Fascism by any other name Re: “ Committed to seeking a deeper understanding ,” Feb. 1, page. 13 It is a good idea that Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is willing to re-examine... Read More
Opinion
COVID-19 has forced most of us to embrace that most rousing of Anabaptist virtues: simplicity. Our lives have been simplified, stripped down to the essentials. We have gone out... Read More
March 24, 2021 | Opinion | Michael Pahl
Nothing says “occasion” like a panoramic group photograph. Pictured, Sharon Mennonite Church in Guernsey, Sask., commemorates its 50th anniversary in 1955. The congregation... Read More
March 24, 2021 | Opinion | Laureen Harder-Gissing
Jean Vanier. Ravi Zacharias. John Howard Yoder. We add to this list in our own Canadian Mennonite church community every year. My Lenten reading in March was from Matthew 23,... Read More
March 24, 2021 | Opinion | Arli Klassen
I spend at least 30 minutes a day in silent prayer and meditation, but sometimes this isn’t enough. A few times a year I need a fuller and deeper experience of silence. I need... Read More
March 24, 2021 | Opinion | Troy Watson
In Genesis 9:3, God says to Noah: “Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.” But when God... Read More
March 24, 2021 | Opinion | Sandy and Jason Yuen
On March 8, 2021, International Women’s Day, I attended the celebration of life for Doris Gascho, who had died a week before, after many years of serving the church. Doris was a... Read More
March 10, 2021 | Editorial | Virginia A. Hostetler
History and generosity ‘should count for something’ Re: “MCC centralizing relief warehouse in New Hamburg,” Feb. 1, page 14. It was reported—as a “no-big-deal” item—that the... Read More
March 10, 2021 | Opinion |
As the people of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, we’re going on a journey of courageous imagination. Over the course of the next year we will dream, imagine and listen to each... Read More
March 10, 2021 | Opinion | Leah Reesor-Keller
“The car [is] the child and charm of modernity,” writes sociologist Donald Kraybill. A century ago, this new technology became another dividing line between Mennonites who... Read More
March 10, 2021 | Opinion | Laureen Harder-Gissing
Some years ago, the person who shares my life experienced a blip in her physical well-being. This resulted in Holly spending several days in hospital. One result of that... Read More
March 10, 2021 | Opinion | Ed Olfert
Jonah suddenly became a favourite book of mine after I went to Iraq. Forget the fish! The book is a comedic satire against ethnocentrism, nationalism and a narrow-minded... Read More
March 10, 2021 | Opinion | Randolph Haluza-DeLay
I love watching my kids twirl endlessly around at the park on those self-propelling spinners. It reminds me of my childhood spinning on tire swings until we were nearly sick, and... Read More
March 10, 2021 | Opinion | Joshua Penfold
The March 15, 2020, entry in our household calendar reads: “We started COVID-19 social distancing today.” It’s been one year since the worldwide community began confronting the... Read More
February 24, 2021 | Editorial | Virginia A. Hostetler
A sombre revelation for a former neighbour Re : “ ‘ What will happen to us now?’ A son recalls his mother’s experience of the 1918 pandemic ,’ ” Jan. 18, 2021, page 24. Living at... Read More
February 24, 2021 | Opinion |
“Reconciliation is dead.” I saw that stark message on a sign at the Landback Camp in Victoria Park in Kitchener, Ont., in June 2020. Local Indigenous people established the camp... Read More
February 24, 2021 | Opinion | Scott Morton Ninomiya
I struggle often with my relative wealth and privilege. Working with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for 20-plus years helped give me something “to do” to address inequities in... Read More
February 24, 2021 | Opinion | Arli Klassen
A few years ago I was trekking through a desolate, snow-filled forest, enjoying the spacious tranquility of a crisp winter hike, when I came upon a tree buzzing with activity and... Read More
February 24, 2021 | Opinion | Troy Watson
After a long period of waiting, we learned in December that a COVID-19 vaccine had been approved and distribution was beginning. We were told that, by the beginning of September,... Read More
February 24, 2021 | Opinion | Derek Cook
Epp sisters Anna Klaassen (1904-1976) and Maria Nickel (1903-1957) work together on the family farm in Saskatchewan stooking sheaves of grain. Stooking required workers to gather... Read More
February 24, 2021 | Opinion | Conrad Stoesz
The annual congregational meeting is moving along with the usual reports and updates. Then it’s time to discuss next year’s budget. Seeing the dollar amount the congregation will... Read More
February 10, 2021 | Editorial | Virginia A. Hostetler
Readers weigh in on MCC's research on National Socialism Re: “ Committed to seeking a deeper understanding: MCC begins research into historical connections to National Socialism... Read More
February 10, 2021 | Opinion |
My first season of a church in an intentional pastoral transition process was as an associate pastor with my home church in Surrey, B.C. I joined the church when it was first... Read More
February 10, 2021 | Opinion | Bob Boehr
In 1984, a local reporter interviews Gary Snider, dressed in clothes his grandfather wore when he arrived as an immigrant from the Soviet Union 60 years before. Three hundred... Read More
February 10, 2021 | Opinion | Laureen Harder-Gissing
