On an average day, approximately 320 acres of Ontario farmland are lost to development and, apparently, now it’s our turn. This spring, the farmers across the road from the 100-... Read More
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Young adults gathered at B.C.'s Camp Squeah in June to discuss an active future in the church. Photo: Amy Rinner Waddell
Two dozen young adults came together at Camp Squeah in Hope, B.C., for a weekend of listening, conversation, reflection and music to envision their future and that of the... Read More
August 9, 2024 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
Israeli Jew Jeff Halper speaking at an MCEC lunch event. Photo: A. S. Compton
Israeli-Jewish author and organizer Jeff Halper spoke at a June 25 lunch gathering organized by the Mennonite Church Eastern Canada (MCEC) Palestine-Israel Network (PIN). Halper... Read More
August 9, 2024 | News | A.S. Compton
Joanne and Werner De Jong, MC Canada International Witness Workers. Photo supplied.
Note: The following is an excerpt from a prayer letter/newsletter distributed by Joanne De Jong , a Mennonite Church Canada Witness worker in Ethiopia, on August 8, 2024. I’ve... Read More
August 8, 2024 | Web First Opinion | Joanne De Jong
I like watching the Olympics, but I see only overblown virtuism and commercialized pretense in the notion that the games bring together the global village in a glow of equality... Read More
August 6, 2024 | Web Opinion | Will Braun
Photo: Madelene Arias
When I was five years old, two forces shook my world to its core. Before this, I had a loving family, a good school and a beautiful country. But that year, 1960, thousands of... Read More
August 2, 2024 | Faith Story | Aklilu Zere
Those gathered at Six Nations Polytechnic on July 6 partook of strawberry juice for communion. Photo: Victoria Veenstra
On July 6, more than 160 people from a variety of denominations and organizations gathered in Ohsweken, Ontario, for a Strawberry Thanksgiving and Communion hosted by Six Nations... Read More
August 2, 2024 | News | Susan Fish
Resonate youth and leaders attend a filmmaking workshop at the Toronto Public Library. Photo: Josiah Cheltenham
"I’m always amazed at how quickly people dismiss the arts,” says Steve Norton, a pastor and film critic at Connect City Ministries, which is part of Mennonite Church Eastern... Read More
August 2, 2024 | News | Madalene Arias
Preparing for post-collapse limits In a recent article, Miles Wiederkehr notices that it is only after you start doing experiments in sustainability that you learn about certain... Read More
August 2, 2024 | Readers Write |
From resigned MCC’ers For 17 of the past 32-plus years, we worked with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in four countries. MCC was instrumental in forming the values we try to... Read More
August 2, 2024 | Readers Write |
Have you left your church? Has your church left a conference? What would you say, in 100 words, to those who remain? We’ll print a selection (without names) in the “Exit... Read More
July 26, 2024 | Web-only |
In 1974, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) approved a resolution that encouraged each Mennonite household in North America to “examine its lifestyle” and adopt a goal to “reduce... Read More
July 25, 2024 | News | CM Staff
Photo: Gor Davtyan/Unsplash
Following community pressure, in early July, the University of Waterloo (UW) in Waterloo, Ontario, dropped all legal charges against a group of students and concerned community... Read More
July 19, 2024 | News | Susan Fish
Volunteers prime a wall as part of renovations to the Tokyo Anabaptist Centre. Photo: Gerald Neufeld
The Tokyo Anabaptist Centre has been a busy—and sometimes dusty—place this year, reports Gerald Neufeld, Canadian church worker in Japan. Neufeld and his wife, Rie, who serve as... Read More
July 11, 2024 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
Leng Thang (left to right), Tim Wiebe-Neufeld, Bill Christieson and Elizabeth Wall at the Griffith Woods Natural Environment Park, as part of an MC Alberta creation event. Photo: Margaret Kruger-Harder
Don’t get “stuck in rage or paralyzed by fear,” said Joanne Moyer. “[Be] defiantly hopeful, despite the odds.” Moyer, associate professor at The King’s University in Edmonton, was... Read More
July 5, 2024 | News | Margaret Kruger-Harder
Photo: Ruth Bergen Braun
When Rita Dahl was a child, the bottom third of the family’s kitchen door was her canvas. The top sections were for her older sisters to draw on. “We were products of the... Read More
July 5, 2024 | News | Katie Doke Sawatzky
The 2024 MCC calendar. Photo by J. Burwalde
Our recent article, “Involuntary: Terminated MCC workers call for accountability and change” (posted online on June 20 and appearing in our July print issue), is a particularly... Read More
June 28, 2024 | News | CM Staff
Photo: Jakob Owens/UNSPLASH
What lies ahead? As I write this reflection, I have just completed my first week as executive minister of Mennonite Church Saskatchewan. Stepping into this role, I ask myself, “... Read More
June 28, 2024 | News | Len Rempel
Photo: Ainsley Dunn
I grew up attending a relatively small Mennonite church—Foothills Mennonite in Calgary—with my family. My family was fairly involved in my church, and I grew up with a typical... Read More
June 28, 2024 | Faith Story | Ainsley Dunn
People from Windsor Mennonite Fellowship join a rally in support of safe consumption sites at their MPP’s office. Supplied Photo
Rielly McLaren says the grief caused by toxic drug deaths feels staggering and palpable in his community. McLaren, who pastors Windsor Mennonite Fellowship, also serves as... Read More
June 28, 2024 | News | Madalene Arias
Since her death in 1943, Simone Weil’s philosophy has impacted dozens of writers, thinkers and theologians. T.S. Eliot named her a saint. Simone de Beauvoir envied her spirit. Now... Read More
June 21, 2024 | News | Katie Doke Sawatzky
The following statement was provided to Canadian Mennonite by Laura Kalmar, Director of Marketing and Communications, Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada May 14, 2024 (MCC... Read More
June 21, 2024 | News |
A potholder Anicka Fast received at MCC orientation. Photo: John Clarke
“I still use it,” Anicka Fast says of the brownish knitted potholder she received at Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) orientation in Akron, Pennsylvania, in 2009. Fast and her... Read More
June 20, 2024 | News | Will Braun
‘This is a book about how to be people of hope,’ says Leah Reesor-Keller. Supplied photo.
A new book offers practices for leaders and communities to foster healthier cultures during a time of ecological devastation. In Tending Tomorrow: Courageous Change for People and... Read More
June 19, 2024 | News | Aaron Epp
Henry and Mary Rempel, pictured in Vancouver, B.C., circa 2010, donated property worth $229.6 million to Mennonite Central Committee B.C. Supplied photo.
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) B.C. made headlines across Canada when it announced last September that it had received a gift of property worth $229.6 million. Henry Rempel of... Read More
June 14, 2024 | News | Aaron Epp