For discussion: Are we one?
Categories: Feature Articles1. What is the relationship of the various Christian denominations in your community? Are there formal contacts between congregations? In what settings do the denominations work together? 2. What does…
Are we one?
Categories: Feature ArticlesJesus’ Farewell Discourse, as recorded in John 14 to 17, is full of images of who Jesus is. These four chapters present Jesus as a shepherd; a gate; and the…
Differently gifted
Categories: Feature Articles"I don't want to remember it,” Hugo Unruh says of the grim spring day in 1972. He and his wife at the time, pulled into the 40-hectare complex an hour…
Good Work
Categories: Feature ArticlesBeige cement walls intersect with light green shag carpet. The smell of sugar and over-brewed yet weak coffee mingles with bits of conversation and the clink of spoons on ceramic…
For discussion: From milk and honey to a land of rubble
Categories: Feature Articles1. What have been your personal experiences or connections with Israel/Palestine? What are your sources for news or information of what is happening there? Do Canadians tend to see the…
Lord, in your mercy
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe following is an excerpt from a recent prayer from the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, calling on the world to pray for the people who live in…
From milk and honey to a land of rubble
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhat is God’s plan for Israel? It would be presumptuous for me to say that I have a definitive answer to that question. If I did, I would likely be…
Stories and images of Assembly 2014
Categories: Feature ArticlesFrom July 3 to 6, 2014, Mennonite Church Canada held its biennial assembly, in Winnipeg, Man. Focusing on the theme, “Wild Hope: faith for an unknown season,” the church delegates…
‘Finding faith for an unknown season’
Categories: Feature ArticlesA tornado warning was issued for southern Winnipeg just as Willard Metzger, Mennonite Church Canada’s executive director, was giving the final announcements at Assembly 2014 on July 5. Should delegates…
Sexuality has ‘the potential of taking us into fragmentation’
Categories: Feature ArticlesWith the future of the church and issues of sexuality being prominent issues up for discussion at Assembly 2014, Karl Koop, a Canadian Mennonite University professor, asked César García, Mennonite…
For discussion:‘Finding faith for an unknown season’
Categories: Feature Articles1. As Mennonite Church Canada ponders the future, it recognizes that the church is changing. What changes have been happening in your congregation? What fears do you have about the…
The changing face of congregations
Categories: Feature ArticlesIn the face of an uncertain future, trepidation of shrinking budgets and programs, tired and fewer volunteers, and changing realities, encouraging stories were shared over two days of Assembly 2014…
Biblical visions of ‘wild hope’
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhere in the Bible can Christians turn to for “wild hope” if they are to have faith in an unknown season? That was the question Dan Epp-Tiessen, associate professor of…
Deconstructing Muslim myths
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe biggest obstacle to working with people of other faiths is to deconstruct all the stereotypes and myths that the media have created and perpetrated, especially about Islam, Donna Entz…
‘There is abundance’
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhat might a flashlight symbolize about how you were brought up to believe about generosity? That was one of the questions faced by participants during a weekend seminar at Assembly…
‘Jesus is with us’ in our creation-care efforts
Categories: Feature Articles“Last year, Mennonite Church U.S.A. passed a resolution on creation care at its Phoenix assembly. Is it time for [MC] Canada to have a resolution as well, and, if so,…
Leon provides B.C. prof a paw to stand on
Categories: Feature ArticlesIt’s hard to organize a trip to Mennonite Church Canada’s assembly, knowing what to pack, how many books to bring and how to plan visiting times. The who to travel…
Prayer to heal the heart
Categories: Feature ArticlesWho gets the help when a pastor marries a psychiatrist? At the 2014 Mennonite Church Canada minister’s conference, the answer was no joke, yet everyone left feeling better. Dr. Karl…
What exclusive allegiance to Jesus looks like in a pluralistic culture
Categories: Feature ArticlesEmbodying the love that Jesus Christ modelled and treating people the way we want to be treated are the best ways to face an increasingly pluralistic society. That’s the message…
At least there is hope for a tree!
Categories: Feature ArticlesAt a corner of Ellice Avenue and Marilyn Street in Winnipeg, the neighbourhood association erected four sheets of plywood and painted them with chalkboard paint. The phrase, “Before I die…
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