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Chill settles over relations between Ottawa and church agencies
Categories: UncategorizedUnlike the directors of many non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Jennifer Henry can speak freely. She’s the head of Kairos, a social justice organization representing seven of Canada’s largest denominations, including Mennonites.…
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Hutterite author inspires heritage retreat
Categories: Uncategorized“Interesting!” “Informative!” “Inspiring!” were immediate responses to the question, “What did you think of the day?” Well over 100 participants, most of them over 60, participated in the annual Alberta…
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A Bible full of stewardship
Categories: ViewpointsI have been fortunate not to have to wear glasses to correct my vision for most of my life. But like many others who have reached a certain age, I…
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Wedding gifts
Categories: ViewpointsOn a lovely summer day 36 years ago, my husband and I were married in an outdoor service at our church camp. Standing beside him and facing our family and…
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A lost cause?
Categories: ViewpointsI don’t think I am delusional, but as the leader of a national church, I sometimes feel as though I am romanticizing a lost cause. I serve a collective within…
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Stitch by Stitch, Seed by Seed
Categories: Feature ArticlesMennonite women in Canada have sown seeds of peace while they sewed blankets for relief, and they celebrated 60 years of service on July 14 when 130 women gathered for…
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Bring back discipling and wisdom
Categories: Feature Articles“Never in Canada’s 150 year history has an emerging generation been exposed to such an explosion of change and choice,” Tim Froese said in his “Scripture in Exile” workshop Saturday…
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Many young adult delegates attend Assembly
Categories: Feature ArticlesMany people remark that it’s difficult to get young adults interested and involved in church. But that wasn’t the case for the 44 registered young adults at the 2012 Mennonite…
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Dusting off our DVD collection
Categories: Feature ArticlesFilm has become the most important entertainment medium of this time and can shed light on scripture, said Vic Thiessen, Chief Administrative Officer at Mennonite Church Canada, in his workshop,…
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Reading the Bible with the damned
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe Bible was primarily written for the damned, proclaimed Gareth Brandt provocatively during a roving workshop called, “Word on the Street” on Friday afternoon. The nine participants went on an…
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She is fighting a lonely battle
Categories: Feature ArticlesShe wept as she told her gripping story of being criminalized by the Canadian government for exercising her indigenous rights to fish from the Fraser River. And she drummed a…
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“We are the ones calling for blame”
Categories: Feature ArticlesJesus plays the role of scapegoat so that we don’t have to hate, kill and blame each other for those sins, observed Rose Graber in discussing the “Three Views of…
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Year-end changed as overall revenues continue to fall
Categories: Feature ArticlesRandy Wiebe, Mennonite Church Canada’s CFO, reported to delegates at Assembly 2012 that while total revenues increased by $55,000 over the previous year, the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2012…
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Writing in the dust
Categories: Feature ArticlesWe know of Jesus writing only once, Tom Yoder Neufeld told the Mennonite Church Canada Assembly gathered here for Sunday morning worship. Urging his listeners to use more than the…
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Assembly 2012: a many-splendored thing
Categories: EditorialIt’s difficult to pinpoint just what made Assembly 2012 in Vancouver earlier this month a standout. Its rich textured fabric made it a many-splendored thing that made you want to…
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On “emerging adults”
As someone in my late 20s, I don’t really consider myself a “young adult” anymore, yet I keep encountering that ambiguous label. In a recent CBC Doc Zone documentary about…
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Out of practice
I wanted to share something in my sermon this Sunday that reflected my experience at Assembly 2012. I decided to reflect on the two passages that conclude Being a Faithful…
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And Now, Over Three Years Later…
The time has come to move again. We were in Harrisonburg, Virginia longer than I thought we would be, and it’s been good. But the end always comes and somehow we…
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‘Bright future’ for Christianity, but crisis in Catholicism
Categories: Web FirstA top church historian has said he believes Christianity faces a “bright future” worldwide, but predicted the Roman Catholic church will undergo a major schism over its moral and social…
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