1. We eat together a lot No surprise here. We are Mennonites. One of the tragedies of summer ending around here is that our summer worship schedule, which involved an earlier... Read More
Opinion
Before I list my recipe for a great sermon, I offer some context. I’m self-conscious about my social standing. I just bought a second house, a rental property in a gentrifying... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Viewpoints | Aiden Enns
On Thanksgiving Sunday our church celebrated the joy of baptism. It was a wonderful and diverse community event as we heard transforming stories of the young and middle-aged who... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
I’ve heard it said, “The trouble with Christians in the western world is not that they don’t care about the poor. The trouble is that they don’t know the poor.” A few years ago,... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Viewpoints | Linda Brnjas
Catholics also display the love of Christ Re: “ Holy contradictions ,” Sept. 16, page 4. As Christians, we are often very prone to tip-toeing around difficult subjects. I... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Viewpoints |
“ Canadian Mennonite is the glue that holds Mennonite Church Canada together,” Larry Cornies , a journalism professor and former chair of this publication’s board of directors,... Read More
November 5, 2013 | Editorial | Dick Benner
Growing up, we didn’t celebrate Halloween. While many Americans might have fond memories of strategic trick-or-treating and silly costumes on Halloween, my own memories involve... Read More
October 31, 2013 | Viewpoints | SARA YASIN
I was twenty-two years old when I first realized the price of my happiness was too high. I had met some Christians in a small Russian village who, although struggling to obtain... Read More
October 23, 2013 | Viewpoints | By Troy Watson
“Hey! This is our first kitchen renovation,” I exclaimed to my husband of 37 years, with whom I’ve shared nine homes. “It was never on my ‘bucket list’,” he glumly replied.Read More
October 23, 2013 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
“We are to be in the world not of the world,” my father responded to a question I asked about war. As a youngster I didn’t quite understand what he meant, but his conviction was... Read More
October 23, 2013 | Viewpoints | Aldred Neufeldt
‘A little humility is in order’ Re: “ Holy contradictions ,” Sept. 16, page 4. I was raised as a Catholic, but for years have accompanied my wife to her Mennonite church. I hope... Read More
October 23, 2013 | Viewpoints |
The local newspaper editor called it a soap opera. The local Member of Parliament tried to make the spokespersons for the historic peace churches lone fringe persons in a... Read More
October 23, 2013 | Editorial | Dick Benner
Quebec’s proposed Charter of Values has the potential for many reactions.Read More
October 9, 2013 | Viewpoints | By Willard Metzger
It’s Sunday morning and, instead of sitting comfortably in a sanctuary, I’m standing with my family in the pouring rain in downtown Vancouver. We’re soaked. The stroller is... Read More
October 9, 2013 | Viewpoints | Katie Doke Sawatzky
I was invited to a birthday party. A hunched-over seventy-something Scottish gentleman from my church family was turning 34. With that kind of math, who wouldn’t want to go? So I... Read More
October 9, 2013 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
Mennonite Church British Columbia exists to help our congregations be healthy, vibrant, missional and connected. I want to explore this value of being connected. At MC B.C. we... Read More
October 9, 2013 | Viewpoints | Garry Janzen
Enough already about gender issues In my opinion, the question of human gender comes up way too often among us and way beyond its importance to society as a whole. Let’s just use... Read More
October 9, 2013 | Viewpoints |
It was Soren Kierkegaard who said: “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”Read More
October 9, 2013 | Editorial | Dick Benner
Tom Ehrich is a writer, church consultant and Episcopal priest based in New York. He is the author of “Just Wondering, Jesus” and founder of the Church Wellness Project. His website is www.morningwalkmedia.com. Follow Tom on Twitter @tomehrich.
I got fitted for a custom-tailored suit this week.Read More
October 8, 2013 | Viewpoints | By TOM EHRICH
Norm Goertzen recalls falling silent for 20 seconds, his coffee cooling. His atheist friend, whom he had been trying to convert for some time, waited. It would be a critical... Read More
September 25, 2013 | Viewpoints | Story and Photo by Will Braun
Mary Lou Klassen raises a good point when she asks about the practical value of human rights (see page left). For people who live in a country where corruption is rampant, the... Read More
September 25, 2013 | Viewpoints | By Lowell Ewert
I have become increasingly disturbed by the system of impunity in which Nigerians live . . . daily. Those with means and connections navigate the system. Those without resources... Read More
September 25, 2013 | Viewpoints | By Mary Lou Klassen
I was sitting in a room by myself when it occurred to me there were hundreds, probably thousands, of radio signals streaming all around me. In all likelihood, one of my favourite... Read More
September 25, 2013 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
I’m not usually one to proclaim my loyalties through what I wear. I don’t own a sports jersey, and I don’t wear a cross, although I’m not judging those who do. So the ribbons... Read More
September 25, 2013 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
“A dream without a plan is just a wish,” writes Katherine Paterson.Read More
September 25, 2013 | Viewpoints | Sherri Grosz