For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. How many trees are planted annually in your community? Are they part of a community initiative? Who plants and waters them? How important is it to plant more trees?…
A tree is not only something that stands in the way
Categories: Feature Articles“Richard Branson has offered a large prize to anyone who invents a device that will pull greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. God already invented this device, and we call…
What’s really under the bonnet?
Categories: Feature ArticlesOn Oct. 2, 2006, the world was stunned by the killing of five Amish schoolgirls in a small schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa. Within hours, the Amish community forgave the…
Peeking under the bonnet
Categories: Feature ArticlesA few years ago, when conducting research for my Ph.D. on Amish women in business, I visited a gift shop and noticed a rack of romance novels with pictures of…
For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. How well would you score on a college entrance biblical literacy quiz? Do you know the answers to the quiz on this page? How/where did you gain knowledge about…
Bible literacy quiz
Categories: Feature Articles1. Put the following biblical characters in chronological order. A. Daniel / B. Adam / C. Moses / D. Paul / E. David 2. Match the quotes (A-E) with the…
Should there be a test for citizens of God’s kingdom?
Categories: Feature ArticlesIf I want to become a citizen of the U.S., I need to take a citizenship test. Something similar occurs in Canada when someone wants to become a citizen of…
Why and how should we study the Bible?
Categories: Feature ArticlesErvin R. Stutzman, the new moderator of Mennonite Church U.S.A., loves the Bible. He recently shared his passion for knowing the Bible and its story with John Longhurst of Mennonite…
Thy Word I haven’t hid in my heart
Categories: Feature ArticlesEvery year since 1995 Wheaton College—one of America’s preeminent Evangelical post-secondary schools—has tested the Bible knowledge of incoming freshmen students. These students are among the best and brightest of Christian…
The gospel according to Google
Categories: Feature ArticlesJust over 50 percent of Mennonite Church Canada congregations have their own websites. Next year that number will be higher. Guaranteed. And the year after it will be higher again.…
For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. How concerned would you be if you had Muslim neighbours? How fearful are most North Americans of Muslims? Is this fear justified? What would you say to those who…
The new name for ‘love of neighbour’
Categories: Feature ArticlesOn Spirituality chronicles the third Shi’i Muslim-Mennonite Christian dialogue that took place during the spring of 2007 at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ont. In the lead essay by Hajj…
A primer on Muslim groups and beliefs
Categories: Feature ArticlesIslam is one of the two largest religions in the world, with the other being Christianity. Figures differ, but it is clear that Islam is an alive and growing religion.
Interfaith bridgebuilding
Categories: Feature ArticlesBurton Buller came to Ontario’s Waterloo Region this spring to explore the many Mennonite-Muslim activities taking place in the community for a new documentary exploring peace traditions in both the…
For discussion
Categories: Feature Articles1. How homogeneous is your congregation? How long does it take for “outsiders” to feel welcome? What extra challenges does someone from a visible minority have to feel accepted? What…
Who are our multicultural Mennonites?
Categories: Feature ArticlesOnce upon a time, Mennonite congregations in Canada could largely define themselves by German or Swiss Mennonite heritage, but no more. Mennonite Church Canada congregations now represent an increasing variety…
Essentials for building a multicultural church
Categories: Feature ArticlesAccording to research conducted by sociologists Curtiss Paul Deyoung, Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey and Karen Chai Kim, 92.5 percent of Catholic and Protestant churches throughout the U.S. can be…
One church, many peoples
Categories: Feature ArticlesI travelled throughout Europe in the early 1980s. I had the opportunity to come across some Mennonites and learn something about Anabaptist history and teaching, preparing me for God’s leading…
Becoming a multicultural church
Categories: Feature ArticlesIn 1981, the newly formed Emmanuel Mennonite Church drew on Jesus’ words in Matthew 28:19 to express its purpose as a congregation: “To make disciples of all nations.” At the…
For discussion: August 23, 2010 issue
Categories: Feature ArticlesFollowing are questions for reflecting on and discussing the Canadian Mennonite stories on the first Truth and Reconciliation Commission events in 2010: “How complicit are Mennonites in Residential School Abuse?” Evelyn Rempel…
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