Reading the Bible with the damned
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe Bible was primarily written for the damned, proclaimed Gareth Brandt provocatively during a roving workshop called, “Word on the Street” on Friday afternoon. The nine participants went on an…
She is fighting a lonely battle
Categories: Feature ArticlesShe wept as she told her gripping story of being criminalized by the Canadian government for exercising her indigenous rights to fish from the Fraser River. And she drummed a…
“We are the ones calling for blame”
Categories: Feature ArticlesJesus plays the role of scapegoat so that we don’t have to hate, kill and blame each other for those sins, observed Rose Graber in discussing the “Three Views of…
Year-end changed as overall revenues continue to fall
Categories: Feature ArticlesRandy Wiebe, Mennonite Church Canada’s CFO, reported to delegates at Assembly 2012 that while total revenues increased by $55,000 over the previous year, the fiscal year ending Jan. 31, 2012…
Writing in the dust
Categories: Feature ArticlesWe know of Jesus writing only once, Tom Yoder Neufeld told the Mennonite Church Canada Assembly gathered here for Sunday morning worship. Urging his listeners to use more than the…
For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. How is the role of women understood in your congregation? Are women taught to be subservient and submissive? Are women given proper respect? Why might submissive women be more…
Help for victims
Categories: Feature ArticlesMany resources exist to help victims of domestic abuse. For more information, visit the Government of Canada website at www.justice.gc.ca/eng/pi/fv-vf/facts-info/sa-vc.html.
Killing her softly
Categories: Feature ArticlesIt’s Sunday morning, and you greet Sandy* and Bob* as they sit in the pew behind you. You smile and shake hands. What you see is a nice couple, good…
A long way home
Categories: Feature ArticlesWalking along the bank of the Limmat River, Thioro Bananzoro ponders the challenges Anabaptists have turned into opportunities over the last five centuries.
For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. How does your congregation go about making important decisions? Do you use discernment language? How do you listen for the voice of God when you are wrestling with an…
Tips to get discernment right
Categories: Feature ArticlesTrust that God is with us throughout the discernment process no matter the decision. Figure out what the issue is. This is really important! We can spend a lot of…
Try a little discernment
Categories: Feature ArticlesDiscernment is a common topic in our congregations these days. We discern a pastoral call, a building program, theology and biblical texts.
‘This land is us’
Categories: Feature ArticlesFor five years I lived and worked in the outskirts of San Salvador, El Salvador, with an organization supporting marginalized families living with HIV/AIDS. Although the agonizing combination of poverty…
For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. What role models are boys and young men exposed to today? How well do our families and churches do in providing healthy male role models? Does pop culture provide…
Shifting male roles
Categories: Feature ArticlesDoug Klassen, pastor of Foothills Mennonite Church, Calgary, Alta., served as Pastor in Residence at Canadian Mennonite University in late January and early February 2012. His presentation about the role…
For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. What are some ways that parenting today is similar to, and different from, earlier generations? Were yesterday’s parents also “scared and overwhelmed”? Do today’s parents tend to hover too…
Parenting resources for parents and churches
Categories: Feature ArticlesParenting resources at the Mennonite Church Canada Resource Centre are available to borrow or purchase. Visit online www.mennonitechurch.ca/tiny/183 From MennoMedia
It takes a church to raise a child
Categories: Feature ArticlesAre my children going to be okay?” This is the overriding concern that Kathy Giesbrecht, associate director of leadership ministries for Mennonite Church Manitoba, hears and senses from parents. Parents…
Food safety bureaucracy proves a minefield for MCC Relief Sale
Categories: Feature ArticlesAnne Wiens is determined to avoid food safety inspection hassles like those experienced the last time the annual Mennonite Central Committee Relief Sale was hosted in Didsbury, Alta., in 2009.…
Take care
Categories: Feature ArticlesOntario pastor Kevin Peters-Unrau tells a Kafkaesque story of what happened when he volunteered to work with children in his community. “I had difficulty getting a police check because last…
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