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It takes a church to raise a child
Categories: Feature ArticlesAre my children going to be okay?” This is the overriding concern that Kathy Giesbrecht, associate director of leadership ministries for Mennonite Church Manitoba, hears and senses from parents. Parents…
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Are we an endangered species?
Categories: EditorialAre our Mennonite institutions an endangered species? Are they headed for extinction in this post-Christian era when the emphasis seems to be more on “spiritual” than “religious”?
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Links between Christianity and African traditional religion
Categories: Web FirstWhen a missionary asked Africans in Zanzibar to tell him something about their God, they simply said, “God thunders!” The cleric had travelled across the seas in the 19th century…
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Fast going to Senegal for SST
Categories: Web FirstA Eastern Canada student is participating in the Goshen (Ind.) College Study-Service Term (SST) in Senegal during this summer, along with 21 other students. Goshen established an SST unit in…
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Mormonism fast-growing faith in US
Categories: Web FirstRepublican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney may or may not become the first Mormon to move into the White House next year, but a new study shows that Mormonism is moving…
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Towards creativity
I have been a walker for years now. I remember it beginning in high school. Whenever I needed time to think I would walk. They need not be long walks,…
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In defense of Christian contemporary music
I have a confession; my contemporary Christian music library is huge. Christian pop, rock and worship can all be found in abundance in our apartment. Why is it a confession…
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Confessing our fossil fuels sins
Categories: UncategorizedChristians are taught that taking a Sabbath from work is an important spiritual discipline, but some Mennonites in Winnipeg organized a Sabbath from consumption. Consumption Sabbath, which took place on…
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Navigating a complicated world
Categories: UncategorizedAs a recent graduate of the University of Manitoba with a degree in social work, I consider myself to be quite lucky with the type of employment I’ve landed. I…
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Rock band asks fans for help with recording costs
Categories: UncategorizedIt takes a village to make an album. Oh Village, a four-piece rock band from Abbotsford, B.C., is planning to pay for its upcoming EP by “crowdfunding” the project. Scott…
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Spring 2012 List of Books & Resources
Categories: UncategorizedTheology, spirituality Atonement, Justice and Peace: The Message of the Cross and the Mission of the Church. Darrin W. Snyder Belousek. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2012, 668 pages. Belousek explains…
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Uncovering our first roots
Categories: UncategorizedIn order to write this book, Barb Draper did a lot of digging among her roots. She performed an excellent job of searching out the reasons for some of the…
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Exploring complexities of peace
Categories: UncategorizedThe way Mennonites talk about peace has changed in the past 100 years. While our grandparents talked about “nonresistance,” today we are apt to relate peace to “justice.” Stutzman, executive-director…
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Policing: A form of nonviolence?
Categories: UncategorizedIn this wonderfully crafted booklet, the last before his untimely death, A. James Reimer gives his readers a gift with his succinct summary of a topic that has preoccupied much…
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Acknowledging a sinful past
Categories: UncategorizedIn the eyes of the watching world the Christian church is often seen for its mistakes, and as the church looks upon itself it must acknowledge this sinful past. While…
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Why write a book about a website?
Categories: UncategorizedJust type “Third Way Café” into your search engine—you don’t even need the accent on the “e”—and you will soon be sipping today’s brew of Mennonite stories, reading blogs, viewing…
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Too busy for life’s priorities
Categories: UncategorizedI wish e-mail took up less of my life. I wish I could remember the last time I savoured a sunset. I wish I prayed more. “I do not understand…
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‘Self in Mennonite garb’
Categories: UncategorizedWe Mennonites are not going to run out of stories anytime soon! How could we, after the resplendent feast of Mennonite creative writing enjoyed by 170 of us in Virginia’s…
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From tragedy to triumph
Categories: UncategorizedMore than a year after being diagnosed with lung cancer, Howard Willems is in the mood to fight. He’s not fighting the disease as much as the cause of his…
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MCC programming control shifts north
Categories: UncategorizedThe four-year, $2.5-million Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) review process is over, and the single most significant outcome is a power shift from MCC’s Akron, Pa., office to its office in…
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