A crash course in grace
Categories: Feature ArticlesEvery one of us deals with mental health challenges. Whether we’re losing sleep about the math exam tomorrow or are hospitalized for schizophrenia, whether we’re on medication for depression or…
The changing face of mental illness among Mennonites
Categories: Feature ArticlesAmerican Mennonite conscientious objectors (COs) working in mental hospitals during World War II decried the deplorable and inhumane treatment of patients. One symbolically powerful way they objected—and advocated for better…
Is Egypt changing our worldview?
Categories: EditorialIt’s been some week. As I write this several days after a stubborn dictator, Hosni Mubarak, has finally stepped down in Egypt, there is a feeling of relief even though…
Membership trends for U.S. churches “stable”
Categories: Web FirstTrends in church membership in the United States remain stable, with churches that have grown in recent years showing continued growth and those with declining memberships experiencing continued drops, according…
Future of Egypt is up to the people, say MCC workers
Categories: Web FirstWhat happens next in Cairo is entirely up to the Egyptian people, MCC workers Tom and Judith Snowdon told Canadian Mennonite in a Skype interview today from their temporary home…
A Fistful of Dollars
Yesterday I swung by the University of Winnipeg to pick up a book. On my way back to the car I noticed a flash of colour standing out against the…
Rollkuchen Remorse
In grade 7 I met a particularly tall kid whose nickname was ‘Moose.’ One day I asked one of the guys that went to the same junior elementary school as…
Farmers raise $242,000 to End Hunger
Categories: Web FirstDrake, Saskatchewan, a small prairie village south of the number one, is home to about 200 people. While small in size, the community has made a big impact towards ending…
US churches call for end to Israeli settlements
Categories: Web FirstA coalition of U.S. church bodies is calling on the Obama administration not to block a proposed United Nations Security Council resolution seeking an end to construction of Israeli settlements…
Top Secret
I can’t tell you much about the experience. I signed a paper swearing me to secrecy, and allowing them to use anything I said. Maybe it’s one of the most…
Conrad Grebel grad takes 1st in Smith peace contest
Categories: Web FirstJohn Wray believes he knows what it will take for peace to rule in everyday life, all over the world. The only catch is that we’ve all got an assignment.…
13 MCC staff, including two children, temporarily relocated to Strasbourg, France.
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Central Committee (MCC) has moved its international workers out of Egypt because of the ongoing civil unrest there. Thirteen international staff, including two children, were temporarily relocated to MCC’s…
Heifer Relief Sale set for February 18
Categories: Web FirstThe 30th annual Heifer Relief sale sponsored by Ontario Mennonite Relief Sale Inc. will take place at Carson Auction facilities, Listowel, Ontario on Friday, February 18, 2011 starting at 11…
Biography sheds light on story of southern Manitoba’s conservative Mennonites
Categories: Web First – OpinionThis highly detailed and comprehensive biography of Wilhelm H Falk (1892-1976), founding bishop of the Rudnerweide Mennonite conference, is an important addition to the history of Mennonites, particularly in southern…
Born reflects on visit to Civil Rights sites
Categories: Web FirstReturning recently from a "seeking community tour," Paul Born, director of Tamarack Community here, says that "being in the southern US, in the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement, provided…
Canadian students enjoy benefits of distance education
Categories: UncategorizedIn 2009, the high percentage of Canadian participants in the pastoral studies distance education program at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) left program administrators scratching their heads. Ten of the…
A serious interest in student well-being
Categories: Uncategorized“Most universities are good at academics,” says Sue Sorensen, who teaches English literature at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) in Winnipeg, adding, though, “If you turn up on our campus, people…
Grebel students leading a solar revolution
Categories: UncategorizedIt started as an altruistic dream, but almost two years later a vision for a cleaner and greener Grebel has been realized. A student group began meeting in 2009 with…
The trouble with the Bible
Categories: UncategorizedDifferent people have different problems with the Bible, but what has troubled me the most over a few decades of reading the Bible and preaching regularly is that a lot…
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