Indian churches hail probe into pastor-led ‘child trafficking’
Categories: Web FirstChurch officials and activists have welcomed an investigation ordered by India’s federal Supreme Court into trafficking in children by pastors and exploitative Christians eyeing ways to pull in foreign donations.…
J. Lorne Peachey retires as editor of Courier
Categories: Web FirstJ. Lorne Peachey had long held a secret wish to work for Mennonite World Conference some day. Still, the invitation in 2001 to become editor of MWC's three-language magazine surprised…
Is history repeating itself?
Categories: Web First – OpinionJust released in Canada Chanting Denied Shores by Tariq Malik is a book I have been waiting for. This is an historical novel based on the true story of the…
The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada
Categories: Web First – OpinionI am not exactly a fan of the Christian Right. I was therefore surprised at my growing negative reaction as I read McDonald’s engaging description of the rise of the…
Zehr recognized as pioneer of ‘restorative justice’
Categories: Web FirstEastern Mennonite University professor Howard Zehr spent his Thanksgiving holiday this year receiving the thanks of German and Swiss groups for his work as a pioneer and propagator of restorative…
Congolese women calling for an end to the violence against women
Categories: Web FirstIn solidarity with thousands of women who have been sexually assaulted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, five Mennonite Congolese women joined an international rally of women calling for…
Faith now ‘a consumer commodity in America’
Categories: Web First – OpinionIn a culture that places a high premium on the consumer marketplace, U.S. churches have become too willing to embrace a “market mentality” in trying to attract followers, says a…
24 Canadians get MCC global/binational assignments
Categories: Web FirstTwenty-four Canadians were among the nearly 100 new workers assigned by Mennonite Central Committee recently for one-year and three-year assignments through its SALT – Serving and Learning Together – program…
On Blogging
I have to admit I feel little bad about my comments on Paul’s most recent post below. He offered a light hearted reflection on how we can complain about ‘problems’…
Integrating love and spirituality
Categories: Web First“Conversations on Attachment: Integrating the Science of Love and Spirituality,” will be held March 31-April 1, 2011, at Eastern Mennonite University. The conference, a first of its kind, will bring together…
Romans 13 – Be Indebted to No One for Nothing
Romans 13 has long been a thorn in my Anabaptist side. John Howard Yoder of course went a long way in clarifying the distinction between being subject to those in…
What I have learned about leadership (so far)
Categories: Web FirstIn this letter to the church in Philippi, the Apostle Paul provides some sound instruction for approaching leadership. Be clear on the ultimate purpose of God’s calling. Disregard the unimportant…
Plans for mosque in Moscow district spark controversy
Categories: Web FirstA group of Moscow residents are fighting for official confirmation that a new mosque will not be built in their district of Russia’s capital, amid controversies across the world’s biggest…
Discord over Anglican plan to counter schisms
Categories: Web FirstA major step to promote harmony within the worldwide Anglican Communion has been rejected by leaders of a global grouping set up to fight against what its members call breaches…
Snow and Driveways
I love snow – always have. When Jeanette and I purchased our house last May, we knew it had a large driveway. But it wasn’t so much the size as…
Book Review – Exploring the Politics of Christian Mission
Nathan R. Kerr, Christ, History and Apocalyptic: The Politics of Christian Mission (Cascade, 2008) While the release date of Nate Kerr’s first work is barely over a year old I…
Multi-storied Reality
“So that is how to create a single story, show a people as one thing, as only one thing, over and over again, and that is what they become.” –…
Advent 1: A people of prayer, poetry and patience
Categories: Web FirstIt’s admittedly a little hard to know how to take this Matthew passage. Should I be reading it as some sort of an encouragement? Sounds more like a threat. What…
Bauman receives music scholarship
Categories: Web FirstJeremy Bauman of Kitchener, in Year 3 at Wilifred Laurier University, has received a $3,500 Abner Martin Music Scholarship for 2010/11, announces Menno Singers, a community choir in the Waterloo…
Carl’s Copyright Company
In 9th grade I took an art class, mostly to fulfill my Arts requirement. It turns out I could have waited until the 11th grade when I took Drama, which…
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