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Viral video doesn’t represent Ugandans
Categories: UncategorizedThe first time Ugandan Stephen Owoni saw Invisible Children’s online video, Kony 2012, he figured it was just another western advocacy video about Africa. He is used to seeing his…
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A great year for spiritual films
Categories: ArtbeatMy four favourite films of 2011 all had Christian themes, something that has certainly never happened before. Two of them—Of Gods and Men and The Way—were reviewed in Canadian Mennonite…
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Reading Mennonite novels as works of art
Categories: ArtbeatAlthough sailing troubled waters over the past 50 years, Mennonite novelists have taught Mennonite readers how to approach their texts with boldness and humility as “we learn more about ourselves…
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Eco-mom addresses climate-change naysayers
Categories: UncategorizedChristine Penner Polle used to turn off the radio when global warming was discussed. Now the former nurse, writer and self-described “climate-change avoider” volunteers full-time as a climate-change campaigner in…
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African goat project demonstrates group power
Categories: UncategorizedA goat project among Kenya’s Maasai people is giving birth to more than baby goats. It is powering to life a cooperative group ethic that is helping 2,000 Maasai families…
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What aid work looks like in Africa
Categories: UncategorizedThe invitation arrived last September: “Would you like to accompany the Canadian Foodgrains Bank on a media study tour of Ethiopia?” It sounded like an eye-opening opportunity to see an…
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Greening Africa
Categories: UncategorizedAt a February ceremony in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Migibare Senay Children and Family Support Organization received a first place “green award” from President Girma Wolde-Giorgis. The organization’s work is…
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Not talking about violence ‘does not work’
Categories: UncategorizedViolence in domestic relationships has long-reaching and painful consequences for the entire family, as those who attended a seminar on the topic at Langley Mennonite Fellowship last month learned. Sponsored…
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The trouble with normal
Categories: Viewpoints“You can’t be serious. Pork! Pork is what you eat for breakfast, not fish, not lobster and definitely not sushi! What is this world coming to? Fish for breakfast? This…
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Have a blessed, refreshed summer
Categories: ViewpointsWe are nearing the end of another Canadian winter and looking forward to a change of seasons. Some of you may already be making plans for your summer vacation. Some…
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Paying tribute
Categories: ViewpointsWhen my dad died, I worked with family members to prepare a eulogy. I gave the first draft to my husband, and asked for feedback. “It’s good,” he said slowly,…
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Dust off your Bibles!
Categories: ViewpointsOver the years, the Faith and Life Committee of Mennonite Church Canada has often heard questions about the place of Scripture in our lives: “Do our people read the Bible…
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Readers write
Categories: Viewpoints‘Regular guys’ who went off to war A former soldier read, and liked, a poem for peace that I’d sent to a veterans organization working hard for peace. He phoned…
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The Bible and Holy Spirit in tension
Categories: Feature ArticlesUpdate: In October 2020, Mennonite Church Eastern Canada announced the termination of the ministerial credentials of John D. Rempel, on the basis of ministerial sexual misconduct. To learn more, see ‘Credentials…
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Still in need of a village square
Categories: EditorialThis is the time of year when Canadian Mennonite’s 12 board members gather for their annual meeting to look backward and forward to see how the national publication has met…
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Ugandan church leaders recall encounters with Kony
Categories: Web FirstAlthough the Internet video “Kony 2012″ is bringing world attention to an infamous Ugandan warlord, calling for his arrest this year, it doesn’t mention much about the church leaders who…
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YERT: Small Acts of Resistance and Resilience
“When you being to see nature as a mentor rather than a warehouse, your emotions to the rest of the natural world become one of respect.” This quote comes from…
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Chaco Mennonites come under fire for deforestation
Categories: Web FirstA major US newspaper reporter has pointed the finger, once again, at Mennonites in the Paraguayan Chaco for massive deforestation, clearing the land for grazing large herds of beef cattle,…
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Should we get rid of the cross?
What does the cross mean to you (if it means anything)? I’ve heard this question asked a few times recently, and have been surprised at some of the answers. For…
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Christ at the Checkpoint: Hope in the Midst of Conflict: 2012
Categories: Web FirstA major breakthrough in the evangelical world took place in Bethlehem through a gathering of over 600 international and local Christians, including renowned evangelical leaders like Ron Sider, John Ortberg,…
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