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The Unlikely Misogyny of Atheism
Do you think Tina Fey is funny? How about the recent hit movie Bridesmaids, which was written by women, for women and has many “funny” women in it’s cast? Well…
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God at work in the details
Categories: UncategorizedKevin Hildebrand is still awestruck by the way God worked in the lives of many people to make a dream come true. “Next time I will try to get out…
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Young Mennos divided over Jets’ new logo
Categories: UncategorizedIf there is anything that has sparked the same amount of discussion in Winnipeg as the return of the Jets, the city’s NHL team, it is the unveiling of the…
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Remember the blood
Categories: UncategorizedI sit in a small French house in a small village in the countryside of northern France, having stopped to stay with a local family on my prayer pilgrimage through…
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Tour member chooses to be baptized en route
Categories: UncategorizedAs we look over this past year, nowhere do we see TourMagination’s motto—“building bridges among Mennonites, other Christians and faiths around the world through custom-designed travel”—better lived out than in…
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Catering to immigrants
Categories: UncategorizedWalk into Pacific Flooring and Imports in Abbotsford, and customers will see a seemingly unlikely combination of laminate flooring, spices, international foods and charcoal for barbecues. But, as proprietor Hans…
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Which Sunday is Peace Sunday?
Categories: UncategorizedPeace has always been one of the defining factors of Anabaptist Mennonites, but each autumn peace is intentionally discussed and prayed for on specific Sundays. In 1957, the Board of…
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Wall of Remembrance to COs dedicated
Categories: UncategorizedA Wall of Remembrance erected in Winkler’s Bethel Heritage Park honours more than 3,000 young men who served as conscientious objectors (COs) in Manitoba during World War II. A Sept.…
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H•U•N•G•E•R
Categories: UncategorizedAll the members of a panel convened by Rick Cober Bauman, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ontario’s di-rector, on Sept. 21 agreed that food security is a human right. But they…
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What are they looking for?
Categories: ViewpointsIf you could choose a church from scratch, what would it look like? Much of our angst about being the church seems rooted in our desire to look good. Are…
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Sunday is not a day for school
Categories: ViewpointsI don’t know how to talk to my four-year-old about God. I tell him God is the one who makes things grow. I think I once told him God makes…
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Don’t forget the ministries at home
Categories: ViewpointsThroughout our world, disasters occur and urgent financial aid is needed to help affected areas on a constant basis. The pleas are unending from aid agencies, especially here in North…
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Readers write: Oct. 17, 2011
Categories: ViewpointsImpact of Menno H. Epp will last Re: “Longtime Bible school teacher/pastor dies,” Sept. 19, page 30. The tribute to Menno H. Epp immediately prompted my own. It may be…
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The alternative method of God
Categories: Feature ArticlesOne thing that I find so inspiring in South Africa is the countless people who participate in miraculous activities as they strive to make their communities better. In working for…
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Try a little thanks-living
Categories: EditorialHow is it that we have turned our one national holiday asking us to give thanks into a day of self-indulgent feasting, marching bands and watching tough guys beat up…
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People of faith join Wall Street protests
Categories: Web FirstAs police helicopters hovered overhead, seminarian Rix Thorsell, wearing a clerical collar, marched on October 5 with other members of Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Reformed Church in a “Occupy Wall Street” protest…
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EMU Alum Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Categories: Web FirstEMU alumna Leymah Gbowee is one of three women jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced today. She shares the prize with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf…
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German universities help Muslims integrate
Categories: Web FirstAs more Muslims become part of European society, German universities have begun courses aimed at helping Islamic clergy (imams) and religious teachers understand German culture, including Christianity and Judaism. The…
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Man alive!
One of my favourite things about the popular T.V. show Mad Men is its fascinating portrayal of how gender was understood in the 1960s. For the most part, the ideal…
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Evangelical school cancels breakfast with Bush
Categories: Web FirstAfter news leaked that Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto was planning an invitation-only fundraising breakfast with George W. Bush, it only took two days for the event to…
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