Issue: Volume 24 Issue 14D

  • Reading, watching, listening: A buffet

    Reading, watching, listening: A buffet

    When the conversation is lagging in social situations, one of my favourite questions to ask is, “What are you reading?” This inquiry often leads to an interesting interchange of ideas and suggestions.  Today, I’ll turn the table and tell you about some things that I’ve been reading. And watching. And listening to. Here are a…

  • I am my brother’s keeper

    I am my brother’s keeper

    Many years ago now—I’m getting a bit long in the tooth—I took what I thought would be a bird course in my second year at what was then known as Waterloo College. It turned out to be anything but, and I remember more from that course than from any other in my seven years of…

  • MC Saskatchewan launches online Sunday school for children

    MC Saskatchewan launches online Sunday school for children

    Mennonite Church Saskatchewan is offering Sunday school for children via Zoom. Josh and Cindy Wallace started hosting the half-hour sessions at the end of May. So far, about eight families, with children ranging from 3 to 10 years of age, have participated. They represent four or five congregations. Midweek, families receive a thematically appropriate craft…