How do you know if you know someone? To answer that, consider what it’s like to shop for a birthday present with little kids. They see a gift not through the eyes of the recipient... Read More
Opinion
A couple weeks ago I participated in an e-mail conversation with two friends about justifying the choice to have children in the wake of the earth’s environmental crisis. I know... Read More
September 10, 2014 | Viewpoints | Katie Doke Sawatzky
On July 4, following the Mennonite Women Canada annual business meeting in Winnipeg, more than 80 women gathered for a program of choral music and inspirational talks by three... Read More
September 10, 2014 | Viewpoints | By Liz Koop
As your advocate for children in the life of the church, I continually encourage others to offer child-friendly worship services. Assembly 2014 worship planners offered a fine... Read More
August 28, 2014 | Viewpoints | Elsie Rempel
On a perfectly lovely summer day last month, I joined a couple hundred people for a worship service on the edges of a wheat field. The crop on the field is dedicated to the work... Read More
August 28, 2014 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
Back in 2011, I met with an elderly person to assist her with will and estate planning. “Maggie’s” intentions were to name a couple of friends as executors and give her entire... Read More
August 28, 2014 | Viewpoints | Kevin Davidson
In the spring of 1985, Coke decided to change the recipe of its flagship beverage for the first time in 99 years. The intensity of consumer rejection was unprece-dented... Read More
August 28, 2014 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
‘Whatever happened to forgiveness?’ Re: Pastor’s credentials withdrawn,” July 7, page 23. When I read the short release regarding Tym Elias, I was reminded of similar situations... Read More
August 27, 2014 | Viewpoints |
“We would benefit more if our leaders were leading more and following less,” lamented one reader in reflecting on the Being a Faithful Church (BFC) discussions at Assembly 2014... Read More
August 27, 2014 | Editorial | Dick Benner
We, in North America, watch helplessly as the human carnage continues in Gaza. The continuing struggle for control of a tiny piece of land on the Mediterranean Sea—a narrow,... Read More
August 13, 2014 | Editorial | Dick Benner
Young Voice paints true picture of life in Israel/Palestine Re: “ A constant terrifying threat ,” May 26, page 36, and “ Altruistic young person ‘taken in by propaganda’ ” letter... Read More
August 13, 2014 | Viewpoints |
Will the day ever come when I will be able to look at the beauty of a flower in its original home without feeling the urge to pluck and pull and cut until it is firmly forced into... Read More
August 13, 2014 | Viewpoints | Jerry Buhler
We’re at a fun and befuddling stage of life. We have little children, our youngest is just six months, and teenagers. I enjoy both, and the opportunity to escape one for the other... Read More
August 13, 2014 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
Canada has conscientiously gained a worldwide reputation as a donor country to a variety of humanitarian and beneficial causes. Private enterprises like nongovernmental... Read More
August 13, 2014 | Viewpoints | Noe Gonzalia
Conflict is a normal human phenomenon. We become aware of conflict when there is a clash between individuals or groups. Differences butt up against one another. The clash may be... Read More
August 13, 2014 | Viewpoints | By Vern Neufeld Redekop
When Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Alberta asked Adrienne Wiebe and me to attend the May 31-June 1 conference on the Alberta oil sands and treaty rights in Fort McMurray, it... Read More
August 13, 2014 | Viewpoints | By Jim Shantz
Words, words, words—millions of them filled the Loewen Auditorium during the four days of Assembly at Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, earlier this month. Conversations,... Read More
July 23, 2014 | Editorial | Dick Benner
Church should fund prison visitation In Matthew 25, Jesus says, “[A]nd I was in prison and you visited me.” In Hebrews 13:3, the author writes, “Remember those in prison as if... Read More
July 23, 2014 | Viewpoints |
This winter on an evening journey to the airport, I encountered a substantial snow storm. Strong winds drove heavy snow across the roads. Even with my eyes wide open I was blinded... Read More
July 23, 2014 | Viewpoints | Willard Metzger
When our boys were younger, I wanted them to see how much we were giving to our church. I wanted to model cheerful generosity, and to demonstrate that this was normal and very... Read More
July 23, 2014 | Viewpoints | Arnie Friesen
“I’m turning 60 and I need help,” I wrote in the invitation to my recent party. I was disquieted by the approach of this milestone birthday, beset with, and surprised by, regrets... Read More
July 23, 2014 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
“Look outside,” Dan blurted through the phone before my mother could even say hello. She walked over to the front window and was astonished to see Dan sitting in his car parked in... Read More
July 23, 2014 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
Shortly after my birth I was registered as a Canadian citizen. Birth cast me into a life that was not of my choosing or making. The Mennonite commu-nity into which I was born has... Read More
July 23, 2014 | Viewpoints | David Driedger
The auditorium tingled as the keynote speaker took the stage. A tall black guy—a CNN personality, New York Times best-selling author, and former White House staffer who advised... Read More
July 23, 2014 | Viewpoints | By Will Braun
‘ Honor your father and mother’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself .’ (Matt. 19:19 NIV) In our frenzied, everyday lives, it’s essential that we celebrate important ministry... Read More
July 2, 2014 | Viewpoints | By Waltrude Gortzen