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Mission for now
Categories: OpinionSince this is the Spring Books and Resources issue of Canadian Mennonite, let me recommend a book that speaks directly to some of the headline news of the past few…
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Becoming the enemy you hate
Categories: OpinionThe story of Israel warns us of how easily we can become the very thing we hate. The Hebrews were slaves in Egypt, oppressed by Pharaoh and forced into slave…
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Boy’s bake sale raises funds for Ukraine
Categories: NewsCliff Gusztak is a little boy with a big heart. An idea for a small cupcake stand evolved into a fundraising campaign that raised a total of $7,150 for Mennonite…
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Live theatre returns to Rockway with ‘Anne’
Categories: NewsAfter a two-year hiatus, students at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate, in Kitchener, were thrilled to perform Anne of Green Gables. The two-hour play was mounted by a cast and crew spanning…
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Making comforters for Ukraine refugees a community effort
Categories: NewsNiagara United Mennonite Church called its congregants and neighbourhood community together to tie comforters in the church basement on March 26. Advertisements in the local newspapers and in church bulletins…
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Supporting comforter makers across Saskatchewan
For many Mennonite volunteers in Saskatchewan, quilting and making comforters is both a ministry and passion. One woman is trying to ensure that these volunteers are equipped with what they…
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Youths volunteer with MDS over spring break
Categories: NewsSeveral young people from Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Abbotsford, B.C., volunteered with Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) during spring break to help victims of last year’s massive flood. Family pastor Rachel…
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‘Our blood can change things in your country’
Categories: Books & ResourcesMJ Sharp, a young Mennonite peacemaker from the United States, was killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo five years ago. This book by Marshall King explains not only…
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Not just a book of big ideas
Categories: Books & ResourcesFour panels on page 108 of Jonathan Dyck’s graphic novel Shelterbelts are stuck in my mind. I’ve studied these black-and-white images so closely that they appear something like a photo…
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Overcoming the fear of not being believed
Categories: Books & ResourcesFive years ago, a congregant of First Mennonite Church in Winnipeg asked David Driedger about church policy addressing sexual abuse and harassment between members of a congregation, following an incident…
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A peacemaker’s guide to Revelation
Categories: Books & ResourcesMenno Media: Jeremy, your book Upside-Down Apocalypse is being referred to as a peacemaker’s guide to the Book of Revelation. What prompted you to write about Revelation? Jeremy Duncan: I…
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Laughs at book launch
Categories: Books & ResourcesAfter several years of pandemic-induced Zoom book launches in B.C., satirist Andrew Unger winged his way to Abbotsford to face a living, breathing audience at the Mennonite Heritage Museum on…
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Digital Corner
Transmission Indonesia 2021. In this 10-minute video, two young adults explore their Anabaptist faith and interfaith dialogue in Indonesia and the Netherlands. This is the second in a series leading…
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‘I wanted to know more about it’
Categories: Books & ResourcesWhen Marion Roes began researching her family history, she came across some surprises connected to her family’s business. Intrigued, she tried to find out more about local undertakers, but there…
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Spring 2022 List of Books & Resources
Categories: Books & ResourcesTheology, Spirituality And If I Don’t: Reimagining the Single Life. April Klassen. Schleitheim Press, Kelowna, B.C., 2021, 130 pages. With frankness and honesty, the author explores what it means…
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New digital resources for ‘Peaceful at Heart’
Categories: Books & ResourcesPeaceful at Heart was released in 2019 to present a vision of peaceful living as an alternative to the expectations for masculinity widely held by society. The goal has been…
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Deborah Lynn Sprunger
Categories: PeopleDeborah Lynn Sprunger, 71, of Lancaster, Pa., passed away on March 27, 2022, at Lancaster General Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Deborah was the loving wife of Rev. JW…
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The land speaks
Categories: Web First“We hope that people, landowners especially, will talk about what’s on their land, who occupied the land and who occupies it now,” says Harry Lafond, a Muskeg Lake Cree First…
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MCC partners in India support migrant workers
Categories: Web FirstWhen thinking about migration, it is easy to focus just on resettling refugees fleeing conflict or disaster. But the work Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) does with migrants isn’t just about…
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Church ministers with muffins
SASKATOON—Once a month, volunteers from Mount Royal Mennonite Church spend the day baking 500 muffins. It’s part of an ongoing relationship between the church and Westmount Community School, a kindergarten…
