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Readers write: May 2, 2022 issue
Categories: OpinionOttawa citizen offers different view of life under the ‘freedom convoy’ Re: First letter of “Two views on the ‘freedom convoy,’ ” April 4, page 7. The letter from a Bible…
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Reflection on Ukraine
Categories: OpinionThe horrific images from Ukraine jolt me from my comfort and I reflect on air-raid sirens, bunkers, explosions, refugees, civilian and military casualties. Historical connections to the region seem to…
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MWC Kansas banners
Categories: OpinionThe variety of banners at the 1978 Mennonite World Conference assembly in Wichita, Kan., is a representation of the diversity of people at the assembly, with 9,500 people registered from…
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Meetinghouses
Categories: OpinionI spent my high-school years in a congregation that was proud of our basketball hoops. Greenbelt Baptist Church decided to use public schools for worship and Sunday school, homes for…
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‘Come over and help us so that we can help the needy ones’
Categories: NewsPastor Desalegn Abebe’s message to North American Mennonites is simple. Abebe is the head of Meserete Kristos Church (MKC), the Anabaptist denomination in Ethiopia, where 17 months of civil violence…
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Drop-in program connects kids with creation
Categories: NewsMany children today live in a nature deficit. As screens constantly command their attention, parents tighten their protective grip as dangers outside seem to increase, and a multi-year pandemic continues…
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Faith and art in Yarrow
Categories: NewsWalking, biking or driving through twelve Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, April 15, residents of Yarrow, B.C., experienced the story of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection together through interactive…
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Remembering the passage of time
Categories: NewsJohn L. Erb and Barbara Oesch were Amish Mennonites who farmed in Wellesley Township in southwestern Ontario in the late 1800s. They attended Maple View Mennonite Church. Together they raised eight…
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Peacebuilding and relationship building go hand in hand
Categories: PeopleIt’s hard to imagine when Ben Borne finds time to sleep. “I have four jobs,” he says with an easy laugh. “It’s busy, but I love what I do.” Borne…
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Pastor reaches out to young adults using social media
Categories: PeopleAnna-Lisa Salo, pastor of Bergthal Mennonite Church in Didsbury, has taken advantage of Zoom’s free 40 minute limit. Two years ago, she reached out to four young women from her…
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Local artists make Stations of the Cross public
Categories: PeopleDuring Holy Week, bright pops of colour appeared in a downtown alley amid the brown slush and litter of a Winnipeg spring. A group of…
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Christ in you
Categories: OpinionAt the heart of the Christ path is a radical notion that our true identity is found in Christ. Paul says it is no longer he who lives, but Christ…
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A different frame of reference
Categories: OpinionWhen I ponder the question of what Mennonites and Anabaptists can bring to the conversation about climate change, I think about the language that many governments and corporations use. The…
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Discussion event to explore the climate crisis
Categories: OpinionCanadian Mennonite is launching an online discussion series exploring current events that are impacting the church and wider world, and the climate crisis is the subject of the first event.…
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Steps on the path
Categories: EditorialOn April 1, 2022, the world witnessed a remarkable event. On that day Pope Francis addressed a group of Indigenous people with the words, “I am very sorry.” Representatives of…
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A small regional church with big impact
Categories: Feature ArticlesYou are easily forgiven for not knowing that Edmonton is a beach city. In spite of its northern location and prairie landscape, sandcastles and sunbathers began appearing along a bank…
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Readers write: April 18, 2022 issue
Categories: OpinionReader objects to terms used in Canadian Mennonite In the last few years there has been a marked increase of “coded language” in Canadian Mennonite. By this I mean terms…
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Listen, debate, decide
Categories: OpinionIn a few months Garry Janzen, the executive minister of Mennonite Church B.C. will retire. He’s served MC B.C. for 14 years in that role. When he informed MC B.C.…
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Ukraine immigrant
Categories: OpinionWhat would you carry if you emigrated to another country? Twenty-three-year-old Anna Neufeld wore this locket in 1917 when her fiancé, Cornelius Tiessen, left, and brother Peter, both pictured in…
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‘A striking lesson in hope’
Categories: OpinionI continue to wander roads surrounding Laird, Sask., with my faithful hound, Bran. These spring days, as the snow slowly recedes, I have discovered a bonanza. Cans and bottles wait…
