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Mennonite: culture or denomination?
Categories: UncategorizedOver the last few years, I have encountered a strange conversation amongst my co-workers. It comes up occasionally, each time with a different group of people and a multitude of…
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I am from the Mennonites
Categories: UncategorizedIt happened often enough in grade school. My classmates would talk about where their families lived before they came to Canada. They would say things like, “I’m half Norwegian and…
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CIDA turns down MCC proposal
Categories: Web FirstA multi-year, multi-million dollar funding proposal submitted by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada has been turned down by the federal government’s Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The proposal of $2.9…
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The REAL thing at Bethany College
Categories: UncategorizedEvery February, high school students from across Canada brave the cold, snow, and winter wind to make the trip to Hepburn, Saskatchewan for Bethany College’s Youth Advance (YA)! Bethany’s annual…
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Seduced by our abundance
Categories: UncategorizedBeware of seduction by accumulation. That was one of the money issues explored by Walter Brueggemann, a world-renowned Old Testament scholar, in talks to as many as 700 people gathered…
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Mennonites writing in Canada: The first 50 years
Categories: UncategorizedThe chapel at Conrad Grebel University College was packed to hear renowned Mennonite author Rudy Wiebe read through his life of writing on Jan. 11, 50 years after his 1962…
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New Grebel program encourages agents of peaceful change
Categories: UncategorizedIn the culmination of more than a decade of dreaming and a year of intense work, Conrad Grebel University College announces the launch of a new master of peace and…
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Keep the Bible central: Wally Unger
Categories: UncategorizedColumbia Bible College is proof that “where there is a vision, people will support,” said president emeritus Wally Unger at an Oct. 22 banquet to celebrate the school’s 75th anniversary.…
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Billy Graham meets the evangelist of outrage
Categories: ArtbeatI recently received two books by authors in their 90s: Nearing Home by Billy Graham, and Time for Outrage by Stéphane Hessel, a retired French diplomat and concentration camp survivor…
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Mennonite develops friendships with Muslims to build grassroots peace
Categories: UncategorizedBecause Leon Kehl has been fostering friendships between Mennonites and Muslims, he was interviewed by Third Way Media when they were filming the recently released documentary, Waging Peace: Muslim and…
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From Amish settlement to the Gates Foundation
Categories: UncategorizedMore than 500 Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) convention-goers were entranced as Joyce Bontrager Lehman recounted her journey from an idyllic childhood in the Amish settlement of Kalona, Iowa, to…
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New church emerges in Winnipeg
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Barrette and Sandy Wiebe Plett returned from Egypt in 2008 after a three-year assignment under Mennonite Central Committee, they tried to move back into the church life they had…
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Question-shaped faith
Categories: ViewpointsSeven years ago one of my professors suggested our class watch the television series LOST to better understand life in postmodernity. I followed up on the homework assignment and my…
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An unsung hero of the church
Categories: ViewpointsWhen was the last time you prayed for your treasurer or thanked him or her for his or her work? Your treasurer is a key person in church operations and…
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Making dreams real
Categories: ViewpointsI am crocheting a baby afghan. The soft, multi-coloured yarn slides through my fingers. I catch it on the end a hook, spin and loop it into the expanding blanket.…
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Readers write
Categories: ViewpointsCome to the defence of ‘God’s great gift’ In the beginning—13.7 billion years ago—God created the heavens, also known as the universe; 4.5 billion years ago God created our planet,…
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. What technology does your congregation use in worship? What are the challenges to learning how to use new technology in worship? How much power is wielded by those who…
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Is technology enriching our worship?
Categories: Feature ArticlesTechnology is the single most significant characteristic of modern western culture. Canadian philosopher George Grant contends it has long displaced democracy and capitalism as top identifiers. Technology directly shapes Christian…
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Our naked selves
Categories: EditorialStuart Murray, the “outsider” Anabaptist, is making his rounds in our circles with his book The Naked Anabaptist and Richard Rohr, the Franciscan priest, is making his way into our…
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Taking Ourselves Seriously
For the last two weeks, Terrell and I have been glued to the TV watching the Australian Open. We love tennis, and especially like to watch newbie Milos Raonic setting…
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