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Skinny dipping sacrilege: commentary
Categories: Web FirstOK, so like I’m on vacation in Maine and you’re pondering the fate of Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.), but what would we do without those crack investigative reporters at Politico,…
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UCC boycotts Israel-produced products
Categories: Web FirstThe United Church of Canada, the country’s largest Protestant denomination, has approved a recommendation to boycott products produced in Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory. The intent is to bring…
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Cardinal Dolan defends Obama invitation
Categories: Web FirstNew York Cardinal Timothy Dolan defended his invitation of President Obama to the annual Al Smith Dinner in October, saying he is trying to encourage civility and dialogue amid a…
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A Tale of Two Catholics
Categories: Web FirstFor the first time in U.S. history, both sides of the ballot include Roman Catholics: Democrats’ Vice President Joe Biden, and Republicans’ newly named vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan. Ryan,…
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Amish-Mennonite pastor convicted of abetting kidnapping
Categories: Web FirstA Vermont jury found an Amish-Mennonite pastor guilty Tuesday (Aug. 14) of abetting an international kidnapping to keep a young girl from her lesbian parent. Virginia pastor Kenneth Miller, of…
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Russian punk band found guilty of ‘hooliganism’ and ‘religious hatred’
Categories: Web FirstA Moscow court found three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot guilty of “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred” today (Aug. 17) for a guerrilla performance in Moscow’s main…
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Kwitsel Tatel jailed for ‘resisting assault’
Categories: Web FirstIn another of many court trials for Kwitsel Tatel, the aboriginal mother of two charged with illegal possession of fish, was jailed here July 25, along with her son, before…
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Legacies of Hiroshima
It’s hard to hear the stories. The images are sickening. My imagination cannot grasp the kind of suffering the people of Hiroshima endured and even survived. My faith in humanity…
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59 cents: a symbolic gesture
I’ve been impressed with the campaign begun earlier this summer by several Canadian Mennonite University and Canadian School of Peacebuilding students in response to the government’s plans to cut funding…
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War and Peace through Taxes
While studying in Harrisonburg, Virginia, I was fortunate to have work on campus. What I didn’t realize when taking the job that I would have an ethical dilemma. If I…
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MCC Manitoba teaches global awareness
Categories: UncategorizedFrom Vacation Bible School to Bible camp, many children participate in a variety of different activities during the summer. This year, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Manitoba offered a program in…
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Graduate students pursue faith-based education
Categories: UncategorizedIt’s fairly common for young Canadian Mennonites to attend one of the Mennonite institutions for their undergraduate studies, but many young Mennonites are heading back to school to pursue the…
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Telling stories of sexual violence
Categories: UncategorizedIn Canada 1,397 sexual assaults occur every day, according to the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women. In the United States nearly one in five women reported experiencing…
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Young couple to lead church plant in Germany
Categories: UncategorizedJennifer Otto and Gregory Rabus, from Ontario and Connecticut respectively, have accepted an invitation to lead an urban church plant in southern Germany in partnership with the Verband deutscher Mennonitengemeinden…
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Sharing what they have gained
Categories: UncategorizedThe way Ken Bechtel, Wanner Mennonite Church historian, puts it, the “175” in this year’s celebration refers only to the construction of the first dedicated church building. The congregation had…
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God is not in the violence
Categories: ArtbeatIs the New Testament inherently violent? What does Jesus’ brutal death on the cross mean to persons holding a more passive view of non-resistance? How does one seriously read the…
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Recognizing God at work
Categories: UncategorizedAfter 12 years as Mennonite Church Eastern Canada’s conference minister, Muriel Bechtel will be moving into retirement this summer. On June 24 she also celebrated 20 years since her ordination,…
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MCC material aid reaches Syrian refugees in Jordan
Categories: UncategorizedMennonite Central Committee (MCC) continues to address needs of refugees fleeing from increasing violence in Syria. Caritas Jordan, an MCC partner, is distributing comforters, relief kits, school kits and hygiene…
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Portage Mennonite Church closes
Categories: UncategorizedFor over 35 years “the little church that could” nurtured faith, built community, and sent many of its members out into the wider world to work in with MCC, Canadian…
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Bricks and mortar
Categories: ViewpointsThe new $12-million complex Mennonite Central Committee Ontario (MCCO) is building in Kitchener will fit the more-with-less ethos, says Rick Cober Bauman, MCCO’s executive director. “But,” he adds, “it is…
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