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Food safety bureaucracy proves a minefield for MCC Relief Sale
Categories: Feature ArticlesAnne Wiens is determined to avoid food safety inspection hassles like those experienced the last time the annual Mennonite Central Committee Relief Sale was hosted in Didsbury, Alta., in 2009.…
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Take care
Categories: Feature ArticlesOntario pastor Kevin Peters-Unrau tells a Kafkaesque story of what happened when he volunteered to work with children in his community. “I had difficulty getting a police check because last…
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Big box churches
Categories: EditorialSpringtime was in full theatre as we travelled back from Virginia on a Sunday morning recently after a week’s break. Viewing the redbud, dogwood and lilacs providing the backdrop for…
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On Consumption
I have never quite known what to do with Earth Day. “Ever” is perhaps a bit of a strong word. Up until six or seven years ago I did not…
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On Consumption
I have never quite known what to do with Earth Day. “Ever” is perhaps a bit of a strong word. Up until six or seven years ago I did not…
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92 grads of Outtatown
Categories: Web FirstFamily and friends of 92 graduates from the 2011-2012 Outtatown program gathered April 14-15 on the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) campus to celebrate their experiences in Africa and South America.…
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Confessing our fossil fuel sins
Categories: Web FirstChristians 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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MCC: power shift from Akron to Winnipeg
Categories: Web FirstThe 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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‘Who is the self in Mennonite Garb?’
Categories: Web FirstWe 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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Voluntary Service: still thriving in northern Alberta as a ‘presence’
Categories: Web FirstDuring World War II, the Historic Peace Churches in the U.S. negotiated “Alternate Service” options for Conscientious Objectors (“COs”). As followers of Jesus, they saw military service as disregarding his…
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(De)construction
I’ve mentioned before that I enjoy collaging (collage-ing?), which I guess makes me an amateur collageur (collage-ist?). Anyway, I like to cut up colourful papers and glue them onto cardboard.…
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Young Voices on religion vs. spirituality
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Jefferson Bethke posted his YouTube video titled ‘Why I hate religion but love Jesus,’ it quickly went viral. In the spoken word piece he talks about problems within the…
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Pastor says SBC should repudiate and/or replace Richard Land
Categories: Web FirstAn influential black pastor says the Southern Baptist Convention should repudiate remarks about race by the head of its ethics commission, and if Richard Land does not repent he should…
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Paetkau succeeds Bechtel at MCEC
Categories: Web FirstHenry Paetkau, former president of Conrad Grebel University College, has been named area church minister for Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, succeeding Muriel Bechtel, who is retiring after 12 years in…
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Schultz succeeds Petker at Rockway
Categories: Web FirstAnn L. Schultz will assume the role of Principal at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, commencing January 2013, succeeding outgoing Principal Betsy Petker who will be retiring this June, according to the…
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Resurrection
“We look for the resurrection of the dead.” (Nicene Creed) “It was always the broken hand we learned to lean on after all.” (Sam Beam, Iron and Wine, “Innocent Bones”)…
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Get more sleep
Arianna Huffington claims that a big problem for women (and men, although she’s focused especially on women) is that we don’t get enough sleep. She even offered a challenge in…
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Experimenting with music . . . and peace
Categories: UncategorizedAre there similarities between the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and the musical approach of experimental American composer John Cage? Scott Bergen thinks so. Last month, the Canadian Mennonite…
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A Christian life is a call to service
Categories: UncategorizedAs Christians, we are not called to be consumers or profiteers. We have been chosen to be servants of Jesus Christ called to serve others. It’s one thing to read…
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‘Bathed’ in his art
Categories: UncategorizedMasculinity, the concept of home, identity, religion, mythology and work are themes that visual artist Seth Woodyard explores in his paintings, sculptures and installation art—including a wooden bathtub from which…
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