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African priest’s “miracle cure” stirs debate
Categories: Web FirstIn villages to towns across Africa, messages of HIV prevention are resonating through churches in the wake of global events marking World AIDS Day. But the border between faith and…
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Cultural and religious beliefs obstacles to gay rights, says Hillary Clinton
Categories: Web FirstThe world needs to act more proactively to promote and protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, said United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…
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Church leaders join fight against Italian energy giant in rural Guatemala
Categories: Web FirstTension filled the cramped, block-wall room in the Guatemalan highlands as indigenous leaders sat across from negotiators for ENEL, an Italian-based energy company building a $228-million hydro-electric dam in the…
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Prepare the Way for the Lord
Second Advent comes. We wait. We ponder the wilderness. Are we driven to this wilderness, chased by the attackers of fear, wrong decision, and unknown future? Or are we called…
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Castello wins $3,500 music award
Categories: Web FirstMary Castello is the 2012 recipient of the $3,500 Abner Martin music scholarship given by Menno Singers, a community choir in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Mary, who is from Kitchener,…
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Ode to thrifting
I’m a third-generation thrift shopper. It’s one of my favourite things to do on a day off – just to walk over to the thrift store, and take a look…
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MCCO stands with the Attawapiskat
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Central Committee Ontario (MCCO) supports the growing plea for a sustainable housing plan in Attawapiskat and other remote First Nations. For more than 20 years, MCCO has had…
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Nearly 100 churches report on their singing
Categories: Web FirstNearly 100 congregations in Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Church Canada are reporting on the songs they sing. They are helping to determine what the next collection of music for…
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MCC intern shocked by NYC’s ‘secularism’
Categories: Web FirstAs a Christian who takes her faith seriously, Keyla Cortez Vanegas was shocked by New York City’s secularism when she arrived there in August. Cortez Vanegas belongs to Esquipulas Brethren…
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A “Black Friday” Cultural Experience
I had an interesting cultural experience last week. Visiting friends for the U.S. thanksgiving holiday, we were invited to accompany them on a late night / early morning shopping adventure,…
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Carbon emissions: ‘Practice what you preach’
Categories: Web FirstWhen it comes to carbon emissions and care for the Earth, Canadian faith leaders should practise what they preach, says a local environmental activist. Will Braun says the two Christian…
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Ban Hate: A plea against online bullying
Whenever I don’t feel like doing a chore that I need to do, music has always helped me accomplish the task. In Jr. High, I LOVED cleaning my room, because…
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First Advent: Presence in the Chaos
With the first Sunday of advent come the simple little changes that I have come to make to mark this season as set apart. Placing candles on the table, shifting…
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The Kingdom of Heaven is Like Pflinzen and Chapjae?
In our home, we discovered a new favourite fusion dish. In a surprisingly tasty combination,we ate Pflinzen and Chapjae together. Pflinzen is a food from the Russian Mennonite side of our…
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MC Canada supports flood relief in Bangkok
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Church Canada has wired $3,500 for flood relief in Thailand. Executive staff approved the emergency gift on Nov. 16. Mennonite Church Canada workers Pat and Rad Houmphan, with the…
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How much do I know?
How much do I know? Not very much, I suspect. While I was getting my B.A. I often felt that I was only learning enough to know how much I…
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Faith on the job
Categories: UncategorizedAsk Dustin Bueckert if he thinks incorporating his faith into his day job is important, and he will tell you yes. “It keeps you credible,” says Bueckert, who owns and…
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Leading a sustainable life
Categories: Uncategorized“And God blessed them, and God said to them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and…
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Flash mob for peace
Categories: Uncategorized“Freedom is coming. . . . Justice is coming, oh yes I know.” While many people in the area and across Canada congregated to watch cannons being fired and soldiers…
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