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Acting ‘a little strange’
Categories: Editorial“When you learn to follow Jesus, you will act a little strange.” This memorable line comes from a song by Mennonite singer/songwriter Bryan Moyer Suderman. Besides being an earworm, this…
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We gratefully acknowledge . . .
Categories: Feature ArticlesIn recent years, whether attending church meetings or public or community gatherings, Canadians may have heard opening words similar to these: “We gratefully acknowledge that we are meeting today on…
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Readers write: June 27, 2022 issue
Categories: OpinionKeep on keeping on After many years of supporting the withholding of military taxes and volunteering with Conscience Canada Peace Tax Trust Fund (CC), I have at last retired from…
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Receiving a life-giving word
Categories: OpinionWhen God’s story connects with our story, the Holy Spirit is at work, bringing life. As author Anne Lamott says, “I do not at all understand the mystery of grace—only…
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Ladies at MWC
Categories: OpinionA large audience gathered for one of two “Women’s Section” meetings at the Mennonite World Conference held in Kitchener, Ont., in 1962. The women met to consider the conference theme,…
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These are our people
Categories: OpinionWe welcomed two babies and their families with words of blessing and commitment into our local congregation today. The wide-eyed babies took in all the people watching them and waving…
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A tune finds words
Categories: OpinionWhen we opened the portal for submissions to Voices Together, the new Mennonite hymnal, the committee received over 2,000 submissions from songwriters, text writers, and composers from around the world,…
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My opinion on opinions
Categories: OpinionI recently heard a comedian say, “Everyone has an opinion on everything these days.” He continued, “When I was young, it wasn’t that way. People had maybe six opinions. Sometimes…
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Large bequest ‘threatened to swamp us’
Categories: OpinionShantz Mennonite Church held a dedication service on Sunday, June 5. It was intended to be for our new facilities, but in truth, it was primarily a rededication of ourselves.…
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Anxiety and hope co-exist
Categories: NewsIt is true that the impacts of climate change on the planet’s future are unfairly shouldered by youth and children. Mennonite Church Saskatchewan made space for youth to explore that…
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CMU celebrates the Class of 2022
Categories: NewsAfter two years of outdoor ceremonies and air hugs, the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) community gathered at Bethel Mennonite Church on April 30 to observe this year’s graduation in a…
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MCC responds to its entanglements with National Socialism
Categories: NewsOver the past several years, numerous historians have highlighted how different Mennonite communities in Europe before and during the Second World War were entangled with and even actively participated in…
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Calgary church learns about its neighbourhood
Categories: NewsAs part of a five-week series focused on land, place and community, members of Calgary Inter-Mennonite Church went on a walk through their neighbourhood. The original idea for the series…
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Rural remnant, earthy sensibilities
Categories: PeopleErnie Hildebrand intended to spend his life farming along the banks of the Cypress Creek, where he grew up in south-central Manitoba. And while Hildebrand, now 80, and his wife…
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‘A positive presence in Montreal’
Categories: PeopleIn the middle of Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal neighbourhood is a small and much-loved community centre, the Maison de l’amitié (MA) or House of Friendship. This unassuming brick building is a bustling…
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Meet the speakers for Gathering 2022
Categories: PeopleThree guest speakers will engage the theme of witness at Mennonite Church Canada’s Gathering 2022, to be held in Edmonton, Alta., from July 29 to August 1. The theme of…
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Responding, faithfully
Categories: EditorialWhat is a faithful response to the news in the world around us? Canadian Mennonite posed this question in our annual spring fundraising appeal. Each year CM needs to raise…
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What is a Christlike response to military might?
Categories: Feature ArticlesAs Christians rooted in the Anabaptist tradition, we care deeply about every human being on Earth. We no doubt have felt solidarity with Ukrainians as they struggle against violence and…
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Readers write: June 13, 2022 issue
Categories: OpinionPoint: When words don’t make sense, conversation is at risk Re: “God didn’t create you wrong” feature, Feb. 21, page 4. The only challenge I have with the gender-identity conversation…
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At work with God on climate change
Categories: Opinion“The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it” (Psalm 24:1). It all begins here. We have four grandchildren at…
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