He’s born poor. By age 6, he’s an orphan. Two years later, he loses his grandfather. Yet he overcomes his circumstances, develops a reputation for business integrity and... Read More
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Rageh Omaar travels to the place of Muhammad's birth to retrace the footsteps of the prophet in PBS' "Life of Muhammad". Photo courtesy PBS
August 15, 2013 | Web First | By MENACHEM WECKER
Disrespect is nothing new for Michael Mifflin, who was born with spina bifida. In high school in Winnipeg, he was shoved into lockers and had his canes stolen and hidden by other... Read More
August 14, 2013 | Young Voices | Michael Wiebe
When I came back to church after a faith crisis in my early 20s, the first one I attended regularly was a place called Praxis. It was the kind of church where the young, hip... Read More
August 14, 2013 | Young Voices | Andrea Palpant Dilley
God loves you and he wants you to live life with him. That was the message youth from across Canada were left with at the Fat Calf Festival, Mennonite Church Canada’s 2013 youth... Read More
August 14, 2013 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
Hans Werner uses his father’s stories to reflect on questions of autobiography and Mennonite identity in the 20th century. The stories of his father’s (and mother’s) experiences... Read More
August 14, 2013 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Barb Draper
One of the plaques crafted by John Reimer.
John Reimer, who died on June 28 at age 86, left a lasting legacy to Mennonite Church Canada and its congregations. All of the wooden plaques depicting a dove with an olive branch... Read More
August 14, 2013 | God at work in Us | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Edward S. Curtis gained fame a century ago for his iconic photos of indigenous people. That fame was later tainted by revelations that he removed traces of western society from... Read More
August 14, 2013 | God at work in the World | By Will Braun
Masonry students such as 25-year-old Ronald Sadou Zami benefited from a 2012 MCC seminar on disaster-resistant construction.
In a decision that could have a direct impact on the work of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Haiti, the Canadian government has stepped up its contribution to the United... Read More
August 14, 2013 | God at work in the World | By Casey van Wensem
Schellenberg
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada’s work with Low German-speaking Mennonite communities in Mexico will continue despite recent structural and administrative changes within... Read More
August 14, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Gladys Terichow
The Faith and Life Women’s Chorus is pictured by the Menno Simons monument at Witmarsum, the Netherlands.
An idea that began in a chat on the way to choir practice became a dream come true for members of Manitoba’s Faith and Life Women’s Chorus.Read More
August 14, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Manitoba social workers want parents of an orthodox Mennonite community to promise they will only spank kids on their behinds and not use objects, such as belts, as punishment... Read More
August 9, 2013 | Web First |
All photos by Noah Friedman-Rudovsky. Noah Friedman-Rudovsky also contributed reporting to this article.
For a while, the residents of Manitoba Colony thought demons were raping the town’s women. There was no other explanation. No way of explaining how a woman could wake up with... Read More
August 6, 2013 | Web First | By Jean Friedman-Rudovsky
Nation to nation bike tour begins July 31.
This August, Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth will participate in a unique bike tour through southeastern Ontario to build bridges of understanding and respect based on a... Read More
July 31, 2013 | Web First | Staff reports
Metaxas
Before evangelical leader Chuck Colson fell ill at a conference last year, crumbling at the podium and later dying at the hospital, it was Eric Metaxas who introduced him. At the... Read More
July 30, 2013 | Web First | By SARAH PULLIAM BAILEY
On any given night thousands of Canadians languish in ramshackle housing, line up at shelters or sleep in our streets and alleyways. This situation is not limited to our big... Read More
July 25, 2013 | Web First | By Jino Distasio, Expert Advisor
Every morning in Jessica Burridge’s house begins with dancing. Accompanied by her children, Dakota, six, Danika, four, and Dawson, three, the family begins each day with joy to... Read More
July 24, 2013 | Young Voices | Rebecca Kuhn
Some of the most horrifying injustices in Canada and the U.S. happened when more than 600 indigenous women went missing or were murdered in the last 20 years. The public hardly... Read More
July 24, 2013 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
I often find myself questioning the way the church handles single people. Surely there is a better way for the church to relate to those of us who aren’t married. When I looked... Read More
July 24, 2013 | Young Voices | Amanda Zehr
Elmon Lichti’s boots represent the 10,000 Canadians who chose alternative service rather than army service during World War II. Lichti, from Tavistock, Ont., was in alternative service as a road builder, farmer, and forester.
It’s an unusual place for an exhibition about peace. Instead of in a Mennonite institution, this exhibition is at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa where permanent exhibit space... Read More
July 24, 2013 | Artbeat | By Ellen Shenk
Jake Neufeld continues to volunteer much of his time with maintenance work at Camp Koinonia.
Jake Neufeld, lay minister for 46 years, was released from his ordination to ministry last October in Whitewater Mennonite Church in Boissevain. Neufeld leaves ordination behind... Read More
July 24, 2013 | God at work in Us | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Nine members of Eben-Ezer Mennonite Church in Abbotsford spent a week in New York City in May, but not as tourists. They were volunteering their time as Mennonite Disaster Service... Read More
July 24, 2013 | God at work in the World | By Amy Dueckman
With Mennonite Church Canada's help, Stuart Murray, chair of the Anabaptist Network in the U.K. and author of the Naked Anabaptist, facing camera right rear, engaged pastors and church leaders during a countrywide South Korean speaking tour from April 20 to May 3. Kyong Jung Kim, director of the Korea Anabaptist Center, seated next to Murray, served as Murray's translator. (Photo courtesy of Mennonite Church Canada)
U.K. Anabaptist leader Stuart Murray engaged Anabaptists in South Korea during a country-wide speaking tour this spring.Read More
July 24, 2013 | God at work in the Church | Deborah Froese
This is a typical scene Dyck encountered in the MDS clean-up. --MDS photo
Editor's Note: The response to the flood disaster in High River, Alta, has been overwhelming. Here Gerald and Lee Dyck , who spent a week there directing clean-up efforts, give a... Read More
July 19, 2013 | Web First | Gerald and Lee Dyck, Director for British Columbia
A month after the nation’s leading Christian “ex-gay” group apologized and announced plans to close, a similar Jewish group is facing a first-of-its-kind lawsuit for consumer... Read More
July 18, 2013 | Web First | By CORRIE MITCHELL