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Wink challenged ‘powers’ and taught nonviolence
Categories: Web FirstNew Testament theologian Walter Wink, noted for relating the biblical phrase “principalities and powers” to the dominating sociopolitical structures of the modern era, died May 10, leaving a legacy of…
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Stouffville counters with peace at 1812 parade
Categories: Web FirstSome 60 Mennonites, Quakers and Brethren in Christ members, including seniors and children, gathered for a peace church testimony Saturday, June 16, during Stouffville’s commemoration of the War of 1812,…
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Selling hospitality
Lately, I’ve been thinking about how the ideas of service and hospitality play out in our society – namely, in the so-called “service” or “hospitality industry” of restaurants, hotels, etc.…
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AMBS appoints two faculty members to focus on Christian formation
Categories: Web FirstRachel Miller Jacobs and Andy Brubacher Kaethler have been appointed to faculty positions at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, each to focus on different aspects of Christian faith formation in our…
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Huebner named to business faculty at CMU
Categories: Web FirstJeff Huebner, of Calgary, has been appointed by the Board of Governors to the faculty of the Redekop School of Business at Canadian Mennonite University. Huebner comes to CMU from…
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Is Canada’s ethical climate changing?
Categories: UncategorizedAs the battle over the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline plays out, key questions about the moral make-up of Canada will be answered: questions about the balance between economic growth and…
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The Wounded Heart of God
“The Wounded Heart of God: The Asian Concept of Han and the Christian Doctrine of Sin” by Andrew Sung Park is not light bedtime reading. Yet, I think this is…
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Anabaptist Educators Speak Up!
Now that I’ve finished my master’s in Education and a certificate in Peacebuilding from a Mennonite university, I suppose I should know something about Anabaptist education. In truth, though, from…
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Finding a place in the wider church
Categories: UncategorizedLaura Epp is passionate about the Mennonite church. The 22-year-old is the secretary of Mennonite Church Saskatchewan’s Ministries Commission.She has attended the annual MC Saskatchewan delegate sessions for the last…
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Spreading the gospel of peace globally
Categories: UncategorizedIt has been said that life is a highway. Sometimes that highway leads you out of the country, across oceans and completely out of your comfort zone. This is the…
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A time to re-imagine the seminary?
Categories: UncategorizedThe seminary is important. For years the standard has been, “If ministry is in your future, then so should seminary.” But I’m not sure if I will be going to…
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What would Jesus eat?
Categories: UncategorizedLike most North Americans, I grew up in a household where no meal was complete without a serving of meat, although I didn’t really know where the meat that I…
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A green heritage
Categories: UncategorizedJane Snyder chose the local Seven Shores Urban Market and Café in Uptown Waterloo to meet. Within walking distance of her home, and featuring local produce and fair trade coffee,…
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Something new under the sun
Categories: UncategorizedThere’s nothing new under the sun, the writer of Ecclesiastes tells us, but in Waterloo Region, Ont., there are lots of new things under the sun: solar projects, that is!
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More superheroes . . . or a Saviour?
Categories: ArtbeatWhen an army of nasty aliens in giant reptilian ships threatens to take over the Earth and enslave all of its inhabitants, one superhero is not enough to stand in…
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The heart of a servant
Categories: UncategorizedDale Schiele sees value and worth in that segment of society that most people would rather shun. At age 60, he’ll be retiring from a 30-year career as director of…
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‘You have blessed us’
Categories: UncategorizedAfter spending seven years and $8 million responding along the Gulf Coast to hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) has formally closed its last project in the region.…
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Manigotagan Community Fellowship thriving
Categories: UncategorizedManigotagan Community Fellowship is thriving nine years after budget restraints led to the cutting of Mennonite Church Canada’s Native Ministry program.
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Migrant church grows new roots
Categories: UncategorizedJenny Spenst is fascinated by her parents’ stories of life in the Soviet Union.
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Migrant church grows new roots
Categories: UncategorizedJenny Spenst is fascinated by her parents’ stories of life in the Soviet Union.
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