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Opinion
“Lord, I am not what I want to be, I am not what I need to be, I am not what I am going to be, but, thank God Almighty, I am not what I used to be.” --Prayer from an African... Read More
November 18, 2015 | Viewpoints | Roberson Mbayamvula
December 24. Late morning. I am in the kitchen, making a pot of soup, savouring its scents and colours. Lovely Christmas music pours from the radio. I’m hoping this domestic... Read More
November 18, 2015 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
Some time ago, during a morning walk, I found a wallet a few blocks from my house. I looked around, hoping the owner might still be close by, but there was no one. Just me. A peek... Read More
November 18, 2015 | Viewpoints | Darren Pries-Klassen
The weeks leading up to Christmas brought an overwhelming spirit of anticipation to our household when I was growing up. In fact, the intensity of waiting to open our gifts on... Read More
November 18, 2015 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
The year was 1963. D.W. Friesen and Sons of Altona, Man., publishers of 10-year-old The Canadian Mennonite were struggling to keep the first English-language, inter-Mennonite... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Editorial |
MC Eastern Canada ‘did what was proper and called for’ Re: “ Seeking redemption and peace ” guest editorial by Joyce Gladwell, Sept. 28, page 2. I am disappointed that you would... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Viewpoints |
How do questions bring you closer to God? The Bible includes several hundred instances where Jesus poses a question to an individual, a small group of followers or a large crowd... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Viewpoints | Matthew Bailey-Dick
One of the greatest days of Jesus’ ministry was marked by one of his greatest laments. He rides toward Jerusalem amid a worshipping throng waving palm branches and declaring... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
My memories of the church I grew up in are good ones. I liked seeing my friends in Sunday school every week and enjoyed singing in the grown-up service. The Halloween game nights... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Viewpoints | Katie Doke Sawatzky
During my first year as a member of the Women of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (WMCEC) executive, I was fortunate to be invited to an information session about the possibility... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Viewpoints | Linda Wiens
This photo is of a men’s quartet singing for a radio broadcast in a Vancouver Mennonite church basement circa the 1960s. Advances in mass communication such as radio were first... Read More
November 4, 2015 | Viewpoints | Conrad Stoesz
Next to the Toronto Blue Jays, nothing more has gotten our attention as Anabaptist Mennonites than the greatest refugee crisis in the modern age, with more than 50 million... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Editorial |
Is it really time for a vote . . . or should we keep talking? Re: “ It’s time for a vote ,” March 30, page 14,” and “ A historic moment ,” Aug. 17, page 2. Russel Snyder-Penner... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints |
Early in the Syrian refugee crisis, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) asked me to be part of a delegation meeting with Chris Alexander, minister of immigration. We... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints | Willard Metzger
The mourners gathered for what turned out to be an exceptionally beautiful service for an exceptionally beautiful saint. The family tributes shone with love and tenderness. The... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
This past summer I had my own Diderot Effect moment. The term comes from Grant McCracken, an anthropologist who has studied patterns of consumption. He coined it from an essay... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints | Dori Zerbe Cornelsen
I came across an article about the epic journey of sugar from a sugarcane field on the Hawaiian island of Maui to a nearby coffee shop down the road. It claimed the sugar... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
Predictably, CBC jumped on the story of presumed Bible Belt intolerance. The members of our smallish Southern Manitoba credit union voted down a merger with a larger Winnipeg-... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints | Will Braun
Radio host Esther Horch interviews school children live on a Saturday morning broadcast of Children’s Party in 1958. This education and entertainment show for children aired daily... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints |
Some days I would like to just unplug my computer, walk out into the sunshine and warmth of an autumn day, breathe in the clear air and pretend I was living in a time before the... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Editorial |
Relationships in an age of ‘impacts and outcomes’ Re: “ The future of MCC ,” Aug. 31, page 11. Certainly relationship has been at the core of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Viewpoints |
Since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission events, there has been limited movement and engagement for local churches with regard to first nation relationship development. Many... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Viewpoints | Brander Raven McDonald
A number of weeks ago I boarded a plane in Toronto for Istanbul. It’s a long flight—more than nine hours—and I secretly hoped that the seat beside me would remain empty so I could... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
I was born in Bukavu in Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre). My parents were polygamous so I didn’t have a great family structure. I grew up Roman Catholic and then, at... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Viewpoints | Noah Ishaka