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Retirement: Eat, drink and be merry?
Categories: ViewpointsWhat comes to mind when you think of retirement: Florida, golf, hobbies, volunteering, generosity, inheritance, higher education, death, or what will I do if I don’t have enough money? The…
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Tending the boundaries
Categories: ViewpointsA number of years ago, my husband prepared to take a long trip, which meant we’d be apart for several months. I discussed this situation with a male colleague, who…
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Financial trends and church health
Categories: ViewpointsThere are many signs of good spiritual health in the body and ministry system that comprises Mennonite Church Canada. But there are also some worrisome trends. Over the past few…
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For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. What is the relationship between the Mennonite Brethren and Mennonite Church Canada congregations in your community? Do you agree that the relationship between the MBs and other Mennonites has…
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Bert Loewen named to Order of Manitoba
Categories: Feature ArticlesAmong the 2010 recipients of the Order of Manitoba, the province’s highest honour, is Bert Loewen, a member of the Mennonite Brethren Church. The announcement was made on May 12…
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Jacob D. Reimer’s tombstone discovered in Ukraine
Categories: Feature ArticlesOn a tour in Ukraine in October 2006, Gert and Katherine Martens experienced an emotional moment when a farmer in Oktaybreskoe removed a few planks from his wall and uncovered…
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From tension to cooperation
Categories: Feature ArticlesThis year the Mennonite Brethren Church is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a week-long celebration in B.C. in July. What have the MBs contributed to the wider Mennonite community during…
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The dollars are here
Categories: EditorialWith Andrew Reesor-McDowell, moderator of Mennonite Church Canada, we are concerned about declining giving to centrally planned ministries of MC Canada. Giving to such ministries, he documents, has decreased by…
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Bechtel Lecturer focuses on Mennonites in the Dutch Enlightenment
Categories: UncategorizedDuring his 2010 Bechtel Lecture presentations at Conrad Grebel University College, Ernst Hamm held that as 17th and 18th century Dutch Mennonites were involved in commerce, industry, trade and society…
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Put on those shoes of peace
Categories: ArtbeatApplause broke out in the audience at Floradale Mennonite Church when Kevin Bauman (played by Robb Martin), a recently returned Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) member from Palestine, responded to his…
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Bill C-11 impinges on refugees’ rights: MCC
Categories: UncategorizedImagine that you and your family are refugees from a technically “safe” country, but are experiencing persecution, violence or the threat of violence in your homeland. To escape this persecution,…
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Women and girls the solution to development work
Categories: UncategorizedA record number of guests came to the annual dinner of the Waterloo chapter of Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) last month to hear keynote speaker Helen Loftin give an…
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Credit union opens its doors to non-Mennonites
Categories: UncategorizedIt was standing room only at the 46th annual general meeting of the Mennonite Savings and Credit Union (MSCU) last month in Kitchener. Many were there to discuss a board…
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Crisis leads to faith
Categories: UncategorizedWhen a crisis hit Len Bergen seven years ago, his life began to spiral downward. Now seven years later, he sees how God did not abandon him, but led him…
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The dangerous question
Categories: ViewpointsWhen I popped the engagement question I was pretty sure what the answer would be. I was 100 percent sure she was the one for me and 99 percent sure…
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Rebutting ‘a pernicious message’
Categories: ViewpointsMy growing faith in Jesus has led me to see annual assemblies as increasingly blah. This feels inappropriate to say, yet necessary. By my actions, I declare my commitment to…
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Reflections on leadership
Categories: ViewpointsAs I think back on my seven years of leadership in Mennonite Church British Columbia, I am filled with thanksgiving and hope at what has transpired and what I have…
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How green is my MCC?
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhile Will Braun applauds Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for its commitment to shrink its carbon footprint by 20 percent over the next 10 years, he wonders whether it is just…
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Is our green green enough?
Categories: EditorialNot very, unfortunately. While Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is to be commended for its newly stated goal of reducing its carbon footprint by 20 percent over the next 10 years,…
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To ‘clothed’ Anabaptists
Categories: EditorialSometimes it takes an outsider to tell us quiet, unassuming Mennonites that we do indeed have clothes. Stuart Murray, a British biblical scholar from the Baptist tradition who has just…
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