Readers write
Magazine makes for good ‘devotional’ reading In your June 13 editorial, “Conversing in the ‘big tent,’” you say that Canadian Mennonite is primarily about reporting and dialogue, and not a devotional journal. As I read through some of the articles, editorial and stories of the pain in people’s lives, I found myself in devotion to…
For discussion
1. Professional hockey is known for fighting and violence. Should this deter Mennonites from being avid hockey fans? Is hard hitting and fighting an essential part of the game? Is violence okay if it’s allowed in the rules of the game? Is this what David Driedger means by structured violence? 2. What symbols or connections…
New logo a distraction to talking about peace and violence
It is nothing new to say that Winnipeg and southern Manitoba boasts an abnormally high concentration of Mennonites, although I suppose the Mennonites don’t boast. And given our historical and ongoing tension with how to respond to issues of peace and violence, it was also no surprise that more than a few eyebrows were raised…
Should Mennos cheer for fighter Jets?
Canadian hockey fans have a reason to celebrate. Fifteen years after the last NHL game was played in Winnipeg, Man., the league is coming back to the city. With other teams having financial difficulties and unstable ownership, fans across the country are seeing realistic chances that in the coming years even more teams will be…
Hearing young voices
As a person old enough to be their grandparent, I have to be careful with my words about young people. Having grandchildren of my own, I have learned, sometimes the hard way, to regard the boundaries which respectfully guard the integrity, identity and idealism of the younger generation. Which is not to say that we…
