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Readers write
Categories: ViewpointsLearn from the Bible, not cults or other religions Re: “Learning from diverse faiths,” Nov. 14, page 4. I was surprised and disappointed with the article about learning from Mormons…
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. According to Larry Miller, the last two decades have been a time of fundamental change for Anabaptists around the world. What changes have you seen in Mennonite World Conference…
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Miller was a ‘migrant missionary’
Categories: Feature Articles“You were a new kind of ‘migrant missionary’ described in John Howard Yoder’s As You Go,” said Bert Lobe, in an evening of memories of Larry Miller at Rockway Mennonite…
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‘A place that gives life’
Categories: Feature ArticlesLarry Miller remembers one moment clearly when, as a 38-year-old, he was weighing whether or not to accept the nomination to lead Mennonite World Conference (MWC). The year was 1988…
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Bergen, Braun re-assigned
Categories: EditorialRachel Bergen, national correspondent, has been re-assigned as co-editor of Young Voices, and New Order Voice columnist Will Braun has been hired as senior writer. Both will work out of…
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A matter of the heart
Categories: EditorialAs we enter the year 2012, one of my goals for Canadian Mennonite and for its primary readership—members of the faith community of Mennonite Church Canada—is to maintain a high…
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A confession
It was the end of the work day and I had been forced into taking the bus. A nicely spectacular winter related wipe out had incapacitated my bicycle, leaving me…
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Seeking A New Years Absolution
If you’re looking for conversation starters this week, try asking people if they’re making any New Year’s resolutions. People will generally respond in a few different ways. The true Anabaptist…
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Happy Holidays!
The Christmas season has officially come and gone and if you are like me you likely spent much time eating, shopping, giving or receiving, visiting, singing and worshipping. You were…
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God’s new beginning
Categories: Web FirstOne of the most famous announcements the world has ever heard is stated in this way: “For unto us is born this day … a Savior.” It is no accident…
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And the Child Will Lead Them
A highlight of the worship on the fourth Sunday of Advent for me was the children’s story. Well, actually, after the children’s story when the storyteller asked four of the…
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Lament and Lego Parades
Sitting with the sadness. The third advent’s theme was “Sadness Changes to Gladness.” The part that is so hard to swallow, though, is that “changing to gladness” doesn’t necessarily mean…
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In my weakness
Recently I was reading an excerpt from Tim Loder’s prayer book ‘Guerrillas of Grace.’ Oh Lord, deepen my wounds into wisdom; shape my weaknesses into compassion; gentle my envy into…
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Haifa’s Holiday of Holidays festival embraces differences
Categories: Web FirstBoth Christmas lights and Hanukkah dreidels (spinning tops) are appearing as decorations as the northern Israeli port city of Haifa throws a multi-faith party on December weekends. Now in its…
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Reading the Bible…?
I’m a reader. I’ve always been a reader. From as far back as I can remember I read a lot of books and anything I can get my hands on.…
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Mary, the revolutionary
At this time of year, we focus on Jesus’ birth, on the event of God becoming incarnate and enfleshed as a tiny baby. One of the main characters in this…
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Christopher Hitchens, atheist to the end, dies at age 62
Categories: Web FirstBoth opponents and advocates of religious faith are mourning the death of author, polemicist, and atheist Christopher Hitchens, who died Dec. 15 after a long battle with esophageal cancer. Though…
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In Canada, Jewish, Muslim comedians joke about Christmas
Categories: Web FirstChristmas can be a lonely time for non-Christians in North America. Jews have Hanukkah — and traditionally go to Chinese restaurants on Christmas Day. Muslims, well, can always go to…
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Majority of faculty at Mennonite colleges, high schools are Mennonites
Categories: UncategorizedMost Canadian Mennonite colleges, universities and high schools have a majority of Mennonite or Mennonite Brethren professors or teachers, whether or not they have policies regarding the number of faculty…
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Why I am a Mennonite
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Daniel Eggert was growing up in Edmonton’s First Mennonite Church, there were 12 other people his age in Sunday school. From that group, only he and one other person…
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