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January 4, 2012 | Focus On | By Geraldine Balzer-Peters and Gail Schellenberg
When the grey-haired set met the blue-jean generation of Emmanuel Mennonite Church at an evening gathering last year, both generations learned a lot about the other. And everyone... Read More
January 4, 2012 | God at work in Us | Story and Photo by Amy Dueckman
Especially in the colder areas of Canada, people will sometimes facetiously say they are thankful for climate change when they experience unseasonably warm temperatures. But... Read More
January 4, 2012 | God at work in the World | By Rachel Bergen
It was with singing, dancing and, of course, a potluck that two Lao Mennonite churches in Toronto celebrated their amalgamation late last year. After a seven-year separation, Lao... Read More
January 4, 2012 | God at work in the Church | Story and Photo by Emily Loewen
One of the most famous announcements the world has ever heard is stated in this way: “For unto us is born this day ... a Savior.” It is no accident that the fulcrum of human... Read More
December 24, 2011 | Web First | Linda Matties, member of the board
Both Christmas lights and Hanukkah dreidels (spinning tops) are appearing as decorations as the northern Israeli port city of Haifa throws a multi-faith party on December weekends... Read More
December 22, 2011 | Web First | By Judith Sudilovsky
Both opponents and advocates of religious faith are mourning the death of author, polemicist, and atheist Christopher Hitchens , who died Dec. 15 after a long battle with... Read More
December 16, 2011 | Web First | By Chris Herlinger
Christmas can be a lonely time for non-Christians in North America. Jews have Hanukkah -- and traditionally go to Chinese restaurants on Christmas Day. Muslims, well, can always... Read More
December 16, 2011 | Web First | By Ron Csillag
Most Canadian Mennonite colleges, universities and high schools have a majority of Mennonite or Mennonite Brethren professors or teachers, whether or not they have policies... Read More
December 14, 2011 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
When Daniel Eggert was growing up in Edmonton’s First Mennonite Church, there were 12 other people his age in Sunday school. From that group, only he and one other person still... Read More
December 14, 2011 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
Fear will control our lives if we let it. And fear is the name of the game in Israel-Palestine. In November I joined a team of people from North America and Europe on a Christian... Read More
December 14, 2011 | Young Voices | Kelsey Hutton
In 1985, around 2,500 people walked the Camino de Santiago, a medieval pilgrimage route in northern Spain. Ten years later, the number jumped tenfold. The year that I did it, 2005... Read More
December 14, 2011 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Arthur Boers
In 1979, Don Baergen was an orderly in a seniors home when a fellow church member tapped him on the shoulder. Would he consider a half-time salary/half-time volunteer position at... Read More
December 14, 2011 | God at work in Us | Story and Photo by Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
Whether the scientists are right or wrong about climate change is no longer the issue, Willard Metzger , Mennonite Church Canada’s executive director (formerly general secretary... Read More
December 14, 2011 | God at work in the World | By Dan Dyck
John Borthwick is calling on church leaders to see themselves as midwives and chaplains. One of three presenters at the Oct. 22 think tank workshop, “Leading the church in a post-... Read More
December 14, 2011 | God at work in the Church | By Dave Rogalsky
For Mennonite Church Canada Executive Director Willard Metzger, the 2011 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa was an eye-opening experience that began... Read More
December 13, 2011 | Web First | Deborah Froese
On a cold, blustery day in the German town of Wittenberg, Bishop Yuri Novgorodov of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kazakhstan patted down the dark soil at the base of a... Read More
December 13, 2011 | Web First | By Ruby Russell
A new one-hour documentary produced by MennoMedia’s film department, Third Way media, explores threads of peacemaking in the Christian and Muslim faiths through the centuries and... Read More
December 12, 2011 | Web First | Steve Shenk
More than 20,000 YouTube views, a profile on CNN, posted on more than 60 blogs from around the world, and continuous sharing on facebook and twitter have taken the “ Singing... Read More
December 12, 2011 | Web First | news release
While recent media attention has focused on the shortage of houses and lack of water and sewage systems in the Attawapiskat First Nation community in northern Ontario, many other... Read More
December 9, 2011 | Web First | Gladys Terichow
Churches in Egypt are praying and helping migrants, who flee home due to political turmoil, violence and uncertain future. There is a great need to develop stable democratic... Read More
December 8, 2011 | Web First | Naveen Qayyum, staff writer
In villages to towns across Africa, messages of HIV prevention are resonating through churches in the wake of global events marking World AIDS Day. But the border between faith... Read More
December 7, 2011 | Web First | By Frederick Nzwili
The world needs to act more proactively to promote and protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) people, said United States Secretary of State... Read More
December 6, 2011 | Web First | By John Zarocostas
Tension filled the cramped, block-wall room in the Guatemalan highlands as indigenous leaders sat across from negotiators for ENEL, an Italian-based energy company building a $228... Read More
December 6, 2011 | Web First | Tobias Roberts, MCC development worker