It’s only 8:30 a.m., but the temperature in the Sundarbans region of India is already hovering around 35 degrees Celsius. If Tarijmana Bibi, 20, is bothered by the heat she isn’t... Read More
News & Stories
“We see them, but we do not know them.” That was an observation a Mexican friend made to Rebecca Janzen, about the Low German speaking Mennonites in Mexico. Recently Janzen was... Read More
March 8, 2016 | Web First |
Jono Cullar of Waterloo, Ont., was honoured with a 20 under 35 award from Mennonite Economic Development Associates late last year for exemplifying “MEDA values: faith, service... Read More
March 8, 2016 | Web First |
The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development has named Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) as 12th in a list of 28 seminaries in North America that excel in... Read More
March 8, 2016 | Web First |
Stuart Murray, British author of the popular book The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials of a Radical Faith , is the featured speaker at a fundraising dinner for Canadian... Read More
March 7, 2016 | Web First |
What makes a quilt Amish? Does it have to be “quilted by a group of Amish women sitting around the frame in their sitting room?” Or does it have to have an Amish pattern, like the... Read More
February 24, 2016 | God at work in the Church |
On Feb. 7, 2016, Edmonton’s First Mennonite Church voted to become an inclusive and affirming Christian community. Two motions, one stating that lesbian, gay, bisexual,... Read More
February 24, 2016 | God at work in the Church |
Mennonite Church Canada congregations are taking the words of Deuteronomy 10:18-19 to heart by caring for Syrian refugees. The passage shares God’s desire to clothe and feed... Read More
February 24, 2016 | God at work in the World |
A reader of this magazine sent an e-mail admonishing me not to associate our Mennonite faith with the “fear narrative” of climate change. He provided some links to seemingly... Read More
February 24, 2016 | God at work in the World | Will Braun
Across the parking lot from Altona Mennonite Church stands a long, yellow brick building with narrow halls and tiny bachelor suites that rent out for $285 per month. Friendship... Read More
February 24, 2016 | God at work in the World |
Siegfried Bartel, the former German army officer who became an ardent advocate for peace and an influential Mennonite figure in Canada, died at the age of 101. Siegfried Wilhelm... Read More
February 24, 2016 | God at work in Us | Amy Rinner Waddell
What do 10 of the 33 first-year students at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) have in common? A background as staff members at Mennonite camps and retreat centres... Read More
February 24, 2016 | Focus on camping | Annette Brill Bergstresser
I never went to camp as a kid because growing up on a farm in Saskatchewan seemed sufficiently uncivilized that I didn’t need to spend another week or two sleeping in a forest. My... Read More
February 24, 2016 | Focus on camping | Mark Morton
Summer may be a distant memory at this time of year, but Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) student Jonas Cornelsen fondly recalls how he spent last July and August working as... Read More
February 24, 2016 | Focus on camping |
Last fall, workers installed a “green” roof over the Stonehouse meeting room at Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp. The old flat roof was in need of replacement and while it would have... Read More
February 24, 2016 | Focus on camping |
It’s not the kind of news Shekinah Retreat Centre executive director Nick Parkes likes to share with his constituency, and it’s not the kind of news the constituency likes to hear... Read More
February 24, 2016 | Focus on camping |
‘Not going back to camp will be tough,’ says Andrew Brown of his experiences at MC Manitoba’s Camp Moose Lake. (Photo courtesy of MC Manitoba)
I did not grow up attending a Mennonite church. Growing up two hours southeast of Winnipeg in Piney, Man., I attended International Christian Fellowship, a small congregation that... Read More
February 24, 2016 | Young Voices | Andrew Brown
What is the significance of youth pastors living with their partner outside of marriage? How do young people respond to this information? Sexuality, spirituality, marriage,... Read More
February 24, 2016 | Young Voices | Amelia Warkentin
For Keila Viana, seeing how art can heal wounds deepened her understanding of God and God’s love during her international service in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. “I believe that during... Read More
February 23, 2016 | Web First | Aharón González
On January 30, 2016, nearly 100 people gathered in downtown Seoul, Korea, to participate in the first Korean Anabaptist conference. The goal of the gathering, according to Bock Ki... Read More
February 23, 2016 | Web First |
Violating the conventions of biker culture landed the United Kingdom Christian motorcycle club, God’s Squad, in hot water. With the help of its president Joseph (pseudonym), who... Read More
February 23, 2016 | Web First | Deborah Froese
Meeting at the new Mennonite Heritage Museum in Abbotsford, B.C., gave the Mennonite Historical Society of Canada the opportunity to see this new facility that tells the faith... Read More
February 23, 2016 | Web First |
Back in 2009, when I was 12 years old, I remember being crammed into the back row of a standing-room-only crowd at the final concert of the annual Ontario Mennonite Music Camp. To... Read More
February 23, 2016 | Web First |
Star Wars (the original by George Lucas) arrived in Winnipeg in the early summer of 1977. I went to the first screening of the day (around noon) and was so blown away by what I... Read More
February 17, 2016 | Web First | Vic Thiessen
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. . . Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it,... Read More
February 10, 2016 | God at work in the Church | Future Directions Task Force