Join ‘Naked Anabaptists’ on Facebook
Categories: Feature ArticlesNo, it’s not what you might be thinking—nobody is nude. At least, not literally, although more than 300 people have joined the Naked Anabaptist group on the Facebook social media…
Anabaptism provides a map in the post-Christendom wilderness
Categories: Feature ArticlesIt is becoming undeniably clear that western civilization has entered a post-Christian age. Whereas Christians once believed the world would eventually be brought within the expanding empire of Christendom, it…
Exposing the ‘bare essentials’ of Anabaptism
Categories: Feature ArticlesAnabaptism has been around for almost 500 years. For much of that time, it has been clothed in Mennonite and Amish traditions and culture. But what does it look like…
Celebrating women’s stories
Categories: UncategorizedIndian dancers from the Swastini Dance Group led by Swati and Nidhi Juthani swirled over the stage at Victoria Park Pavilion in Kitchener on March 27. Both traditional and “Bollywood”…
MPN struggling to publish in a digital age
Categories: ArtbeatFor Mennonite Publishing Network (MPN), the ministry of publishing is growing ever more complex. The mission for the publisher of Mennonite Church Canada and MC U.S.A. remains the same: providing…
Slain soldiers not Canada’s only heroes
Categories: UncategorizedA University of Regina professor caused a commotion last month when he spoke out against the practice of paying the full tuition of children of slain Canadian soldiers. Jeffery Weber,…
From ‘life support’ to ‘blessed’
Categories: UncategorizedIn his welcoming comments to the 2010 Mennonite Church Alberta delegate sessions, Erwin Wiens, pastor of the host Trinity Mennonite Church, described the area church, made up of 16 congregations…
Not a Christian . . . just a ‘follower of Jesus’
Categories: UncategorizedMitakuye Oyasin (“All my relations”). With these words of greeting, Richard Twiss, a Lakota First Nations speaker, author and “follower of Jesus,” began two evenings of teaching and inspiration in…
The gospel in three parts . . . times three
Categories: ViewpointsBefore reading any further, answer this question: What is the gospel? You didn’t do it, did you? You just kept reading. Bad reader. Return to line one. Thanks. Many Christians…
Seated among the unsettled
Categories: ViewpointsThere are people who feel entirely settled in their lives. They feel confident about their location, occupation and calling in life. Then there are the rest of us. We’re not…
Caught between dice and a hard place
Categories: Feature ArticlesI’ve never resisted selling chocolates or magazines for my children’s school, but this time was different. “Would you volunteer a few hours of your time at our casino fundraiser?” the…
What do Mennonites do with gambling donations?
Categories: Feature ArticlesMennonite organizations tend to agree that gambling is wrong, but few policies are in place to respond to donations of gambling revenue. Perhaps this is because of a prevailing sense…
Chances are . . . you worship with a gambler
Categories: Feature ArticlesThey’re advertised on billboards, on radio and television. The kiosk in your local grocery store or shopping mall sells them. Your local charity wants you to buy one to help…
‘Bombs bursting in air’?
Categories: EditorialJames Brenneman has dropped a bombshell. At first blush, I decided not to join the fray over Goshen College’s decision to play the American national anthem at some sporting events,…
CMU cyclists to pedal for foreign student aid
Categories: UncategorizedA team of five cyclists, made up of Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) faculty members and alumni will race from Vancouver to Winnipeg in pursuit of ultra-marathon cyclist Arvid Loewen, to…
Combines called back to Winkler for another world-record harvest attempt
Categories: UncategorizedFour years after Winkler hosted more than a hundred combines in an attempt to set a record for harvesting 65 hectares, the rural southern Manitoba community is at it again.…
New book gives greater voice to minority Reformation traditions
Categories: ArtbeatWalter Sawatsky, professor of church history and mission at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), has edited proceedings of two ecumenical consultations in a newly released book, Prophetic and Renewal Movements:…
Introducing Muslims to Jesus
Categories: UncategorizedWhen Christians proclaim the unique claims of God to Muslims, it often goes awry when they bring Jesus into the equation, according to Emmanuel Ali El-Shariff, who says it is…
Church may be ‘on to something’
Categories: UncategorizedIt’s been six months since Whitewater Mennonite Church in Boissevain, Man., laid aside its committee work, to rest, read Scripture, and engage in prayer and fellowship with one another as…
New residence hall to be built at CBC
Categories: UncategorizedFundraising for a new residence hall, estimated to cost $3.5 million, is underway at Columbia Bible College (CBC). The four-storey residence for 134 students will be located on a section…
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