Out of the many discussions at Canadian Mennonite’s annual board meeting recently in Lethbridge, Alta., came the call, once again, for some clarification on two issues: “Whose... Read More
Opinion
With spring just around the corner, most of us are looking forward to seeing the last of the snow disappear as we savour warmer temperatures, longer days and shorter nights, and... Read More
March 13, 2013 | Viewpoints | By Liz Koop
Browsing through the Nov. 26, 2012, issue of Canadian Mennonite, Dick Benner’s review of Red Quarter Moon on page 30, and Kholoud Al Ajarma’s “Banana trees and justice” piece in... Read More
March 13, 2013 | Viewpoints | By Ray Friesen
What are you wearing right now? What does the label say? Chances are, it boxes you somehow—possibly in your own eyes, but definitely in the eyes of others. The labels can be a... Read More
March 13, 2013 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
I watched shaky video footage on the Internet. A person in a forest in Texas walked out in front of a dinosaur-like machine that was biting large trees and ripping them out of the... Read More
March 13, 2013 | Viewpoints | Aiden Enns
When people ask me how my work is going, I often begin my response with the phrase, “This is an interesting time to be the church!”Read More
March 13, 2013 | Viewpoints | Ken Warkentin
Indigenous believers must be equals in the churchRead More
March 13, 2013 | Viewpoints |
Not in recent history have we paid so much attention to the Bible in our faith community.Read More
March 13, 2013 | Editorial | Dick Benner
I addressed the “priority problem” of Bible reading in the lives of many Christians in my last article . Here, I want to address the “professionalization factor,” which is what... Read More
February 27, 2013 | Viewpoints | By Troy Watson
The customary practice of self-sacrifice during Lent carries tinges of earnest piety and religious compunction. It can feel like a moral “heavy.” But it also has a certain appeal.Read More
February 27, 2013 | Viewpoints | By Will Braun
“What are your vices?” Now there’s a conversation starter.Read More
February 27, 2013 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
Summer camp had a very significant influence on my life. I remember being nervous before attending for the first time at age six, and I found the idea of going to camp very scary... Read More
February 27, 2013 | Viewpoints | Gary Sawatzky
In the 1930s, Woody Guthrie took a song by Albert Brumley and adapted it for fellow Oklahomans fleeing the “dust bowl.”Read More
February 27, 2013 | Viewpoints | Bryan Moyer Suderman
How to stretch our ‘peace’ taxes Re: “Are we paying for peace or war?” by Ernie Unger, Jan. 21, page, 12.Read More
February 27, 2013 | Viewpoints |
While the Mennonite faith community has sometimes been contentiously consumed over the past two decades with one aspect of sexuality—homosexuality and same-sex marriage—another... Read More
February 27, 2013 | Editorial | Dick Benner
What would you do if a dead preacher left you $13,000?Read More
February 13, 2013 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
I really like our new phone. It’s a cream-coloured touch-tone, the kind with the handset that rests on a cradle. When I use it I have to stay in one room, and I can’t walk too far... Read More
February 13, 2013 | Viewpoints | Katie Doke Sawatzky
The Idle No More movement may exhilarate some while perplexing others. What it hopes to gain for aboriginal Canadians is probably clear, at least in broad strokes; what it means... Read More
February 13, 2013 | Viewpoints | George Epp
‘Freedom of speech is hard work’ I am writing to share my thoughts on the relationship Canadian Mennonite has developed with the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA).Read More
February 13, 2013 | Viewpoints |
In her “Mennonites have a long history of environmental activism” letter to the editor on page 12, Joanne Moyer questions whether it was fair to hold Menno Simons to account for a... Read More
February 13, 2013 | Editorial | Dick Benner
Fewer Christians are reading their Bibles today. Not exactly a news flash. The real question is, why are so many of us no longer reading our Bibles? I think there are three... Read More
January 30, 2013 | Viewpoints | By Troy Watson
“Mom, does my hair look okay at the back?” asked the pastor just before she exited the washroom to enter the hall where she would officiate at a wedding.Read More
January 30, 2013 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
On Jan. 11, I joined an Idle No More event initiated by Mennonites in Winnipeg on the same day aboriginal chiefs met with the prime minister. One driver who was temporarily... Read More
January 30, 2013 | Viewpoints | Karen Martens Zimmerly
Free speech more important than charitable statusRead More
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