Story, photo stir up personal memories I read the Henry Dueck obituary (Nov. 15, 2010, page 25) with personal interest. Henry and Helga served the Eben-Ezer congregation and we... Read More
Opinion
At age 65, he was too young to die. For Stan Benner, my brother whom we just remembered this past weekend, it was especially incongruous. Living life at full throttle, he had big... Read More
March 16, 2011 | Editorial | Dick Benner
“It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the gentiles, that my... Read More
March 2, 2011 | Viewpoints | Tim Froese
On Aug. 13, 2010, after one month in the Foothills Hospital in Calgary, Alta., my dad died of mesotheliomameso, cancer of the outer lining of the lung. Although Dad had... Read More
March 2, 2011 | Viewpoints | Kevin Davidson
Waking from a nap on my mother’s couch, I stretch and think, “What a blessing.” My mother’s couch is a perfect spot for napping: generously long, wonderfully comfortable and... Read More
March 2, 2011 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
Celebrate the ‘kitchenhood of all believers’ Re: “East paska together and be glad,” Feb. 21, page 10. The church that I attend invites all ethnicities. We share our stories. Even... Read More
March 2, 2011 | Viewpoints |
The church, or congregation, as a “royal priesthood” was announced as one of our core beliefs by the Anabaptist Reformers nearly 500 years ago, setting us apart from our Catholic-... Read More
March 2, 2011 | Editorial | Dick Benner
I am increasingly convinced that most unsavoury behaviour in our world, particularly unkind and violent behaviour, can be traced back to fear. It is not surprising that biblical... Read More
February 16, 2011 | Viewpoints | Jerry Buhler
Our government’s attitude towards offenders is clear. It wants to see them punished. It wants tougher laws, longer sentences and bigger prisons. Ottawa recently announced 3,000... Read More
February 16, 2011 | Viewpoints | Will Braun
Where were you on Feb. 28, 2010? For Canadians, that was the glorious day of the golden goal: St. Sidney’s slick shot that eluded American goaltender Ryan Miller. Not only did... Read More
February 16, 2011 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
It’s been some week. As I write this several days after a stubborn dictator, Hosni Mubarak, has finally stepped down in Egypt, there is a feeling of relief even though the event... Read More
February 16, 2011 | Editorial | Dick Benner
This highly detailed and comprehensive biography of Wilhelm H Falk (1892-1976), founding bishop of the Rudnerweide Mennonite conference, is an important addition to the history of... Read More
February 2, 2011 | Web First - Opinion | Reviewed by Eckhard Goerz
Indeed the body does not consist of one member, but of many (I Corinthians 12:14). Mennonite Church Canada has identified the challenge of growing leaders for the church as one of... Read More
February 2, 2011 | Viewpoints | Karen Martens Zimmerly
In early December, The Globe and Mail reported that the number of Canadians making charitable donations has dropped, the average age of donors has risen to 53, and the total... Read More
February 2, 2011 | Viewpoints | Dori Zerbe Cornelsen
We live in a complex and rapidly changing world, a world that brings about dramatic changes in family lives. Most of us have personal experience with one or more of the following... Read More
February 2, 2011 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
We do have a website, dear readers, a recently re-designed one, in fact. And we know many of you are reading Canadian Mennonite online. Our Google Analytics tell us that as many... Read More
February 2, 2011 | Editorial | Dick Benner
Small Town Murder Songs is a Canadian movie with a Mennonite connection, first shown at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. The story, set in what is supposedly a small... Read More
February 2, 2011 | Web First - Opinion | Barb Draper, book editor
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who spoke out against the Nazis, has been a controversial figure. Mennonites have valued him for his book, The Cost of Discipleship ,... Read More
January 25, 2011 | Web First - Opinion | Barb Draper, book editor
As I look into the future, I find myself grieving the death of the Mennonite church. My sense is that the Mennonite church as we have known it is dying and that there is nothing... Read More
January 19, 2011 | Viewpoints | David Martin
Many of us like being rich. Moreover, many of us, myself included, like to be seen as being rich. And this, it seems, is contrary to the gospel of Jesus, who preached “woe to the... Read More
January 19, 2011 | Viewpoints | Aiden Enns
Human ingenuity cranks out things that are windows into the heart of the age. Our technological dreamworks become tools of convenience, toys of amusement, gadgets of annoyance,... Read More
January 19, 2011 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
Joe Neufeld puts his finger on an important artificial divide in our congregational care-giving (page 4) when he raises the spectre of perceiving some aspects “sacred”—and thus... Read More
January 19, 2011 | Editorial | Dick Benner
As a Mennonite, peace is a part of my everyday vocabulary. I know it is a good thing—Jesus is the Prince of Peace after all—and I know that peace is found in right relationships,... Read More
January 5, 2011 | Viewpoints | By Maria Krause
This fall, a controversial exhibition in Winnipeg, Man., grabbed my attention. After weeks of plodding mindlessly past graphic advertisements with bold letters announcing “Bodies... Read More
January 5, 2011 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
I was chatting with friends about the good old days. We recalled becoming independent adults and making our own decisions. We laughed as we reminisced about the wise decisions as... Read More
January 5, 2011 | Viewpoints | By Sherri Grosz