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Celebrating 10 years of spiritual friendship
Categories: NewsThe Roman Catholic Church has a global baptized membership of 1.3 billion parishioners. Mennonite World Conference (MWC), on the other hand, has just over 0.16 of one percent of that…
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Archivist shares ‘a sweet and true tale’
Categories: NewsBig city lawyers paid Old Order Mennonite women $20 an hour to bake cookies, all in an effort to gather evidence in “the cookie war.” This “sweet and true tale”…
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New directions for MC B.C.
Categories: NewsAlthough faces on screens had to replace in-person contact, participants at the 2021 Mennonite Church B.C. annual general meeting, held on Zoom on Feb. 27, managed to create a sense…
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MWC continues pastoral response to COVID-19
Categories: Web FirstIn the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, stories poured in from Mennonite World Conference (MWC) member churches about job losses and hunger in their congregations and communities…
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Rebecca Stoltzfus appointed to second term as Goshen College president
GOSHEN, IND.—Rebecca Stoltzfus was unanimously reappointed to a second five-year term as president of Goshen College beginning July 1, after receiving strong affirmation for her relational gifts, strategic thinking, community-mindedness…
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Sourdough bread and communion
I grew my first sourdough starter in a Nutella jar in Switzerland in April 2020. I am one of those people who started making sourdough bread this year and I’ll…
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Mennonite women recognized with Manitoba trailblazer awards
Several Mennonite women are the recipients of the 150 Manitoba Women Trailblazer Awards. The Nellie McClung Foundation, in partnership with the Winnipeg Free Press, has distributed these awards to celebrate…
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Watch: Behind the music with Phil Campbell-Enns
Categories: Web FirstWinnipeg pastor and songwriter Phil Campbell-Enns is the latest person featured in a new video series from MennoMedia showcasing Anabaptist contributions to the new Voices Together hymnal. In the four-and-a-half-minute…
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Celebrating the good
Categories: EditorialThe March 15, 2020, entry in our household calendar reads: “We started COVID-19 social distancing today.” It’s been one year since the worldwide community began confronting the reality of the…
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The power of their faith
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhen you consider Jesus’ three-year ministry, which specific events come to mind? Which of his actions inspire you the most? When I was in seminary, one assignment was to pick…
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Readers write: March 1, 2021 issue
Categories: OpinionA sombre revelation for a former neighbour Re: “ ‘What will happen to us now?’ A son recalls his mother’s experience of the 1918 pandemic,’ ” Jan. 18, 2021, page 24. Living…
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Raising reconciliation from the dead
Categories: Opinion“Reconciliation is dead.” I saw that stark message on a sign at the Landback Camp in Victoria Park in Kitchener, Ont., in June 2020. Local Indigenous people established the camp…
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Vaccine inequities
Categories: OpinionI struggle often with my relative wealth and privilege. Working with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for 20-plus years helped give me something “to do” to address inequities in our world.…
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Speculating about berry-filled trees
Categories: OpinionA few years ago I was trekking through a desolate, snow-filled forest, enjoying the spacious tranquility of a crisp winter hike, when I came upon a tree buzzing with activity…
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Pain and potential
Categories: OpinionAfter a long period of waiting, we learned in December that a COVID-19 vaccine had been approved and distribution was beginning. We were told that, by the beginning of September,…
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Fellowship is stronger than lockdowns
Categories: News“Together on [Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday], we feel connected to our brothers and sisters all over the world,” said Jannie Nijwening, pastor at Doopsgezind Gemeente Zaanstreek in the Netherlands. Around…
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Join the crowd
Categories: NewsFifteen congregations have launched new websites through the Mennonite Church Canada congregational website hub. “On the one hand, it’s hard work but it’s creative work,” says Rachel Siemens, pastor of…
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Saskatoon man teaches gardening online
Categories: NewsThe seed that eventually grew into the Vegetable Academy was planted when Jared Regier was a boy working, somewhat reluctantly, in his parents’ garden. “Good food was always part of…
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Mennonite leaders weigh in on vaccination
Categories: NewsShould Mennonite Church Canada leaders promote vaccines during this public health emergency? That question arose in January when Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer, met with over 1,300…
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What is appropriate humour?
Categories: NewsIt may seem obvious when humour crosses the line, but Christians have not always agreed when it is appropriate and when it is not. In fact, throughout many periods of…
