Three Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) alumni have launched an independent digital press and are currently selling their first electronic book (e-book). The youth adventure... Read More
News & Stories
Even in Christian circles, murderers, rapists, child abusers and hardened criminals are viewed as some of the most reprehensible people in society. They are left to rot in jail... Read More
August 31, 2011 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Being in relationship is one of the best things we can ever do, and yet it is often one of the hardest. If only we could be in perfect relationship with each other and with God I... Read More
August 31, 2011 | Young Voices | Kirsten Hamm
As Mennonites living in the peace and prosperity of Canada, we sometimes wonder how to keep the stories of our past alive. We wonder whether our children and grandchildren will... Read More
August 31, 2011 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Barb Draper
“So you want to kill some Nazis?” Dr. Erskine asks the short, skinny asthmatic wanna-be war hero in this summer’s big superhero film. “I don’t want to kill anyone,” comes the... Read More
August 31, 2011 | Artbeat | Review by Vic Thiessen
Johanna and Sophia Nast-Kolb with two of their rabbits. (Photo by Evelyn Rempel Petkau)
Nestled in the bend of the Brokenhead River at the very end of a country road is a small Christian community trying to live responsibly and faithfully. Four family units are... Read More
August 31, 2011 | God at work in Us | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
A banner on the shore of JeJu Island reads, ‘Stop the naval weapons base! No more relocation [of the base] to the beautiful village of Gangjeong!’
“The sad thing is, the churches are too quiet,” says Kyong-Jung Kim, director of the Korea Anabaptist Center, in Seoul, South Korea. “Either they don’t pay attention to this or... Read More
August 31, 2011 | God at work in the World | By Dan Dyck
Noémie Jean-Bourgeault encouraged the L’Église évangélique Mennonite de Joliette, Que., congregation to be creative in transforming an old ladder into a new object, saying, ‘This is not a ladder.’
At the general meeting of the members of L’Église évangélique Mennonite de Joliette , Que ., on June 12, the pastor’s mandate was not renewed. The congregation was shocked and... Read More
August 31, 2011 | God at work in the Church | By Dave Rogalsky
The 75,000 square-foot building, once a thriving intellectual nerve center of the Mennonite Church USA (later Canada), employed 175 writers, editors and production staff at its high point in serving the Mennonite Church
The former longtime Mennonite publishing building in Scottdale , Pa., will re-open as a church facility. MennoMedia , the newly merged church agency based in Harrisonburg, Va .,... Read More
August 22, 2011 | Web First | Steve Shenk
Participants in the SDA-MWC conversations (left to right): William Johnsson (SDA co-chair); Tom Yoder Neufeld (MWC), Robert (Jack) Suderman (MWC); Danisa Ndlovu (MWC); Henk Stevers (MWC); Valerie Rempel (MWC); Teresa Reeve (SDA); Patricia Urueña (MWC); and John Graz (SDA). Missing are: Denis Fortin (SDA); Bert Beach (SDA); Gary Councell (SDA).
Representatives of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the Mennonite World Conference held the first of several theological conversations June 28 to July 1, 2011... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Web First | Staff reports
Many people can identify with being hungry, but cannot understand what it is like to be among tens of thousands who are on the verge of death because of hunger, with little hope... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
From The New York Times to the Mennonite Brethren Herald, emerging adulthood has become a topic worthy of many printed pages and even more blog posts. As increasing numbers of... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Young Voices | Julia Thiessen
Gordon Kaufman was a conscientious objector during World War II.
Two religious giants died within one week of each other recently. One was liberal theologian and mentor Gordon Kaufman, 86, a Mennonite who rose through the academic ranks at... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Web First | Dick Benner
Like rings on a tree, or carbon layers in ice, Elise Epp hopes that when people look back on her music it will mark the events of her generation. “Saying it’s representative of... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Young Voices | Emily Loewen
Recently I stood in line-ups for two different kinds of “Mennonite” foods. In one line I waited, along with many others, for my order from the annual Laotian Mennonite spring roll... Read More
August 17, 2011 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Marlene Epp
Andrew Dyck, left, learned a lot about building and repairing things from Alfred Driedger, who also learned the art of patience during their weekly times together over a three-year period. (Photo by Barry Bergen)
Alfred Driedger and Andrew Dyck share a love of fixing things, and the fact that they are separated by 60 years or so only makes repair work more interesting. This seemingly... Read More
August 17, 2011 | God at work in Us | By Barry Bergen
Ahada Kusoco Hassan, 23, cooks breakfast for her family in the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya.
Mennonite Central Committee ( MCC ) has surpassed its initial target of raising $1 million for the East Africa drought and is now expanding its response to the continuing crisis... Read More
August 17, 2011 | God at work in the World | By Gladys Terichow
Kornelsen
On Oct. 16, James Kornelsen wants people to fast—for change. “Fasting is a way to change yourself, change your relationship to God, and change the world,” says Kornelsen , who... Read More
August 17, 2011 | God at work in the World |
A typical ration for one adult for one day—as outlined by the World Health Organization—includes 460 grams of cereal, 50 grams of pulses, 50 grams of oil and five grams of salt.
Two new projects supported by Mennonite Central Committee ( MCC ) Canada and the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee—Canadian Foodgrains Bank member agencies—have been added... Read More
August 17, 2011 | God at work in the World |
Mennonite Partners in China (MPC)
As a young seminary graduate in 1995, Timothy Zhang became pastor of the Anjing church. With few material resources, a common reality in rural church settings where most families... Read More
August 17, 2011 | God at work in the Church | By Jeanette Hanson
An MDS work crew cleaned up a house fire site in Grey Highlands. Former MDS volunteer Les Sheffer (from left), homeowner Stan Baldwin, Mailhoit Trucking driver Chris Beudette, Stayner BIC member and heaving equipment operator Al Avery all helped MDS director Rick Savage with the project.
If watching your house burn to the ground wasn’t hard enough, Carol and Stan Baldwin of Grey Highlands, ON, had to stand and watch a second time while a group of volunteers razed... Read More
August 15, 2011 | Web First | By Alicia Savage
Ahada Kusoco Hassan, 23, cooks breakfast for her family in the Dadaab refugee camp in northeastern Kenya. (ACT Alliance Photo/Paul Jeffrey)
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) has surpassed its initial target of raising $1 million for the East Africa drought and is now expanding its response to the continuing crisis in... Read More
August 15, 2011 | Web First | By Gladys Terichow
Tutu retired from public life in 2010 at the age of 79.
Retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said apartheid had left South Africans suffering from "self-hate" which is partly to blame for the country's vicious crime rate and... Read More
August 12, 2011 | Web First | By Munyaradzi Makoni
A simple meal, some change and a jar can make a difference.
When a disaster like the food crisis in east Africa hits the news, how can families with young children respond? That’s the question we asked ourselves when our children were... Read More
August 12, 2011 | Web First | By John Longhurst
