News & Stories
COVID-19 has altered the lives of most Canadians, but for those in prison and those reintegrating into society after prison terms, the pandemic’s impact is enormous. Parkland... Read More
April 22, 2020 | News | Donna Schulz
Tim and Sandra Kuepfer of Vancouver are among those doing their part to keep themselves and those in their neighbourhood safe during the current pandemic. Sandra works at Swiss... Read More
April 22, 2020 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
Many families are spending more time together at home these days, requiring greater parental involvement in schooling. While some parents can calmly slip in a Zoom meeting from an... Read More
April 22, 2020 | News | Will Braun
She couldn’t gather family and friends around her table to eat paska this Easter, so Heather Driedger decided to hold a virtual paska bake-off instead. Paska is a rich yeast bread... Read More
April 22, 2020 | People | Donna Schulz
Sue Steiner left behind a huge legacy when she passed away on Aug. 26, 2019. As beloved wife to Sam Steiner for 50 years, treasured aunt to a number of nieces and nephews, and a... Read More
April 22, 2020 | People | Ardith Frey
“We need more Peters! He’s only one man,” exclaims ex-offender Kayel Truong, when asked about the Bridges Ministries program run by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Alberta to... Read More
April 22, 2020 | People | Joanne De Jong
While people across Canada and around the world self-isolate from COVID-19, work continues on the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline in northern British Columbia, without the full... Read More
April 22, 2020 | People | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe
Professional skier Dave Treadway was just 34 years old when he died in a tragic skiing accident near Pemberton, B.C. on April 15, 2019. Treadway is remembered not only as a... Read More
April 17, 2020 | Web First | Aaron Epp
The shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting employees of Coffee for Peace, a social enterprise managed by Joji Pantoja, a Mennonite Church Canada International... Read More
April 16, 2020 | Web First |
In the past few weeks, it’s likely you’ve seen a video of people singing together virtually. When the members of Winnipeg’s Prairie Voices choir had to cancel their 20th... Read More
April 11, 2020 | Web First | Aaron Epp
“A little bit of yeast makes the whole dough rise . . . you do your part; I’ll do mine,” sings Bryan Moyer Suderman, using his body as a percussion instrument. But instead of... Read More
April 8, 2020 | News | Janet Bauman
While people and governments alike are sprinting to mitigate the current crisis of COVID-19, David Driedger is starting to run the marathon of addressing its long-term... Read More
April 8, 2020 | News | Nicolien Klassen-Wiebe
While many people are staying home to reduce the spread of COVID-19, some, like Erik and Cara Epp, continue to work because their jobs are considered essential. The Epps, who live... Read More
April 8, 2020 | News | Donna Schulz
With COVID-19 limiting the ability to connect in person, virtual meetings now seem to be the wave of the future. Mennonite Church Alberta had already been using the Zoom platform... Read More
April 8, 2020 | News | Joanne De Jong
The spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic has forced Canadians to learn to cope with forced isolation, loss of work and social events, and an uncertain future. For a church... Read More
April 8, 2020 | News | Amy Rinner Waddell
Most people’s lives have shifted dramatically in the past few weeks, as they grapple with social isolation, educational upheaval, job changes, pandemic preparations and health-... Read More
April 8, 2020 | News | Elizabeth Robertson
For Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS), COVID-19 has had a significant impact on operations. It started on March 13, when the organization closed all current projects in locations... Read More
April 8, 2020 | News | John Longhurst
Leah Reesor-Keller has been appointed as Mennonite Church Eastern Canada’s next executive minister. She will begin her new role in late summer, replacing David Martin, who will... Read More
April 8, 2020 | People |
After high school, Susanna Compton took a gap year before heading off to university. She turned that experience into her first published book. Her former pastors from Wilmot... Read More
April 8, 2020 | Focus On Books & Resources | Janet Bauman
The last time a history of Mennonites in Canada was published, it covered the period from 1920 to 1970—the year Pierre Trudeau was prime minister, Canada was converting to the... Read More
April 8, 2020 | Focus On Books & Resources | John Longhurst
The Absent Christ is a clearly written and compelling exploration of Anabaptist-Mennonite theology that engages with both historical Anabaptist sources and contemporary political... Read More
April 8, 2020 | Focus On Books & Resources | Maxwell Kennel
Unsettled with her status as a newly retired person, an archivist uses her skills to look into the difficult parts of her own family history. Along the way, she uncovers a... Read More
April 8, 2020 | Focus On Books & Resources | Tobi Thiessen
Over the past 50 years, the Institute for Mennonite Studies at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Elkhart, Ind., has published a series of books making primary works of the... Read More
April 8, 2020 | Focus On Books & Resources | Barb Draper
Theology, Spirituality The Absent Christ: An Anabaptist Theology of the Empty Tomb . Justin Heinzekehr. Vol. 12 of the C. Henry Smith Series, Cascadia Publishing House, 2019, 160... Read More
April 8, 2020 | Focus On Books & Resources | Barb Draper