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Still strangers among us?
Categories: Editorial“And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of…
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A profound reading
I once heard a story about the influential biblical scholar Brevard Childs. A student asked him how to become a better interpreter of the Bible. Childs’s response, as it was…
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A “Wasted” Life
Easter this year felt special. I guess it does every year, but I thought a lot this Lent and Easter season about the meaning of all of this in a…
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60 Years from Now…
Two women, working as “maids” in 1960’s segregated southern United States, cross racial lines to take a risk in telling their stories to an eager young writer. Watching “The Help”…
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F-35s: ‘We told you so’
Categories: Web FirstIt doesn’t help a bit, but we all take satisfaction from time to time in saying, “We told you so.” The Canadian F-35 Joint Strike Fighter story has already provided…
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Born to Die (that we may live)
Our newborn King lies in a manger bed Swaddled in clothes, by his mother lain, Soon to wear a crown of thorns upon his head. A jealous king desired to…
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Maybe Trayvon Martin stood his ground
These days, you might see more people wearing hooded sweatshirts than normal. You might see more people eating Skittles than normal. If you notice this, don’t feel intimidated. If…
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The Church as an Outpost
A book study I am a part of is reading James Bryan Smith’s ‘The Good and Beautiful Community.’ In a chapter entitled ‘the serving community’ Smith all too quickly mentions…
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Dalai Lama awarded 2012 Templeton Prize
Categories: Web FirstThe Dalai Lama, already a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is the recipient of the 2012 Templeton Prize, often called the most prestigious award in religion. The announcement, made on March…
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Jesus is the peace that matters
Categories: Uncategorized“Find us empty and wandering, we the lost and the least. Find us in the wilderness and fill us with your feast.” (From “Fill us with your Feast” by Phil…
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Knowledge and uncertainty
Categories: UncategorizedOne Sunday morning I was sitting in the pew trying to pay attention and think critically about the sermon I was listening to, and my mind started to wander. As…
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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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