Advent and idolatry
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of the Christian year, so it would be appropriate to greet each other with the recognition that a new year has begun.…
Tending the cairn
Categories: Feature ArticlesA public apology is one of many ways that a church may address past wrongs and those persons who have been harmed. Right now, for example, even following the apology…
The great Mwenezi cook-off
Categories: Feature ArticlesAll of Joseph Gudo’s hard work was summed up in one small plate of food. He’d laboured for months in the field and uncountable hours in the kitchen all in…
Defund the police?
Categories: Feature ArticlesOn March 11, 2020, the day before Manitoba reported its first infection of the coronavirus, Bronwyn Dobchuk-Land stood up in a multipurpose room at First Mennonite Church in Winnipeg to…
Meeting on the common ground of God’s love
Categories: Feature ArticlesDo Mennonites believe there is something intrinsically, inherently important about our denominational institutions? If you think not, then you can skip this article and pick up another article instead. I…
Three chairs: In, out and up
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhen I was taking part in the Ontario Jubilee program in soul care and spiritual direction, one of the principles that guided our time together was that everything we did…
Learning fluency step by step
Categories: Feature ArticlesRecovering a lost language or learning to speak a language doesn’t happen overnight. But a desire to learn will unbolt the door—swinging it wide open—and fill our lungs with sparkling…
Creating a cultural shift
Categories: Feature ArticlesAbuse. It’s one of those topics that can stop a conversation dead in its tracks. Yet those who work in the area of abuse response and prevention say that talking…
All will be well!
Categories: Feature ArticlesLast September, at the school where I teach, the director noted the many restraints and restrictions staff and students were experiencing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It seemed that everywhere…
Toward Antioch
Categories: Feature ArticlesBy Doug Klassen During times of crisis or struggle, I study Scripture, praying that the Holy Spirit nudges me with a word, a phrase . . . anything. A few…
Holding the hope
Categories: Feature ArticlesAmidst the darkness and uncertainties of the past year, there have been some gifts in this pandemic time. One of these gifts has been increased acknowledgement of the existence of…
Phoebe, the bright one
Categories: Feature ArticlesThe Epistle to the Romans has been called the Apostle Paul’s great masterwork, the summing up of all his thought. It is a rich, dense and complex work of theology…
Recommended reads
Categories: Feature Articles“Rainy days,” Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson once wrote, “should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.” As part of Canadian Mennonite’s biannual…
Avoiding an environmental shipwreck
Categories: Feature ArticlesEvery time you walk into the church building, that threadbare carpet stares up at you. Everyone agrees it’s time for a change, but how do you replace a worn-out carpet…
‘I have seen the Lord!’
Categories: Feature ArticlesEaster is a time to speak a message of lavish grace, of love personified and of unending hope. This is a day to leave guilt, shame and fear tangled up…
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…
A hymn by any other number
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhen hymnologist Mary Oyer travelled from Uganda to Oregon to attend the 1969 Mennonite Church general assembly, she was surely filled with anticipation. She arrived in the second week of…
Stones of remembrance
Categories: Feature Articles“And Joshua set up at Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken out of the Jordan. He said to the Israelites, ‘In the future when your descendants ask their parents,…
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…
A rich and diverse version of God
Categories: Feature ArticlesIn 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stated: “We must face the fact that in America, the church is still the most segregated major institution in America. At 11:00 on Sunday…
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