Kevin Peters Unrau thinks that the Mennonite Church has gotten Jesus wrong. When Jesus calls on his followers to “not resist evildoers” in Matthew 5:39, many Mennonites have... Read More
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Kevin Peters Unrau, right, sits with Stephan Barton, his teacher, on the day Unrau achieved his first-level black belt in Aikido. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Unrau Peters)
October 8, 2014 | God at work in Us | By Dave Rogalsky
Managed chaos. That’s how Rachel Gerber describes parenting three young sons. Herald Press has published her first book, a devotional memoir, Ordinary Miracles: Awakening to the... Read More
October 8, 2014 | Artbeat |
The At-Tuwani Muslim women’s co-op leader talks to tour group members about her life beside an Israeli settlement. (MennoJerusalem photo)
“Have you ever watched those TV court programs where a witness is brought to the stand and asked to raise his hand and swear to tell the truth?” I ask my Israel-Palestine tour... Read More
October 8, 2014 | Focus On | Glenn Edward Witmer
Hearing the stories of both Israelis and Palestinians was a highlight of the Middle East learning tour Seth Ratzlaff participated in two years ago. (Photo by Seth Ratzlaff)
It’s easy to get fed up with talking about things while studying in college or university; the desire to do something hands-on can be overwhelming. When my religious studies... Read More
October 8, 2014 | Young Voices | Seth Ratzlaff
Nearly nine years ago, I lay in a hospital bed with a sleeping baby in my arms, engulfed by fear. Mine wasn’t the typical anxiety of new mothers. We had just received a diagnosis... Read More
October 2, 2014 | Web First | Amy Julia Becker
Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater, Olympic and world champion, is scheduled to participate in Mennonite-sponsored events in the Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. region. On Oct. 4, 2014... Read More
October 2, 2014 | Web First |
Karen Allen is originally from Kempton Park, South Africa, near Johannesburg, but she currently lives in Winnipeg. Why on earth would she choose to live there, you ask? You aren’t... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Ask Winnipeg filmmaker Paul Plett what it was like shooting his most recent project in Kenya, and he responds with two words: “Very intense.” Plett, 29, travelled to the East... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
I have loved Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) thrift stores since I was a kid. An essential part of my childhood revolved around a big, old “tickle trunk” filled with frilly pink... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Young Voices | Annika Krause
Emily Toews of North Star Mennonite Church in Drake, and Kirsten Hamm, MC Saskatchewan area church youth minister, relax on the dock at Churchill River Canoe Outfitters as Craig Neufeld of Rosthern Mennonite Church and Jerry Buhler, MC Saskatchewan area church minister, stand nearby.
“I would rather be out here thinking about God than in church thinking about paddling.” The slogan on Ric Driediger’s T-shirt bears witness to his preferred way of spending the... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in the Church | Story and Photo by Donna Schulz
Team members of the MEDA Mount Kilimanjaro fundraising climb celebrate as they reach the summit on July 14 after beginning that morning at 5 a.m., which required wearing headlamps to see. (Photo: Duane Eby)
After 27 years with Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), the last 12 as president and chief executive officer, Allan Sauder of Waterloo felt that he needed a... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in the World | By Dave Rogalsky
August 2014 As a team we teach about Christian/Muslim relations in North America and around the world. When the response time comes we can always expect questions about Islamist... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in the World |
David Shenk, fourth from right; Pastor Jeremiah Choi, sixth from right; and Pastor Crystal Nana Lee, fifth from left, discuss relationships between Muslims and Christians at Agape Mennonite Church in Hong Kong in September 2013. (Photo courtesy of David Shenk)
“Are Muslims trying to take over America?” “Who are the ‘true Muslims’—the peaceful ones or the violent ones?” “How should Christians respond to jihadi Muslims?” “Isn’t force the... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in the World | By Linda Moffett
Clerical collars and hijabs, men and women, black and white, the diversity in the crowd of more than 200 was clearly visible. Just as obvious, however, was the palpable presence... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in the World | Story and Photos by Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
Bryan Moyer Suderman
Bryan Moyer Suderman (SmallTallMusic.com) sees his music work over the past 11 years as an outgrowth of his desire to have Scripture alive in the church. He has been active in... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in Us | By Dave Rogalsky
Josephine Sutherland shows off a small purse at the Sept. 11 launch of the sale of Niska Artisans beadwork products at the MCC Ontario complex in Kitchener.
The Niska Artisans cooperative, operating for the past seven years in Timmins, Ont., launched a beadwork display at the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ontario complex at 50... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Artbeat | Story and Photos by Dave Rogalsky
Lisa Isaak
In addition to new students, Rosthern Junior College began its 2014-15 school year with two new deans. Lisa Isaak, a 2006 graduate of the school, with a psychology degree from the... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Focus On | By Donna Schulz
Carol Ann Weaver, centre, flanked by her daughter Myra and husband Lyle Friesen, laughs in appreciation as she is toasted and roasted at her retirement party on June 9.
If anyone has been keeping track, Conrad Grebel University College is going through a generational shift in faculty and staff. This spring saw the retirements of James Pankratz as... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Focus On | Story and Photo by Dave Rogalsky
Stephanie Jorritsma and Emily Enns paint doors outside a client’s home. (Photo: Nick Hamm)
What good can a stranger with no construction skills do in a disaster zone in a week? Quite a bit, it turns out. While in high school I had the opportunity to serve on a Mennonite... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Focus On | Stephanie Jorritsma
In response to urgent appeals from the Supreme Council of the Evangelical Community in Syria and Lebanon and from the Middle East Council of Churches, Mennonite World Conference... Read More
September 23, 2014 | Web First |
Loren Johns
Mennonite Church Canada has added a new resource to the list of documents for study and discussion in the Being a Faithful Church (BFC) process. The BFC Task Force asked Loren... Read More
September 19, 2014 | Web First | Virginia A. Hostetler
Peter Nguyen and Kim Bui, left, celebrate 40 years of marriage with an official church wedding ceremony officiated by Pastor April Yamasaki on Aug. 10, 2014.
Peter Nguyen and Kim Bui received an anniversary gift on August 10 that they never got at their wedding 40 years ago: a church ceremony with a marriage licence. The pair had been... Read More
September 16, 2014 | God at work in Us | Story and photo by Amy Dueckman
On their 20-day cycling trip from Bemidji, Minn., to Waterloo, Ont., earlier this year, Jami Reimer and Thomas Krause heard the chorus of bullfrogs, birds and rushing water. These... Read More
September 11, 2014 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Construction of the Imam Mosque began in 1611. (Photos by Cecilly Hildebrand)
This past May, I was part of a group of 10 students from Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., that travelled to Iran to... Read More
September 10, 2014 | Young Voices | Cecilly Hildebrand
Rianna Isaak
Much time and energy at the Mennonite Church Manitoba office was directed this summer to helping host the MC Canada general assembly and Native Assembly 2014. With these two... Read More
September 10, 2014 | God at work in the Church | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau