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Breaking the chain of violence
Categories: Web First – OpinionIs 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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Virginia youth work on Ontario project
Categories: Web FirstIt was a hot Southern Ontario day in July but the crew from Warwick River Mennonite Church in Newport News, Virginia felt that the humidity was nothing compared with home.…
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Seeing children as part of the church
Categories: UncategorizedA new kind of Christianity is spreading across the globe, and the Mennonite church can be a leading voice in discerning what that means for how Christians pass on their…
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Seeding new relationships
Categories: UncategorizedSpring and summertime means that it’s time to till the soil, plant seeds, tend to the garden and, hopefully, watch the plants grow. For a few Ontario young adults, their…
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The responsibility of youth
Categories: UncategorizedFor all the youths and young adults that I have talked to, it seems that most of our knowledge of Canada’s history with indigenous issues depended on our school teachers.…
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Herald Press publishes Yoder’s writings on death penalty
Categories: ArtbeatThe late Mennonite theologian John Howard Yoder authored 25 books, inspiring many others to write their own books and research papers about him and his ideas.
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Sunday school teacher, 103, had lasting influence
Categories: UncategorizedEliesabeth Klassen says she’s three. “Forget the other hundred years,” she says with a laugh, using a magnifying glass to scan familiar faces in old directories from Vancouver’s First United…
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Investment in ministry pays off in Argentina
Categories: UncategorizedIn 1947, Mario Snyder was an inaugural graduate from Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, Kitchener, Ont.
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‘We’re sorry’
Categories: UncategorizedOn June 3, a small group from Little Flowers Community and Hope Mennonite Church joined a crowd of upwards of 20,000 people who came out for the Pride Winnipeg Parade.…
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Coalition celebrates 25 years of aiding refugees
Categories: UncategorizedWith a swirl of skirts, the stomp of dancing shoes and the flourish of a flamenco guitar, Mennonite Coalition for Refugee Support celebrated its 25th anniversary with a banquet on…
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Suspicious hospitality
Categories: UncategorizedAccording to the UN, there are 10.5 million “refugees of concern” in the world. These are people uprooted from their homes, fleeing conflict, natural disaster or persecution. While roughly 25,000…
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The world comes to the farm
Categories: UncategorizedMost often people think of crops from our prairie farms going abroad to feed the world. So it was a bit of a shift on June 15, when 20 women…
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New crematorium to lift burden
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Borabu’s first Christian crematorium is finished, it will finally bring peace of mind to members of Living Water Church in this region of Thailand who have been concerned about…
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CMU announces $11-million capital project
Categories: UncategorizedCanadian Mennonite University (CMU) has made public its plans for a major new capital project that will significantly enhance CMU’s infrastructure for delivering quality post-secondary education. This important new campus…
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On the margins
Categories: ViewpointsThe previous article, “Landscapes of war, a people of peace,” June 25, page 12, noted the challenge of identifying “the Mennonite experience” in the War of 1812, and the fact…
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Pondering covenant
Categories: ViewpointsDecline easily gives rise to lament and worry. Is there an alternative? Perhaps this is the time to consider exploring renewal of our covenant with God.
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Where goes the neighbourhood?
Categories: Viewpoints“Howdy ho, neighbour!” were the famous words of Wilson on that 90’s sitcom, Home Improvement. “Hi dilly ho neighbourinos!” That’s what Ned Flanders happily blurts to Homer in The Simpsons.
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. How is the role of women understood in your congregation? Are women taught to be subservient and submissive? Are women given proper respect? Why might submissive women be more…
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Help for victims
Categories: Feature ArticlesMany resources exist to help victims of domestic abuse. For more information, visit the Government of Canada website at www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/facts-info/sa-vc.html.
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