More than 500 Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) convention-goers were entranced as Joyce Bontrager Lehman recounted her journey from an idyllic childhood in the... Read More
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Keynote speaker Joyce Bontrager Lehman responds to questions during a Nov. 5 breakfast Q&A moderated by Wilmer Martin of TourMagination at the Mennonite Economic Development Associates convention in Lancaster, Pa. (MEDA photo by Steve Sugrim)
February 1, 2012 | God at work in the World | By Linda Whitmore
Cutline: Sandy and Barrette Wiebe Plett with their children Meredith, 2 ½ years, and Orie, 4 years.
When Barrette and Sandy Wiebe Plett returned from Egypt in 2008 after a three-year assignment under Mennonite Central Committee, they tried to move back into the church life they... Read More
February 1, 2012 | God at work in the Church | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Rev. Benedict Ndiweni: 'brings to the fore the issue of accountability.'
Energetic music, lively dance, and passion for the church they belonged to was apparent to those who came, both church delegates and visitors, to the conference held just outside... Read More
January 26, 2012 | Web First | Andrew Suderman, Witness Worker
Palestinian children playing in Khallet Zakariya beside the Israeli settlement of Alon Shvut. --UN News photo
The homes at the edge of this Palestinian village are located a few hundred meters from houses in the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar . But the relationship is anything but... Read More
January 26, 2012 | Web First | By Judith Sudilovsky
Rafael Erasmo Arevalo , a Mennonite pastor in Honduras, was attacked and killed Sunday, Jan. 22, after leading an evening worship service. Arevalo , from Santa Rosa de Copán ,... Read More
January 26, 2012 | Web First | Ron Rempel, news editor
The US government says 29,000 children under five years old died between May and July 2011, according to a BBC report.
Was aid for people suffering from drought in East Africa too slow? Yes, says a new report from two international aid agencies. According to the report, prepared by Oxfam and Save... Read More
January 26, 2012 | Web First | Emily Cain
From left to right: Prof. Richard Falk, Welly Esau Mandowen and Archbishop Michael Kehinde Stephen at the WCC International Affairs and United Nations Advocacy Week in New York, 2003
Methodist Archbishop Michael Kehinde Stephen of Ibadan , Nigeria has appealed to Christian and Muslim leaders worldwide to act together in the face of extremist violence that... Read More
January 26, 2012 | Web First | Staff reports
As Egyptians gathered this week in Cairo's Tahrir Square to mark the first anniversary of the "Egyptian Revolution," nearby Jasr El Dobara church continued to be a bridge-builder... Read More
January 26, 2012 | Web First | By ENInews Staff
Churches in India have decried the verdict of an Islamic court in Kashmir that ordered the expulsion of Christians, including a Protestant pastor and a Dutch Catholic missionary,... Read More
January 23, 2012 | Web First | By Anto Akkara
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in the east German state of Saxony ruled on Jan. 21 that gay pastors will for the first time be allowed to cohabit with their partners. "I hope... Read More
January 23, 2012 | Web First | By Ruby Russell
Conservative U.S . Presbyterians launched a new denomination on Jan. 19, saying that the Presbyterian Church (USA) is too consumed by internal conflicts and bureaucracy to nurture... Read More
January 20, 2012 | Web First | By Daniel Burke
When Kelsey Enns started at the North End Family Centre, Winnipeg, he stood out from everyone else using the drop-in centre. So as a young white man serving at a facility that... Read More
January 18, 2012 | Young Voices | Emily Loewen
I was recently asked by a friend in his 20s if I could offer some financial advice before he got married. Without knowing the specifics of his situation, I offered some financial... Read More
January 18, 2012 | Young Voices | Tobin Reimer
Like many people his age, Joel Wiens would like to buy a smartphone. He could probably afford to buy one now, but that would mean taking from the money he and his wife Jacquelyn... Read More
January 18, 2012 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
Mutual Aid eXchange (MAX) Canada Insurance Company is increasing the support for its Mutual Aid Ministries program. “Mutual Aid Ministries is the heart and soul of the MAX... Read More
January 18, 2012 | Focus On |
Peter Etril Snyder is known the world over for his sensitive paintings of Old Order Mennonites in the Waterloo Region. Although he had just retired from his gallery and painting... Read More
January 18, 2012 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Dave Rogalsky
Peter Etril Snyder is known the world over for his sensitive paintings of Old Order Mennonites in the Waterloo Region. Although he had just retired from his gallery and painting... Read More
January 18, 2012 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Dave Rogalsky
During a lunch gathering on their last day at AMBS, Irene and Robert J. (Jack) Suderman reflect on 40 years of ministry. A prevailing theme, Jack noted, is the important role of the church in the lives of Christians and in the world. ‘The peoplehood of God is the primary strategy God wants to use to heal the world,’ he said.
Robert J. (Jack) and Irene Suderman say it was a gift to spend five weeks at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary ( AMBS ), where they studied almost 40 years ago. Jack was a... Read More
January 18, 2012 | God at work in Us | Story and Photo by Mary E. Klassen
Shaun Loney, executive director of Building Urban Industries for Local Development, at the microphone, addresses a Nov. 8 rally in Winnipeg against the federal government’s crime omnibus bill.
The federal government’s Bill C-10—part of a wider crime omnibus bill—had already met opposition in Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia by the time Manitobans... Read More
January 18, 2012 | God at work in the World |
I had the opportunity to participate in a symposium hosted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community women in Surrey, B.C ., late last year. The meeting took place in a store-front temple... Read More
January 18, 2012 | God at work in the World | By Angelika Dawson
A plaque marks the Mennonite tree in the Luthergarten, in Wittenberg, Germany.
Mennonites planted two trees in the Luthergarten in Wittenberg, Germany, in early October to mark the deepening of Mennonite-Lutheran relations. The project, initiated by the... Read More
January 18, 2012 | God at work in the Church | By Ron Rempel
Why did the Lutheran World Federation issue an apology to Mennonites in July 2010? This question is at the heart of a congregational study guide commissioned by Mennonite Church... Read More
January 18, 2012 | God at work in the Church | By Margaret Loewen Reimer
The hands of a cattle-herder. --Photo by Peter Muller of Safer World
Christian humanitarian agencies are delivering relief aid to thousands of people displaced in inter-tribal conflict in South Sudan, the world's newest nation. The assistance is... Read More
January 17, 2012 | Web First | By Fredrick Nzwili
From November 14-30, 2011, Jack and Irene Suderman and Bert Lobe participated in a series of workshops and training sessions with Asian Mennonite and Brethren in Christ leaders in... Read More
January 17, 2012 | Web First | Robert 'Jack' Suderman
