Two Mennonite authors in British Columbia have recently published children’s picture books, both with across-the-world themes. Barbara Nickel of Yarrow is the author of the... Read More
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Theology, Spirituality Changing Lenses: Restorative Justice for our Times . Howard Zehr. Herald Press, 2015. First published 25 years ago, Herald Press has re-issued this textbook... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Focus On | Compiled by Barb Draper, Books & Resources Editor
“Mennonites talking about sex? That would probably make world news!” So observes the latest original production by Ontario-based theatre company Theatre of the Beat. The hard-... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Young Voices | Ally Siebert
My mother Colleen Thiessen and I were out for a walk when I visited her a few months ago and we passed our church. I asked how she could attend every Sunday morning. She replied... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Young Voices | Brighton Thiessen
You don’t have to be a grain farmer to support the Canadian Foodgrains Bank through a growing project. And you don’t even need to be a farmer, as members of Petitcodiac Mennonite... Read More
October 20, 2015 | Web First |
On the weekend of Oct. 3 and 4, 2015, Shantz Mennonite Church congregation celebrated its 175th anniversary. Church members recalled how, in the late 1830s, Mennonite families... Read More
October 20, 2015 | Web First |
“You should do something with all this,” was the doctor’s prescription. “All this” were the art supplies scattered across Shannon Moroney’s husband’s studio in their house. Jason... Read More
October 19, 2015 | Web First |
Arnaud Mennonite Church youth group members Meagan Schlorff, left; Cole Holdrick, second from left; Liam Thiessen, third from right; and Adrian Thiessen, right, are pictured with youth leader Ewald Boschmann, third from left and Art Enns, the farmer who donated the land, to celebrate a successful harvest that raised $12,600 for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. (Canadian Foodgrains Bank photo)
In the Bible, there’s a well-known story about Jesus miraculously feeding five thousand with only a few loaves and fish. That story inspired the Arnaud (Manitoba) Mennonite Church... Read More
October 19, 2015 | Web First | Amanda Thorsteinsson
“We don’t practise peace because it always works, but because we are called to be faithful to Christ’s way.” Scott Brubaker-Zehr, pastor of Rockway Mennonite Church in Kitchener,... Read More
October 19, 2015 | Web First |
Forty years after refugees fled Vietnam and communist oppression for Canada’s shores, the Vietnamese community in B.C. expressed gratitude to God at a celebratory evening on Aug... Read More
October 7, 2015 | God at work in the World | Amy Rinner Waddell
For years, Leon Kehl of Floradale (Ont.) Mennonite Church, has been working to build understanding and friendship between Christians and Muslims in Waterloo Region. Long before... Read More
October 7, 2015 | God at work in the World |
Why would a church of predominantly greying members build a playground for children? Betty Brown was thinking about children as she drove past the abandoned playground at Midway... Read More
October 7, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
“Dairy farming is not just a job,” said Lloyd Sawatzky, “It is a way of life.” For members of Osler Mennonite Church, dairy farming is a way of life that has come to an end. In... Read More
October 7, 2015 | God at work in the Church |
Two hundred people spent a sunny Saturday at Morden Mennonite Church in southern Manitoba to look squarely at how the church can deal with its same-sex crisis. “Biblical marriage... Read More
October 7, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Will Braun
In the words of David Martin, executive minister of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, at the 2015 annual church gathering, “Since our habit is to normally talk about God in the... Read More
October 7, 2015 | God at work in Us | David Martin
There’s nothing comfortable in the artwork of Edgar Heap of Birds. Especially for people whose ancestors came to this continent as settlers. Heap of Birds has described his art as... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Artbeat |
With its propulsive rhythm and alluring harmonies, “Light a Match”—the new single and title track on Chic Gamine’s latest album—seems like a simple pop song at first. That... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Young Voices |
'The emails were just horrible. Filled to the brim with cruel hate.' (Image by Ulrike Mai/Pixabay)
Jessica (a pseudonym) was bullied online to the point that she attempted suicide, but she rose above the hurt by meeting her tormentor and relying on two foundations of her faith... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Young Voices | Rachelle Girard
One-hundred-and-fifteen cyclists braved the rainy weather on Sept. 19, 2015, and brought in nearly a million dollars to support Syrian refugees now living in Lebanon... Read More
October 5, 2015 | Web First |
An Olympian-turned-lawyer, an English language educator, a businessman with a passion for international development, and a couple who have ministered for more than 45 years in... Read More
October 5, 2015 | Web First | Kevin Kilbrei
Jeff Horst in the echosims’ former offices in Kitchener, Ont. Waterloo Region is now touted as the second-largest new-media centre in North America. (Photo by Dave Rogalsky)
At 26, Jeff Horst already has five years of entrepreneurial experience behind him. That’s long enough to know that starting two companies at once is too much; that volunteering in... Read More
October 5, 2015 | Web First |
Residents of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, are venturing out into the streets again, with talks between conflicting groups underway. The promise of peace once again holds out hope. (Mennonite Church Canada file photo by Deborah Froese)
A coup d’état in Burkina Faso brought the lead-up to democratic elections to a halt for a week filled with fear and shooting in the streets. Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite... Read More
September 28, 2015 | Web First | Lynda Hollinger-Janzen
The Global Anabaptist Profile consultation group surveyed 24 church conferences of Mennonite World Conference concerning their demographics, beliefs, and practices. (Goshen College photo)
Sociological surveys may be uncommon evangelistic tools, but Damien Pelende of the Democratic Republic of Congo testified that the Global Anabaptist Profile survey had drawn new... Read More
September 24, 2015 | Web First | Elizabeth Miller
Miraya Groot follows Mac Wallace, Zack Strike, and Brendan Paetkau as Conrad Grebel University College students unload the last of their residence room furniture before the first... Read More
September 23, 2015 | Focus On Education |
Colin and Judith McCartney
After more than 30 years of working with young people on the margins of society in Toronto, Judith and Colin McCartney are now ministering under the auspices of Mennonite Church... Read More
September 23, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Dave Rogalsky