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CMU music students break pandemic ‘fast’
Categories: NewsThe Mennonite Community Orchestra (MCO) broke the pandemic silence with a concert featuring two Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) students on Nov. 14 in Winnipeg. The concert was the ensemble’s first…
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A little SALT goes a long way
Categories: NewsIn the summer of 1982, 20-year-old Sophie Tiessen-Eigbike was about to get on a plane bound for Zimbabwe. She didn’t know it yet, but this trip was going to change…
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Foodgrains Bank continues to feed hungry with help of local community
Categories: NewsThe coronavirus has intensified a multitude of world issues, including hunger. The United Nations’ State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report revealed a big increase in the…
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Warm but not fuzzy in 2050
Categories: NewsClimate change has been on the agenda of our global village for a generation. The science, the discourse and the mood have shifted over time. As has reality. What was…
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MCC reverses decision to close Plum Coulee warehouse
Categories: NewsIn January 2021, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada and MCC Manitoba declared that they would close their warehouse in Plum Coulee, Man., about 100 kilometres south of Winnipeg, and move…
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‘A compelling example of leadership’
Categories: PeoplePursuing a career in music education was a dream for Ann L. Schultz, who was always passionate about making music. Now after 30 years and on the cusp of retirement,…
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Pastor, conference leader dies at 96
Categories: PeopleJacob “Jasch” Tilitzky, longtime pastor and leader in Mennonite Church British Columbia and the wider Mennonite church family, died on Nov. 9 in Abbotsford. He was born in Gruenfeld, Ukraine,…
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A pastor in the digital age
Categories: PeopleOver the course of the pandemic, many pastors and church leaders have grumbled about the woes of technology and the rise of Zoom worship gatherings. But for Lisa Martens Bartel,…
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‘Gratitude abounds’ at retirement celebration for Rockway’s principal
Categories: PeopleWith laughter and tears, stories and good music, family, friends, colleagues and students past and present celebrated Ann L. Schultz’s retirement from Rockway Mennonite Collegiate on Nov. 28. With some…
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Hope for a weary world
“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” (Psalm 27:14) Our world is weary. Throughout the past year many people have lost hope because…
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Watch: Advent greetings from MC Canada
Categories: Web FirstThe executive minister for Mennonite Church Canada extends Advent greetings to the nationwide church in a video posted on YouTube earlier this week. “We are making it through the COVID-19…
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Speakers announced for Amplify! youth gathering
Categories: NewsChristine Kampen Robinson and Christy Anderson, both on the staff of Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, have been named as the keynote speakers for Amplify!, the nationwide youth gathering happening…
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Rockway announces next principal
Elaine Ranney has been named as Rockway Mennonite Collegiate’s next principal. Betty Pries, the board chair of the Kitchener, Ont., school for students from grades 7 to 12, describes Ranney…
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December patchwork
Categories: EditorialAs the year 2021 winds down, this slightly distracted editor is trying to wrangle disparate ideas into a cohesive whole. What I offer here instead is a sort of patchwork…
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What if we stayed together?
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhat do we do when we disagree with people in our church? There are lots of reasons to disagree. We can disagree about how we talk about salvation, about who…
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Readers write: December 6, 2021 issue
Categories: OpinionA very big community of not-very-close friends Re: “Weak ties matter,” Sept. 27, page 11. It’s been a long time since I have been impacted by a column like Arli…
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Inspired by ‘this ground’
Categories: OpinionIn 2015, some of the summer staff at Mennonite Church Manitoba’s Camps with Meaning wrote a song called “This Ground.” The song makes the simple observation that nature inspires us…
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Alternative service camps
Categories: OpinionAlternative service camps during the Second World War brought young men from various traditions and regions together. Pictured, Reverend David P. Reimer of Manitoba, centre, is posing with conscientious objectors…
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‘Bring what you have’
Categories: OpinionI was driving the night shift that week, hauling wood chips to the pulp mill in The Pas, Man. I pulled into the Esso C-Store in Nipawin, Sask., a little…
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It’s about flourishing
Categories: OpinionA reader who comes from outside the religious community asked what I meant by the term “flourishing” when I used it last month. I had written that God desires the…
