Drawing a line
Categories: ViewpointsThe decisions we make as parents have long-term implications. This obvious reality made itself even more clear to me one night recently when we hosted our young adult son and…
Readers write
Categories: ViewpointsFollowing the wrong drummer to Parliament Hill The first in Dick Benner’s elections editorials, “Vote your core beliefs,” April 18, page 2, should have spoken to our constituency clearly. It…
For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. Have you ever attended a worship service where you didn’t understand the language? What was your emotional response? For how many months or years would you be willing to…
‘New’ Mennonite congregations face same issues decades later
Categories: Feature ArticlesIn the late 1950s and early ’60s, the Conference of Mennonites in Canada saw the inauguration of English-only churches across the country. These were often difficult transitions, as those left…
Changing the language of worship a test of love
Categories: Feature ArticlesFaith Mennonite Church, Leamington, Ont., is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, but its memories are tinged with sorrow as the new congregation grew out of a painful church split.…
A teachable moment
Categories: EditorialHave we learned anything about resolving church conflict in the past 50 years? After reading the painful account of the German/English language dissension resulting in several congregational splits (“Changing the…
Anthem reversal revives Goshen College debate
Categories: Web FirstPraise, support, indifference, disbelief, outrage — and lots of media attention. Responses to a Goshen College decision not to play the national anthem covered a wide range of perspectives. On June…
‘War through women’s eyes’
Categories: Web FirstFilmmaker Abigail Disney says she learned “to look at war through women’s eyes,” as a result of visiting Liberia in 2006 and meeting Leymah Gbowee, who now holds a masters…
Lutherans to dialogue with Roman Catholics/Mennonites
Categories: Web FirstAt a meeting in Geneva that concluded on June 14, The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Council approved plans for three-way talks that will include Lutherans, Roman Catholics, and Mennonites. Recommendations…
Unique church fundraiser undeterred by theft
Categories: UncategorizedThe youth group at a Waterloo church is using rain water at a fundraising car wash on Saturday as they raise money and awareness for water conservation projects in Africa.…
Throwing a Mennonite wedding
Well, it’s begun: wedding season is upon us. I think I’ve received invitations to seven weddings happening this summer. Maybe because of all these weddings, as well as all the…
Christian council will return torture documents to Brazil
Categories: Web FirstThree boxes containing records of brutal torture and repression suffered under two decades of Brazilian military rule will be returned June 14 to the South American country from peaceful Switzerland,…
How involved should we be in politics?
Categories: UncategorizedThe federal election came and went, our elected representatives have filled the House of Commons, and campaigners have removed all the lawn signs. Now that the partisan dust has settled,…
Young voices on politics
Categories: UncategorizedAfter the May 2 election, Young Voices asked some readers their thoughts on faith and politics. Along with three anonymous responders, these fine folks gave us their opinions: • Gerald…
Young Anabaptists to focus on global connections this year
Categories: UncategorizedThe new Young Anabaptists’ (YABs) Committee of Mennonite World Conference has made stronger international fellowship the focus of their projects for the coming year. Meeting May 2–9 in Taipei alongside…
An Introduction
It seems appropriate for my first post to be one of introduction. This way you can get a bit of a sense where I am coming from; of who I…
My Online Six-Pack
I recently made a pact with myself to stop scanning all readers’ comments to online articles. Why? Simply because they always have a way of making me angry. When I…
Political dialogue 101 for Mennonites
This spring’s federal election rekindled my interest in Canadian politics after I’d experienced disillusionment with the whole process. Several elections changed nothing and the candidates I voted for always seemed…
Buying the Bullet that Will Kill Me Tomorrow
On Feb. 12, 2008, an informal national recruitment day, 30,400 people joined or were forced into the Colombian armed forces. That is 2,533 per hour. In Colombia, it is mandatory…
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