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The give and take of compromise
Categories: ViewpointsIt was a difficult family matter and it called for our best conflict-resolution skills. In the end, we reached a compromise, a good solution, and the best we could manage…
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Readers write
Categories: Viewpoints‘As Amos as possible’ Re: “I’m a human being,” Sept. 5, page 12. Troy Watson’s column reminded me of a story in Jewish lore. It went something like this: Amos…
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‘I’m the Mother Jesus now’
Categories: Feature ArticlesChristmas came early at our house in Winnipeg this year. Most likely because now that we’re retired, my husband and I again have the opportunity of looking at the world…
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A happy Christmas morning
Categories: Feature ArticlesMy great-grandparents emigrated from Ukraine to central Kansas in 1874 and eventually purchased a farm. Towards the end of October 1894, the harvest was done and the year’s crop of…
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Singing ‘Silent Night’ in German
Categories: Feature ArticlesSometimes a Christmas experience stands out in memory simply because it is so different from any other. When Joani Neufeldt, nee Goerzen, thinks of a memorable Christmas, it is one…
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Lighting candles, telling stories
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhen recalling a significant Christmas memory, Claire Ewert Fisher goes back some 30 years. The executive director of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Saskatchewan, Fisher and her first husband, Wally Ewert,…
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Christmas in Nazareth
Categories: Feature Articles“I felt a very intense homesickness and wanted to go home [to Manitoba] for Christmas. Christmas is a very important holiday to me.” It was Christmas 2010 and Hinke Loewen-Rudgers…
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Thirty years of A Christmas Carol
Categories: Feature ArticlesThirty years ago this Christmas, my wife Annemarie and I began a Christmas tradition we’ve continued year after year, with variations. Our first child was in utero the first time…
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Enduring words for Advent
Categories: Editorial“Why do the nations so furiously rage together, and why do the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together…
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Norwegian Christians and Muslims condemn religious extremism
Categories: Web FirstIn the aftermath of attacks last July that killed 77 and were carried out by a self-described “cultural Christian,” Norwegian Christians and Muslims on Nov. 22 jointly condemned religious extremism…
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Faith groups oppose proposed cluster bomb accord
Categories: Web FirstReligious groups are opposing a proposed new international law on cluster bombs currently being discussed in Geneva since they say it would put more civilians at risk than an existing…
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Sudermans spend five weeks at AMBS
Categories: Web FirstRobert J. (Jack) and Irene Suderman say it was a gift to spend five weeks at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary where they studied almost 40 years ago. Jack and Irene…
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Despite protests, Polish order defends silencing priest
Categories: Web FirstA Polish monastic order has defended its decision to bar a former superior-general from speaking to the media, despite a protest against the decision from thousands of the priest’s supporters.…
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Forced to flee, he now assists refugees
Categories: Web FirstJose Rivera understands the diverse needs of newcomers as they try to develop a sense of belonging in a new country.Death threats forced him, his wife Maria and their two…
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Global Forum focuses on rise of Global South
Categories: Web FirstAnabaptists were among the 287 participants in a diverse Christian gathering held here October 4-7. The meeting was the second international gathering of the Global Christian Forum (GCF). The first…
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‘From Gutenberg to Google’
Categories: Web FirstCommunications – “from Gutenberg to Google” – will be an important factor in 2017 when churches celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, according to a committee that is…
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The purpose of serving
Categories: UncategorizedIn a follow-up to Chris Frey’s reflections on his one-year service term, Young Voices checked in with four young Mennonites to get their perspective on programs like Intermenno and MCC’s…
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Rempel Returns to Grebel for a Role at TMTC
Categories: Web FirstUpdate: In October 2020, Mennonite Church Eastern Canada announced the termination of the ministerial credentials of John D. Rempel, on the basis of ministerial sexual misconduct. To learn more, see ‘Credentials…
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When God hates your worship
In his book entitled Prayer, Phillip Yancey compares the way we come to the Lord in prayer to the way in which toddlers approach their parents. Yancey says that if…
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Mennonites and the 99%
As someone who’s been a university student for almost a decade, I may not be an authority on money (considering that I’ve never really had any), or the economy more…
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