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Colombian Mennonites report violence, call for solidarity
Categories: Feature ArticlesDespite a landmark 2016 peace deal that held the promise of ending more than 50 years of violence in Colombia, Mennonites in South America’s second most populated country report that…
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Readers write: January 18, 2021 issue
Categories: OpinionSeeking a call to discernment Re: “Credentials terminated for theologian-academic-pastor,” Nov. 9, 2020, page 18. Last October, John D. Rempel joined John Howard Yoder, Karl Barth and numerous other theologians…
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Refined, pared back, purified
Categories: OpinionIn his book Transforming Mission, missiologist David J. Bosch famously pictured the church’s mission as “a ceaseless celebration of the Feast of Epiphany” with our life together, our prayers, our…
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Gesangbuch
Categories: OpinionWhy go to all the trouble of producing a new hymnal? The Gesangbuch commission of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada faced this question in 1961. The 1942 version, it…
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The kingdom of heaven now
Categories: OpinionAt the end of the infamous year 2020, I retired from pastoral ministry. Again. We’ll see if it “takes” this time. Looking back, I am reminded that, at different times…
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The practice of faith
Categories: OpinionThe Buddhist nun looked across the table and asked me if Christians were taught how to practise faith. “Is Christian faith only beliefs that you try to internalize? Or do…
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Launched into oblivion
Categories: OpinionMy youngest daughter Ruth can be a little firecracker. We say that she’s sweet and spicy. Sometimes she can get into a real funk, though, and I can feel lost…
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Good graces
Categories: OpinionAs human beings, we’re generally pretty lousy at grace. We long for it in our deepest and truest moments, and we desperately need it, God knows. But we often struggle…
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Churches work together to serve curbside Christmas dinner
Categories: NewsOn Christmas Day, 137 free turkey dinners were served up for people who needed some Christmas cheer in the Wilmot and Wellesley townships of Waterloo Region. The curbside Christmas dinner…
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MWC Executive Committee approves expansion plan
Categories: NewsIn online Mennonite World Conference (MWC) meetings in mid-November 2020, the Executive Committee approved expansion of MWC’s structure to include new specialized networks. Deliberation of the proposal to accept new…
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Partnership provides ‘exciting opportunity’ to address affordable housing
Categories: NewsThe need is great. Six thousand people wait for affordable housing in Waterloo Region. Local government is committed to creating 25,000 new housing units in the next five years, but…
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‘Meet you at the manger’
Categories: NewsIn the early morning of Dec. 25, 2020, still dark and with snow on the ground, a small group of people gathered in front of Yarrow United Mennonite Church to…
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‘What will happen to us now?’
Categories: PeopleCOVID-19 has given Jake Buhler pause to reflect on his family history and how it has been shaped by pandemics. In 1918, when both the Spanish flu and tuberculosis were…
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‘The show must go on’
Categories: Focus On EducationChristina Carpenter Are traditional school productions a thing of the past? Or can the authentic experience still be delivered virtually? One of the traditions at Menno Simons Christian School has…
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In moments of connection, the technology disappears
Categories: Focus On EducationOn Wednesdays at Conrad Grebel University College, a group of students, faculty, and staff choose to gather in the chapel for a worship service. In light of the pandemic, services…
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Grade-based programs place value on interdisciplinary, cross-curricular thinking
Categories: Focus On EducationRJC High School runs three grade-based programs that focus on interdisciplinary, cross-curricular thinking: The Imagine program is a peacebuilding program that encourages Grade 10 students to reflect on the challenges…
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Practising hope
Categories: Focus On EducationPeople who arrived on the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) campus last fall were greeted by singing, soaring not through the windows of the music wing, but from outside. In order…
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Rockway raises $25,000 for food drive
Categories: Focus On EducationThe annual Christmas Food Drive at Rockway Mennonite Collegiate is a big deal. It starts in November with a kick-off chapel and fun incentives. Normally, students collect non-perishable food for…
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Humbled by grace and generosity
Categories: Focus On Education“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble” (Psalm 46:1). Back in March 2020, when we first shut down for the pandemic, our student body…
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Common Read continues with ‘I Am Not Your Enemy’
Categories: Web FirstMennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Church USA and Herald Press began partnering in September to encourage Mennonites to engage in a “common read,” a shared reading experience focused on specific books…
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