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After 9/11, many North Americans have viewed Islam with a sceptical eye, often encouraged by the media. In America, being Muslim often comes with a stigma, said Sheri Hartzler,... Read More
February 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Emily Loewen
The long grass in the field ahead of her hadn’t been mowed in months, maybe even years. Across the field was an old swing set, a boy swinging back and forth with a goofy grin on... Read More
February 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Paul Loewen
Many weddings include diamond engagement rings, expensive wedding gowns, the bride being given away, extraordinarily expensive flowers and cakes, and spending way beyond one’s... Read More
February 29, 2012 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
A week of Family Camp at Camp Squeah turned out to be a summer highlight for the Wiens family of Abbotsford, B.C. Maria Wiens , her husband Gerhard and children Jacob and... Read More
February 29, 2012 | Focus On | By Angelika Dawson
Ontario Mennonite Music Camp is gearing up for its 29th year of music making. We’ve got a lot to offer! As always, we promise lots of music: piano, voice, winds, brass, choir,... Read More
February 29, 2012 | Focus On |
As we reach the 50th anniversary of Hidden Acres, it is abundantly clear that we have reason to celebrate! A camp still surviving would be reason enough, but a still-thriving,... Read More
February 29, 2012 | Focus On |
Nordheim Mennonite Church in the small community of Winnipegosis is Mennonite Church Manitoba’s most remote congregation. More than 275 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg and far... Read More
February 29, 2012 | Focus On | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Ancestral worship for Mennonite writers is a great temptation, Julia Spicher Kasdorf told a faculty forum at Conrad Grebel University College on Feb. 17 as part of the award-... Read More
February 29, 2012 | Artbeat | By Dick Benner
Committee meetings have a reputation for being necessary but tedious. But at Foothills Mennonite Church, Calgary, there is a standout exception to the rule in the Women... Read More
February 29, 2012 | God at work in Us | By Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
When the massive earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, Mennonite Central Committee ( MCC ) was one of the fortunate non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to receive money for its relief... Read More
February 29, 2012 | God at work in the World | By Tomas Urbina
Two neighbouring Winnipeg congregations, one Mennonite and the other Lutheran, decided to share their Sunday lunches and learn more about each other. In the process, they... Read More
February 29, 2012 | God at work in the Church | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
After more than six months of reporting on events and issues pertaining to young adults, Canadian Mennonite made a pledge to connect with young voices from all over Canada in... Read More
February 24, 2012 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Love, sex, and baptism are seemingly unrelated topics, but according to Irma Fast Dueck, they each involve a deep commitment. Roughly sixty youth, youth pastors, and youth... Read More
February 20, 2012 | Young Voices | Ben Borne
When a church member suffered a medical emergency in Winnipeg, Man. where his heart stopped for a full 45 minutes, many members of Level Ground Mennonite Church in Abbotsford, B.C... Read More
February 15, 2012 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
Six indigenous youth from across Canada travelled to Geneva, Switzerland this month telling the United Nations that Canada needs to end inequalities experienced by aboriginal... Read More
February 15, 2012 | Young Voices | Emily Loewen
At the age of 17, dancer Peter Quanz of Wilmot Mennonite Church was already living in Winnipeg on his own. Before heading to Winnipeg, he commuted to an arts high school in nearby... Read More
February 15, 2012 | Artbeat | By Dave Rogalsky
Kayla Thiessen bubbles with enthusiasm when she talks about her short-term service experience through Mennonite Church Canada in Nazareth. The University of Manitoba graphic... Read More
February 15, 2012 | God at work in Us | By Deborah Froese
In a January report, two major humanitarian agencies confessed that they, along with the rest of the world, responded too slowly to the food crisis in East Africa last year, and... Read More
February 15, 2012 | God at work in the World | By Will Braun
When Cheryl Pauls takes over the reins from Gerald Gerbrandt , Nov. 1, as president of Canadian Mennonite University, she will guide the institution from a different academic... Read More
February 15, 2012 | God at work in the Church | By Rachel Bergen
With the help of participants from several regions of the world a World Council of Churches (WCC) consultation recently looked at Christian self-understanding in the context of... Read More
February 14, 2012 | Web First | news release
Founded by breakaway U.S . Episcopal priests who left their former denomination because they felt it was too liberal, the Anglican Mission in the Americas is now in the middle of... Read More
February 10, 2012 | Web First | By Bob Smietana
It must be admitted by people of faith that “religion is not just a solution to war and violence. Too often, it can be part of the problem,” Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse told a... Read More
February 10, 2012 | Web First | news release
Egyptian Christian humanitarian leaders say while politics and religion are garnering the most attention in their country right now, Egypt's serious humanitarian problems will... Read More
February 6, 2012 | Web First | By Chris Herlinger
The key role played by young people during the transformations in the Arab world throughout the past year was a recurrent theme for the recent World Council of Churches ( WCC )... Read More
February 6, 2012 | Web First | news release