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Mennonites, they love sweet things,” Nicole Weber says with a laugh.
Raising the steaks
Jason and Sandy Yuen grew up in traditional Chinese-Canadian homes where meals included meat, but today the Toronto couple and their three children follow
Hawkesville closes with gratitude
Grebel revamps peace and gender course
Kim Penner says most courses that focus on gender roles in conflict tend not to look outside the experiences of men and women.
Taking risks to deliver relief in Myanmar
Every day, when Mr. Khong awakens in Myanmar, he has two challenges: One, avoid being captured, conscripted or killed by the military junta that is struggling to hold onto its power to govern.
Doing church conflict well: Q&A with Janet Schmidt
Camps with Meaning aims to raise $8.6 million
Church communities find solace amid tragic deaths
After our January 28 Sunday morning worship service at Aberdeen Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, our congregation, together with St.
Eastern Canada churches discuss youth engagement
Alberta AGM marked by hope and diversity
Klassen urges outreach at Saskatchewan AGM
“The gospel begins with ‘hello.’” This was the challenge Doug Klassen, executive minister for Mennonite Church Canada, gave to those gathered for the Mennonite Church Saskatchewan Annual Delegate Sessions on March 8-9 at North Star Mennonite Church in Drake, Saskatchewan.
Two notable actions at Manitoba AGM
Cedar Valley a faith-based community centre
Life in the 80s
Congregation steps up in absence of pastor
A church basement tribute
As Mennonite Church Saskatchewan business played out in the sanctuary of North Star Mennonite Church in Drake on March 9, a group of women were doing church in the basement. On lunch prep duty were (left to right) Myrna Ewert, Vicky Toporchak, Betty Friesen, Tami-Lynn Lehr, Mary Jean Nicholson, Alvie Martens and Denise Bartel.
Over 1,000 Mennonites killed in Ethiopia
Violence has devastated Meserete Kristos Church (MKC), the Mennonite body in Ethiopia. As of February 12, armed groups had burned 49 MKC churches to the ground, looted and damaged another 81 churches, and killed 1,231 MKC members, including 31 church leaders.
Beyond revenge: The story of Maoz Inon
Maoz Inon is an Israeli Jewish social entrepreneur and peace advocate. During a February online event—Part I of the Peace & Possibility events—he shared the story of his parents being murdered by Hamas and his family’s astonishing journey to peace.
Fifty years of listening to poets
Life in the 80s
'Stuck together' at MCBC AGM
‘What do you do with an unjust benefit?’
For John Stoesz, making land reparations to Indigenous communities is a way to follow Jesus.
The meaning of seeds
At 9 a.m., it was already hot and humid in Hopelchén, a small city in the Yucatán peninsula. A collective of Maya farmers had gathered in the shaded courtyard outside the home where we were staying. We could hear laughter and chatter over the wall as we returned from our morning walk.