Issue: Number 6

  • Wake up, women! Let our lights shine!

    Wake up, women! Let our lights shine!

    It’s time to throw down the gauntlet and say, “Wake up, women!” Our mothers and grandmothers left us a wonderful legacy of working together, and we need to pick up the slack in our own generation by participating in the work of Mennonite Women Canada (MW Canada). We’re all busy, but it comes down to…

  • Good news and bad news

    Good news and bad news

    I can read newspapers from different parts of the world every day on my smartphone! I jump from city to city with a few taps to find out what’s moving and shaking, what’s being interpreted and what’s making headlines. I can read my Bible the same way. The version of good King James is 400…

  • Come alive, step away from the screen

    Come alive, step away from the screen

    I know how to make biscotti. I follow a recipe and it turns out fine. I like to add extra cranberries or raisins to make it chewy and give it a little tang. This is something I can make with confidence. So why did I sit through a 10-minute Internet video on how to make…

  • Readers write

    We welcome your comments and publish most letters sent by subscribers intended for publication. This section is largely an open forum for the sharing of views. Letters are the opinion of the writer only—publication does not mean endorsement by the magazine or the church. Keep letters to 400 words or less and address issues rather…

  • Evangelism redefined

    Evangelism redefined

    “True evangelical faith is of such a nature it cannot lie dormant, but spreads itself out in all kinds of righteousness and fruits of love; it dies to flesh and blood; it destroys all lusts and forbidden desires; it seeks, serves and fears God in its inmost soul; it clothes the naked; it feeds the…