Viewpoints
Readers write
Letters in response to sexuality issues
Re: “There is hope for those who want to leave the gay lifestyle” letter, Oct. 17, pg. 7.
Letters to my sister, Part 3
Observing Advent
The give and take of compromise
Readers write
Letters to my sister, Part 2
Yet another outspoken white man
I wonder if it’s enough to be an outspoken white man.
In my early years of Christian zeal, I learned from radio host and author James Dobson that men and women were different but equal, and that it was actually gracious of me to recognize them as the weaker sex. (I still strive to be gracious—to James Dobson and the people who introduced me to him.)
Rethinking Jerusalem
Readers write
Should governments fund spiritual care?
Re: “Financial crisis looms,” Sept 19, page 22.
Letters to my sister
With this issue, we begin a three-part series of back-and-forth letters between two elderly twin sisters, Faith Elaine Linton and Joyce Gladwell, on the topic of homosexuality. Elaine, who is preparing to give a seminar on the subject, begins, to which Joyce responds. Joyce and Elaine were born in 1931 in Jamaica. They were educated at St. Hilda’s, an Anglican boarding school for girls.
Navigating through the ‘decision decade’
As people move closer to the magic age of 65 that society has deemed the age of retirement, they may find themselves wondering if they are ready for the transition.
As you wish
In The Princess Bride, a 1987 comedy film, the haughty princess takes great pleasure in giving orders to her farmhand. He readily complies, often with the slightest of smiles on his face—perhaps even a smirk—and the words, “As you wish.” The princess eventually realizes that her servant’s accommodation is a declaration of his love for her, a love which she returns.
Whose story do we tell?
Readers write
What are they looking for?
Sunday is not a day for school
Don’t forget the ministries at home
Readers write: Oct. 17, 2011
Life in the Postmodern Shift
Big Bird on philanthropy
That provocative question came not at a church revival meeting, but from a researcher speaking to a mostly secular audience about trends in Canadian philanthropy. Regular congregants give a disproportionately large share of all charitable donations, Penelope Burk told hundreds of fundraisers from across Canada at a national conference in Toronto, Ont., this spring.
Family Ties
After the long and sometimes exasperating car trip with her husband, Martha joked to her friends, “Anytime I got mad at him, I just climbed in the back seat with my book and stayed there till I cooled off.” Those who have been trapped in a car for extended hours with a frustrating companion—not to mention their own heated anger—might identify with the pride and satisfaction of Mart
From Our Leaders
Readers write
A place to belong
A place to belong: These few little words became especially important to me as I reflect not only on the upcoming 60th anniversary of Mennonite Women Canada in 2012, but also on a recent experience that helped me to see that such a “belonging place” had been missing in my own life since we moved and changed churches a few years ago.