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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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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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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Resting in the shadow of hope
Categories: Feature ArticlesRecently, I read a book that unsettled my sense of hope. In her memoir I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, Austin Channing Brown, a racial-justice…
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On babies and politics
Categories: Feature ArticlesIt used to be that the tinsel and lights of Christmas didn’t dare emerge until the black cats and orange pumpkins of Halloween were stripped from the shelves. But this…
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New hymnal will be ‘part of the fabric of our lives’
Categories: Feature ArticlesIt’s the result of an idea proposed over a decade ago and the culmination of more than four years of intense work. It includes close to a thousand hymns and…
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Faith forged in disorientation
Categories: Feature ArticlesThis is an unprecedented time. Unprecedented—it’s a word we’re hearing a lot in the last few months. The sense of disorientation has been palpable, from eerily empty streets to new…
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Expanding the reconciliation tent
Categories: Feature ArticlesAlthough I’m a pacifist who has never voted Conservative, I support the Conservative-led campaign to put a war hero’s face on the $5 bill. All the more so after speaking…
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Copyright matters
Categories: Feature ArticlesLife is funny. When something breaks down in the church, whether an oven or an elevator, we fix it. And if we can’t fix it, we buy a new one.…
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Selling generosity
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhen I am asked what I do for a living, I often say, “I show people how much fun it is to give their money away.” That elicits a better…
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Hooked on volunteering
Categories: Feature ArticlesEileen Klassen Hamm recalls how, as a young adult, she considered a Mennonite Voluntary Service term to be a good and natural thing to do. “It was an earlier era,…
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In a perfect storm
Categories: Feature ArticlesYears ago, I saw a movie about a fishing crew caught at sea when two storms and a hurricane converged to create a “perfect storm.” I have been reminded of…
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