At one point Christianity was the centre of life in North America; now it has been pushed to the margins. But that’s an important place to be, according to Cam Roxburgh. Mennonite... Read More
News & Stories
‘Metaphors in cloth and clay,’ a new exhibit at the Mennonite Heritage Gallery, Winnipeg, combines the individual and collaborative work of Winnipeg artists Ingrid Lincoln and... Read More
January 30, 2013 | Back Page |
Martha Smith Good signs her book Breaking Ground: One Woman’s Journey into Pastoral Ministry for Jean Shantz at a book-signing event at Wilmot Mennonite Church, Ont., in mid-December.
Guelph Mennonite Church, which Martha Smith Good was pastoring, had requested ordination for her, but the then Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec wanted to license her... Read More
January 30, 2013 | God at work in Us | Reviewed by Dave Rogalsky
Neufeld
Joseph S. Neufeld was born into a large Mennonite family and community in rural Alberta. Having many sisters and brothers, and growing up in the Dirty Thirties, he quickly... Read More
January 30, 2013 | God at work in Us | By David Neufeld
Sitting in quiet, yoga retreat participants at Camp Squah experience the presence of God.
Determination to exercise more, or to improve one’s spiritual life, are on many people’s lists as they begin a new year. Thirty people who met at Camp Squeah from Jan. 11 to 13... Read More
January 30, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Amy Dueckman
Victor Khambil of the Chin Christian Church, a Mennonite Church Eastern Canada emerging congregation, leads chants with his megaphone in support of the Kachin people of Burma.
Victor Khambil, secretary for the Chin Christian Church, Kitchener, was front and centre at a peaceful protest at city hall on Jan. 19.Read More
January 30, 2013 | God at work in the World | Story and Photo by Dave Rogalsky
Peace. The final frontier. This is the hope of the Mennonite Church. Its mission: To witness in a strange new world. To seek renewed life, renewed community, and to boldly go... Read More
January 30, 2013 | Focus On | By Sean East
Khuankaew
Ouyporn Khuankaew travelled a long way to teach at the 2012 Canadian School for Peacebuilding at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) last summer, and she says the trip was well... Read More
January 30, 2013 | Focus On | By Lindsay Wright
Bethany Johnson is a first-year student at the Medical School for International Health in Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Bethany Johnson is exactly where she wanted to be after graduating from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in 2012 with a degree in biology: well on her way to a career in medical... Read More
January 30, 2013 | Focus On | By Andrew Jenner
There are countless good schools that prepare all manner of public servants. We have great doctors and lawyers, business leaders and scientists—thanks be to God.Read More
January 30, 2013 | Focus On | By Sara Wenger Shenk
President Barack Obama looks at the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that hangs in the Oval Office prior to meeting with President Álvaro Uribe of Colombia, June 29, 2009. RNS photo by Pete Souza/The White House
President Obama will publicly take the oath of office with Bibles once owned by his political heroes, Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr . One Bible was well read... Read More
January 18, 2013 | Web First | Daniel Burke
Chantel Klassen and her husband Jared have declared themselves passionate about advocating for the orphan. These twenty-somethings from Warman, Sask., see loving the orphan as an... Read More
January 16, 2013 | Young Voices | Brandi J. Thorpe
The Idle No More movement is not just an “Indian thing.” Thousands of people in Canada and around the world—including Mennonites—have rallied to stand in solidarity with this... Read More
January 16, 2013 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
In an age where young-adult church attendance is often declining, many churches want to build a vibrant group for this demographic. Springfield Heights Mennonite Church seems to... Read More
January 16, 2013 | Young Voices | Thomas Guenther
Playwright and actor Ted Swartz has scripted his most personal work yet, this time in autobiographical form.Read More
January 16, 2013 | Artbeat |
Rehan
Dessert was artistically displayed against a candlelit backdrop at Wildwood Mennonite Church as a few dozen people gathered late last year to celebrate Anna Rehan’s long and... Read More
January 16, 2013 | God at work in Us | By Karin Fehderau
Conrad Grebel University College professor Derek Suderman holds up his group’s cartoon of the plot of the biblical passage being studied at the ‘Contextual Bible study’ seminar, while Chris Brnjas, a master of theological studies student at the college, explains it.
“I hope this is the beginning of something.”Read More
January 16, 2013 | God at work in the Church | Story and photo by Dave Rogalsky
Howard Zehr, widely known as the ‘grandfather of restorative justice,’ will co-lead the Zehr Institute of Restorative Justice at the Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Harrisonburg, Va. Zehr will step aside from his teaching responsibilities at EMU following the spring 2013 semester.
Howard Zehr, widely known as the “grandfather of restorative justice,” will step aside from his teaching role at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) after the spring 2013 semester... Read More
January 16, 2013 | God at work in the World | By Lora Steiner and Bonnie Price Lofton
Recently, I gave a presentation on the tension between answering God’s call and the demands of the world. I explained how hard it is, because most North American consumers seem to... Read More
January 16, 2013 | Focus On | Reviewed by Galen Lehman
I love the piano in our living room. The small Wurlitzer fits nicely into the proportions of the room and often provides a good platform for seasonal decorations and whatever... Read More
January 16, 2013 | Focus On | Dori Zerbe Cornelsen
Hildebrand (left), and Schlegel (right)
Two Mennonite businessmen have been named to the Order of Canada by Governor General David Johnston, out of a total of 91 recipients recognized. Ron Schlegel of Waterloo, Ont.,... Read More
January 16, 2013 | Focus On | By Dick Benner
Are you feeling unsatisfied with the state of democracy in Canada? You may not be the only one. A recent poll released by the charitable organization Samara found that only 55 per... Read More
January 2, 2013 | Young Voices | Casey van Wensem
Why does business matter to God? As a business major at Canadian Mennonite University this is a question that has kept me up at night as I think about what I want to do with my... Read More
January 2, 2013 | Young Voices | Ethan Heidebrecht
After almost 28 years in her position as area church youth minister of Mennonite Church Saskatchewan, Anna Rehan is retiring. In her time in this role, she came to understand the... Read More
January 2, 2013 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Cindi Powell and her daughters Erica and Emily are the owners of this house in St. Catharines, Ont., built through a partnership between Habitat Niagara and the local Mennonite community.
Habitat for Humanity Niagara has been building houses in the Niagara Peninsula since 1993. This year the house built on Tasker St. in St. Catharines was a partnership Habitat for... Read More
January 2, 2013 | Back Page | Story and photo by Maria Klassen