In 1975 the Conference of Mennonites in Canada built the chapel at Canadian Mennonite Bible College (now CMU). Rudy Friesen wrote in the Mennonite Mirror, April 1975, page 7: “It... Read More
Opinion
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Conrad Stoesz
“How do you like my gown? Don’t I wear it well?” “You look amazing!” Smoothing the creases of her gown, she flutters her eyelids, strikes a pose, and smiles with the confidence... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Anna-Lisa Salo
I’ve spent the past weeks sifting through the rhetoric that is being used to describe the Israel-Hamas conflict, and it’s been confusing, to say the least. At the time of this... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Ed Olfert
Do you celebrate Buy Nothing Day? For me it’s like a holy day, a short version of Lent—that disruption of the ordinary that makes me notice the taken-for-granted and the practices... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Randy Haluza-DeLay
“Let all that has breath praise Yah. Hallelujah!” (Psalm 150:6) This is the last verse in the book of Psalms, and it was the last verse I read to complete a more than five-year... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Joshua Penfold
This six-part series draws on Kara Carter’s PhD studies, for which she conducted five focus groups with Mennonite Church Eastern Canada pastors. Metaphors and images provide vivid... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Kara Carter
John and Jean—not their real names—had long made plans to retire once John turned 65. They had dreams of travelling and spending more time with family, who lived far away. Plus,... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Cathrin van Sintern-Dick
Over the past two months, our household has spent a lot of time preparing root crops for storage: digging, trimming the tops and packing them in boxes of dry leaves to go in the... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Theo Wiederkehr
“It was help from heaven. When I talk about it, I want to cry. Nobody has ever helped me like this. They are like angels.” That’s what a homeowner in Grand Forks, B.C., said in... Read More
November 10, 2023 | Web First - Opinion | John Longhurst
The day before writing this marked three years since my sister died of cancer. We gathered as a family at her grave to mark the occasion. We talked about the day she died, things... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Editorial | Will Braun
These men visited an alternative service camp in 1942. From left: D.P. Reimer (EMC, Steinbach), Jacob F. Barkman (Holdeman minister, Manitoba), David Schulz (Bergthaler bishop,... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Opinion | Conrad Stoesz
Gratitude for foyer discussions Today I got my COVID booster. Other than a barely perceptible soreness in my arm, I have never experienced side effects from these vaccinations... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Opinion |
On a Wednesday in mid-October, I’m at the auto shop for winter tires; a TV on the wall flashes tanks, rubble and protests alongside talking heads. On social media, I can’t look... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Opinion | Josh Wallace
I like paying attention to structures and policies. My attention was caught on Sunday when the visiting preacher, Fanosie Legesse of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, said that... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Opinion | Arli Klassen
At WBUR, Boston’s National Public Radio station, a very interesting testimony appeared three years ago titled “A Dual Degree from Oxford. A Medical Degree from Harvard. Neither... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Opinion | Joon Park
Charles Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities nearly 200 years ago. His opening lines describe our world today, as aptly as anything published in recent years. He writes: “It was the... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Opinion | Troy Watson
This six-part series draws on Kara Carter’s PhD studies, for which she conducted five focus groups with Mennonite Church Eastern Canada pastors. For periods of time during the... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Opinion | Kara Carter
“My children decided it’s time for me to move out of my house and join a retirement community. I don’t agree. I feel like I have no say anymore. I can still think, but they are... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Opinion | Cathrin van Sintern-Dick
As we prepare to send this peace-themed issue of the magazine to press, all eyes are on Gaza. Israeli tanks sit poised at its northern border, ready to invade. Long lines of... Read More
October 19, 2023 | Editorial | Will Braun
Pay attention to artists Thanks for your willingness to address tough issues facing the church and other institutions in our society. I appreciate your attempt at enlarging the... Read More
October 19, 2023 | Opinion |
This photograph shows Wanner Mennonite Church at worship in July 1950. In the mid-20th century, it was a new pattern for many Ontario Mennonite congregations to have men and women... Read More
October 19, 2023 | Opinion | Laureen Harder-Gissing
In Joshua 5, we come across one of those wonderfully strange biblical stories that shakes our preconceptions and leaves us with more questions than answers. Israel is encamped at... Read More
October 19, 2023 | Opinion | Michael Pahl
A good friend, Wes Neepin, died this past week. I’ve written columns about Wes in the past but used a pseudonym, because I never got around to asking permission to tell his... Read More
October 19, 2023 | Opinion | Ed Olfert
At this time of year, I begin to rummage through the various drawers of miscellany in search of those red Mennonite Central Committee buttons that say, “To remember is to work for... Read More
October 19, 2023 | Opinion | Randy Haluza-DeLay