knees many times by the overwhelming conviction…
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Introduction to NARPI
NARPI stands for Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute and is run through collaboration among several organizations across South Korea, Japan, and China. Their goal is to meet regularly for several…
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‘Winds of the Spirit’ blow through the Global South
Categories: Web First – OpinionAnabaptist churches in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have grown rapidly in recent years, while membership and attendance numbers in North American and European churches have declined. In Winds of the…
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Industrial or Ecclesiastical?
It took two weeks and some intense times together, but by the second “cultural night” of NARPI (Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute), groups were no longer isolated by country or…
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COMMENTARY: Republicans’ descent into nihilism
Categories: Web FirstWhat a revealing end to a disturbing political convention. An actor who built a career on pretending to be a tough guy talked to an empty chair, pretending it was…
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Unification Church founder dies at 92
Categories: Web FirstThe Rev. Sun Myung Moon, revered as a messiah within his Unification Church but regarded by many others as a vain and enigmatic man who blessed mass weddings, built a…
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Marching to Zion
Categories: UncategorizedThe streets are packed. Hordes of people move at once, criss-crossing over the smooth stone streets and deftly navigating down many stairs. Vendors shouting in Arabic call from all sides,…
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Vision of an Icy River
My friend once wrote me an email, saying that she had been praying for me. While she had been praying for me, she saw a vision, and wrote to share…
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On ‘coupledom’ and singleness
Since we’re getting near the end of wedding season (which has been far less hectic for me this year – I was only invited to one wedding!), I thought I’d…
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Strangers and Pianos
I believe that one of the great joys in life is meeting strangers. Sometimes strangers are kindred spirits. Sometimes strangers are a window from a world you don’t understand, but…
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Always the guest, never the groom
Categories: UncategorizedLast year, a few of my cousins and a bunch of the friends I made growing up in church, in high school and during my time studying at Canadian Mennonite…
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Journeying to foreign lands
Categories: UncategorizedAll the anticipation in the world cannot prepare someone for the experience of leaving home to live in a foreign country for a period of time, even though one understands…
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Swords and ploughshares
Categories: Uncategorized“To live in the Holy Land, you must be crazy, or you must believe in miracles,” farmer Daoud Nassar tells our group assembled in a cave just outside of Bethlehem.…
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Food distribution helps widow reclaim dignity
Categories: Back PageFor Sara Doua of Bamako, Mali, receiving a three-month ration means she no longer has to go door-to-door asking her neighbours for food.
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Rempel launches her new book, Please Pass the Faith
Categories: ArtbeatElsie Rempel, Mennonite Church Canada Formation Consultant, launched her new book, Please Pass the Faith, at Mennonite Church Canada Assembly 2012 in Vancouver. The book explores “spiritual grandparenting” as an…
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The best coach I ever had
Categories: UncategorizedThe spring after I turned 15, Sam cornered me in the hallway of Steinmann Mennonite Church and said, “You’re playing church league ball this summer.” It was more of an…
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