Choosing life
Categories: Feature ArticlesEvery morning I look in the mirror and do not know who might be looking back at me. I wonder what the day will hold. Will it be a day…
Building up God’s kingdom together
Categories: Feature ArticlesDuring the course of an evening of socializing with mostly pastors and deacons at some denominational committee meetings, discussion turned to the roles and practices of responding to the needs…
‘Tunnel vision’
Categories: EditorialJoe Neufeld puts his finger on an important artificial divide in our congregational care-giving (page 4) when he raises the spectre of perceiving some aspects “sacred”—and thus safe and legitimate—while…
Mennonites in the news in eastern Ontario
Categories: Web FirstSeveral Mennonites have been in the news this past week, one with an op-ed piece in the local Kitchener-Waterloo Record, another featured as a “true saint of the community,” and…
‘Let them stay’ peace rally planned
Categories: Web FirstPeace Alliance Winnipeg is staging a peaceful rally Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 1:30 p.m. called “Let Them Stay” outside Public Safety Minister Vic Toews’ office in Steinbach. The organization is…
EMU appoints Swartzendruber to another 4-year term
Categories: Web FirstLoren Swartzendruber will serve another four-year term as president of Eastern Mennonite University. Andrew (Andy) Dula of Lancaster, Pa., chair of the EMU board of trustees, announced at the opening…
African guests urge Canadians to support mining regulations
Categories: Web FirstAlthough Canada is a world leader in mining, its laws don’t ensure that Canadian mining companies operating in developing countries conform to human rights and environmental standards, says a Tanzanian…
MCC family worldwide embraces Haiti
Categories: Web FirstFrom Paraguay, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, people volunteered through Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) to work side by side with Haitians, cleaning up rubble left by the devastating earthquake that hit…
Quitting the Blame Game
Reflecting on international students and culture the other day, a colleague commented on how a group of students who had been struggling in classes refused to blame anyone for their…
Egypt Muslims to act as “human shields” at Coptic Christmas Eve mass
Categories: Web FirstCoptic Churches around the country expect an influx of Egyptian Muslims to share with the country’s Christians their Christmas Eve mass “Although 2011 started tragically, I feel it will be…
MCC Canada leader dies at 81
Categories: Web FirstFuneral services were held Tuesday, December 28 for J.M. Klassen, whose commitment and firm leadership helped shape MCC Canada for more than two decades. He died here on December 23…
Freeman wins $8,000 Reimer Award
Categories: Web FirstSarah Freeman, a ThD student at the University of Toronto, has earned Conrad Grebel’s highest valued academic award – the A. James Reimer Award at the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre.…
New realities for Mennonite schools
Categories: UncategorizedThe 10 members of the Canadian Association of Mennonite Schools (CAMS)—located in every province between Ontario and British Columbia—can all trace their lineage to a Mennonite conference or group. We…
A well-rounded education
Categories: Uncategorized‘Westgate . . . is a school grounded in the Anabaptist tradition. It is the mission of the school to provide a well-rounded education, which will inspire and empower students…
Book launch aids newcomers centre
Categories: ArtbeatOn Nov. 10, Greenwoods Bookshoppe hosted a book launch for Canadian literary legend Rudy Wiebe’s newest book, Collected Stories/1955-2010, at Edmonton’s Oldtimer’s Cabin, a log building maintained by the Northern…
From program partners to friends
Categories: UncategorizedIt is not normally an unusual sight, good friends finishing each other’s sentences and laughing, except that Maggie Martens and Gillian Mayers have something special, perhaps even rare. They have…
Gift bags go to women in need
Categories: UncategorizedChristmas was a little merrier for women of Peardonville House treatment centre, thanks to some generous members of Level Ground Mennonite Church, Abbotsford. The week before Christmas five women from…
Heartfelt apology
Categories: UncategorizedOn Reformation Sunday, Oct. 31, Faith Mennonite Church in Leamington, Ont., was visited by neighbours and friends from the local St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Reformation Sunday marks the anniversary in…
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