Issue: Volume 26 Issue 9

  • Remembering the passage of time

    Remembering the passage of time

    John L. Erb and Barbara Oesch were Amish Mennonites who farmed in Wellesley Township in southwestern Ontario in the late 1800s. They attended Maple View Mennonite Church. Together they raised eight children and had 29 grandchildren. These grandchildren grew up with the love and support not only of their parents and siblings, but also their seven…

  • Peacebuilding and relationship building go hand in hand

    Peacebuilding and relationship building go hand in hand

    It’s hard to imagine when Ben Borne finds time to sleep. “I have four jobs,” he says with an easy laugh. “It’s busy, but I love what I do.” Borne works for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Saskatchewan, teaches at First Nations University of Canada, and is the co-president/co-founder of Symmetry Public Relations. His fourth job…

  • Pastor reaches out to young adults using social media

    Pastor reaches out to young adults using social media

    Anna-Lisa Salo, pastor of Bergthal Mennonite Church in Didsbury, has taken advantage of Zoom’s free 40 minute limit. Two years ago, she reached out to four young women from her congregation who were heading off to post-secondary institutions. As it was during the beginning of the pandemic, Salo says she felt like she had lost…

  • Local artists make Stations of the Cross public

    Local artists make Stations of the Cross public

                During Holy Week, bright pops of colour appeared in a downtown alley amid the brown slush and litter of a Winnipeg spring. A group of artists from the congregation of Home Street Mennonite Church created their own versions of the Stations of the Cross and pasted them on the exterior…

  • Christ in you

    Christ in you

    At the heart of the Christ path is a radical notion that our true identity is found in Christ. Paul says it is no longer he who lives, but Christ who lives in him. He says our true identity, our true self, is “Christ in you.” What does this mean? Some theologians refer to the…

  • A different frame of reference

    A different frame of reference

    When I ponder the question of what Mennonites and Anabaptists can bring to the conversation about climate change, I think about the language that many governments and corporations use. The words “fight,” “tackle” and “battle” are commonly used when discussing the imperative to quickly solve the climate crisis. The time frame that our global community…

  • Discussion event to explore the climate crisis

    Discussion event to explore the climate crisis

    Canadian Mennonite is launching an online discussion series exploring current events that are impacting the church and wider world, and the climate crisis is the subject of the first event. Hosted by Aaron Epp, CM’s online media manager, the first event takes place on Wednesday, May 25 at 8 p.m. ET. You can register to…