As the devastation from Typhoon Haiyan continues to unfold in the Philippines, Mennonite Central Committee ( MCC ) is increasing its response to meet crucial needs for people on... Read More
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Anthony Coralade stands in front of what is left of his concrete house in Carmen, Hernani, in Eastern Samar. His house was completed last month after painstakingly building it for seven years. Before the landfall of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013, he hired men to find the cash he had buried under the floor. (Photo by ACT Alliance/Christian Aid)
November 20, 2013 | Web First | Marla Pierson Lester
Little Pine First Nation Chief Wayne Semagani (left) stands with Ovide Mercredi, former grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations, outside Buckingham Palace. Mercredi explained: “The trip that we made here was to show Canadians that we still have this connection with Britain and that the treaties were made by our ancestors…” (Photo by Brad Langendoen)
To mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 (Oct. 7), a delegation of indigenous leaders travelled to London, England, in October 2013. The group was organized... Read More
November 19, 2013 | Web First |
“We refuse to accept that running away from storms, evacuating our families, suffering the devastation and misery, counting our dead, becomes a way of life. We simply refuse to.”... Read More
November 16, 2013 | Web First | Carol Thiessen
Typhoon survivors stand in line for potable drinking water on Nov. 11, 2013, in Ormoc, Leyte. (Photo by Maryannm “Mai” Zamora, courtesy World Vision.)
In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, disaster relief efforts are underway to help with cleanup and reconstruction. Mennonite Church Canada (MC Canada) is advising... Read More
November 14, 2013 | Web First |
Among the many memories that Shammah Nakawesi of Uganda brings home from her one-year service assignment in Indonesia is her new understanding of loving God and others. “Even in... Read More
November 13, 2013 | Web First |
Westminster Abbey
At an emotional worship service, considered one of the largest gatherings of Christians and Jews, some 1,600 British men and women filed into Westminster Abbey Sunday (Nov. 10) to... Read More
November 11, 2013 | Web First | By TREVOR GRUNDY
Ben Borne added the Peace Button to his profile photo.
For the last 20 years people have shared the message of peace by pinning red buttons reading, “To remember is to work for peace” to their shirts, coats, backpacks and purses. More... Read More
November 8, 2013 | Web First | Rachel Bergen
Sara Wenger Shenk
In this post I share a “pastoral letter” from Anabaptists in the United Kingdom who are praying for us. Alan Kreider notes this in introductory comments to the letter: The... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Web First | From the blog of Sara Wenger Shenk, president
When I grew up in a conservative, non-denominational church, the issue of homosexuality was never discussed, but it was regarded as “sin.” It was not until a friend came out to me... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Young Voices | Tyler Voth
The choirs, bands and performers at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) produce some of the most beautiful music around, but a few graduates are using music to help people achieve... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
I remember coming home the day my brain started bleeding. I had worked the morning shift that Friday and was pulling into my driveway when the spots in my eyes wouldn’t go away. I... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Young Voices | Brandi Friesen Thorpe
A choir truly is a community-building venture. Something happens to people when they sing together. They bond, becoming part of something bigger than themselves. Menno Singers, a... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Focus On |
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, as astronauts Ryan Stone and Matt Kowalski in Gravity.
“Houston, I have a bad feeling about this mission,” says Matt Kowalski as he dances circles around the space shuttle Explorer, which is in orbit around the Earth. His words come... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Vic Thiessen
Born into a plain-dressing, plain-speaking Mennonite farm family in Lancaster County, Pa., Shirley Hershey Showalter was named after Shirley Temple, a movie star she was forbidden... Read More
November 6, 2013 | Artbeat |
All I knew about pig butchering before I did it myself was the Low German saying that translates as, “good weather for slaughtering pigs,” which somehow surfaces from my... Read More
November 6, 2013 | God at work in the World | Column and Photo by Will Braun
The pleasure and fellowship that comes with food and eating seems increasingly flavoured with controversy and confusion. Controversy surrounding geneti cally modified organisms (... Read More
November 6, 2013 | God at work in the World | Story and Photo by Tamara Petkau
The Being a Faithful Church (BFC) Task Force is initiating opportunities for ongoing dialogue using Internet technology. The first online forum discussion is planned for Nov. 23... Read More
November 6, 2013 | God at work in the Church |
Mennonite Church Canada is discerning how best to respond to Canadian survivors of sexual abuse by theologian John Howard Yoder. Survivors of Yoder’s sexual abuse in the United... Read More
November 6, 2013 | God at work in the Church | Dan Dyck
In 1965, Ron Mathies works with students to ready a pole and a hoop for a basketball court at Blantyre Secondary School, Malawi. Mathies went on to become MCC executive director from 1996-2005. Photo courtesy of Ron Mathies
Forty years have passed since former Mennonite Central Committee ( MCC ) worker Nancy Heisey first stood in front of a classroom in Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of... Read More
November 5, 2013 | Web First | Emily Will
With her gray hair tied neatly in a bun and her wire-rimmed glasses perched thoughtfully on her nose, Ellen Davis looks the part of a distinguished Bible scholar. Her resume... Read More
October 30, 2013 | Web First | Yonat Shimron
The accident that came to shape Lisa’s life happened three months after her first birthday. She was run over by a car. “The front and back wheel went over my head,” she says. “My... Read More
October 23, 2013 | Young Voices | Bethany Daman
This past spring, I walked the Camino de Santiago, an 800-kilometre pilgrimage route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galacia in northwestern Spain. Tradition has it... Read More
October 23, 2013 | Young Voices | Clare Schellenberg
UPDATE: The required process of home visits and sleepovers has begun for two families in the Old Order Mennonite community. Yesterday the children of one family were returned home... Read More
October 23, 2013 | God at work in the Church | Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Stephen Siemens is the Restorative Justice Co-ordinator for MCC Canada.
Are Mennonites ready to discuss the ugly facts of pornography? A new resource being published by MCC can help start the conversation.Read More
October 23, 2013 | Focus On | By Karin Fehderau