Introducing…
I suppose I need to apologize for my relatively long absence from blogging. Things have been busy around the Loewen household. Last Monday we welcomed Jaden Timothy into our family…
Kraybill speaks on Amish forgiveness
Categories: Web FirstDonald Kraybill, Distinguished College Professor and Senior Fellow in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, Pa., will give the 2011 Sawatsky Lecture at Conrad Grebel University College on Feb. 11…
South Korean Mennonite partners pave the way of peace
Categories: Web FirstThough Jae Young Lee doesn’t think the recent North Korean shelling of South Korea’s Yeonpyeong Island will lead to full-scale war, as Peace Program Coordinator for the Korea Anabaptist Center…
Soto Albrecht announced as nominee for MC USA moderator-elect
Categories: Web FirstJack Suderman, recently retired general secretary of MC Canada, was one of six persons named by the new nominee for moderator-elect of Mennonite Church USA, Elizabeth Soto, who gave her…
Governor General bestows peace medal on Regehr
Categories: Web FirstCalled a “seasoned and tenacious advocate for peace who represents the best of Canada’s leadership in peace and disarmament,” Ernie Regehr of Waterloo received the 2010 Pearson Peace Medal in…
Children change everything
Categories: UncategorizedThere is nothing like a new addition to the family to get parents and grandparents looking ahead to the future. Much of what lies ahead is unknown, but there are…
Financial ministry ‘a question of fair balance’
Categories: UncategorizedThe mission of MAX (MutualAid eXchange)—creating and sustaining wholeness through preserving and restoring property, lives and communities—was very much in action during 2010, both in terms of MAX Canada’s Mutual…
An interview with Eleanor Kreider on praying with an Anabaptist voice
Categories: ArtbeatHerald Press: What is the purpose of this book? Kreider: The impulse behind these two volumes is to help people to pray through Scripture, and to deepen their walk of…
Prayer books help people feel connected to God
Categories: ArtbeatFor Carrie Martens, a student at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind., using a prayer book like Take Our Moments and Our Days helps her feel “connected to God, to…
An interview with Arthur Boers on daily prayer
Categories: ArtbeatHerald Press: What is daily prayer? Boers: Common daily prayer is the practice—or discipline—of praying every morning and evening, using a set of prayers being used by other Christians around…
Uncovering ancient rhythms of daily prayer
Categories: ArtbeatWhen he was a young adult, Arthur Boers’ 17 year-old sister died of leukemia. Torn by grief, and unable to understand how God could allow such a terrible thing, he…
Welcome on the other side of the fence
Categories: UncategorizedA deep love for aboriginal communities in Manitoba inspired Jake and Margaret Harms to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this past summer by honouring others. In lieu of gifts, they…
Protesting death in Georgia
Categories: UncategorizedFort Benning, Georgia—the home of the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, formerly the School of the Americas—is also the home of annual peace protests each November. Three Waterloo Region…
Vietnamese Mennonites lose their church centre
Categories: UncategorizedEleven days before Christmas, local authorities in District Two of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, seized and demolished the home of Pastor Nguyen Hong Quang and his wife, leaders of…
‘Mennonite’ not eaten here
Categories: ViewpointsAs I look into the future, I find myself grieving the death of the Mennonite church. My sense is that the Mennonite church as we have known it is dying…
Subverting our bourgeois tendencies
Categories: ViewpointsMany of us like being rich. Moreover, many of us, myself included, like to be seen as being rich. And this, it seems, is contrary to the gospel of Jesus,…
New world metaphors
Categories: ViewpointsHuman ingenuity cranks out things that are windows into the heart of the age. Our technological dreamworks become tools of convenience, toys of amusement, gadgets of annoyance, and objects of…
For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. What has your congregation done to help members dealing with personality disorders, addiction or family dysfunction? How effective has it been? How involved should the congregation or the pastor…
‘Hi, my name’s Steve* and I’m a porn addict’
Categories: Feature ArticlesMy first experience with pornography was at a corner store when I was nine years old. On a dare, I picked up a Playboy magazine and found that those glossy…
When the pain doesn’t go away
Categories: Feature ArticlesJane’s nightmares kept her from getting a good night’s sleep. “They are just terrifying,” she told her doctor. “I wake up almost every night. It’s like someone is suffocating me—like…
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