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
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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
Theology, spirituality Flowing with the River: Soundings from my Life and Journey . Sue Clemmer Steiner. Self-published, 2013, 174 pages.Read More
October 23, 2013 | Focus On |
Royden Loewen and Steven Nolt have undertaken a difficult challenge in writing a history of Mennonites in North America. The scope of the project is broad, not only in terms of... Read More
October 23, 2013 | Focus On | Reviewed by Barb Draper
Sue Clemmer Steiner’s recent publication crosses genres within autobiography. It is personal memoir and spiritual recollection. It is reflections on a life in pastoral ministry... Read More
October 23, 2013 | Focus On Books & Resources | By Marianne Mellinger
Watch the World CD cover
Creating a CD is both simple and complex. The proliferation of digital recording equipment and the ease and non-expensive nature of producing CDs has led many local musicians and... Read More
October 23, 2013 | Artbeat | Dave Rogalsky
On Oct. 7, 2013, Idle No More held a rally at the Manitoba Legislative grounds in Winnipeg to mark the 250th anniversary of the Proclamation of 1763. About 10 percent of those in attendance to show solidarity with indigenous brothers and sisters were Mennonite.
When Moses Falco heard the words, “We never gave up our sovereignty,” at an Oct. 7 rally held in Winnipeg to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, they... Read More
October 23, 2013 | God at work in the World | By Deborah Froese and Dan Dyck
Youth from the !Explore program at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary worked with Pedal Power, a ministry of the Voluntary Service unit in Elkhart, Ind., connected to Prairie Street Mennonite Church. From left: Isaiah Friesen, Sara Erb (event pastor), Nick Simons (from Prairie Street), Ryan Miller, Madeline Gerig, Lynea Brubacher Kaethler.
As two Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary students led a program that encourages high school youth to consider ministry, their own call to ministry grew stronger.Read More
October 23, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Mary E. Klassen
I had the privilege of teaching a pastoral theology class at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas, last week. I had the entire senior class: 13 young, promising,... Read More
October 18, 2013 | Web First | Tom Ehrich
‘Book,’ a 2007 painting by Winnipeg artist Seth Woodyard.
Today, when people think of the word “icon,” images of computers and technology come to mind. For centuries, though, the icon—derived from the Greek eikon or ikon—has referred... Read More
October 17, 2013 | Artbeat | By Aaron Epp
The new movie “12 Years a Slave” may depict a bygone era in American history, but religious leaders hope it might spark increased attention about present-day race relations. “It... Read More
October 16, 2013 | Web First | Adelle M. Banks
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Can a bad person be a good theologian? All of us fall short of our ideals, of course. But there is a common-sense expectation that religious professionals should try to behave as... Read More
October 15, 2013 | Web First | By MARK OPPENHEIMER
An Ohio court has given limited guardianship of a 10-year-old Amish girl to a lawyer who will make medical decisions instead of the girl's parents. Maria Schimer is also a... Read More
October 11, 2013 | Web First | Katherine Burgess
Spong speaking to a church in England.
At 82, retired and enjoying life, Bishop John Shelby Spong doesn't have to be the liberal enfant terrible whose pronouncements for gay rights and against traditional dogmas once... Read More
October 11, 2013 | Web First | David Gibson
Author Malcolm Gladwell may not be known for writing on religion. His New York Times best-selling books "The Tipping Point," "Outliers," "Blink" and "What the Dog Saw" deal with... Read More
October 11, 2013 | Web First | Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Maia was four years old when she was diagnosed with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). She remembers being confused and upset. In many ways, the anger the Winnipegger feels... Read More
October 9, 2013 | Young Voices | Krystofer Penner
I’m not waiting for marriage. Like many other evangelical teenagers, I signed a yellow “true love waits” index card in youth group and wore a chastity ring. These symbols may... Read More
October 9, 2013 | Young Voices | Karla Braun
This past summer, Kathy Moorhead Thiessen, who works for Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in Iraqi Kurdistan, visited the Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) First Nation in... Read More
October 9, 2013 | Young Voices | Kathy Moorhead Thiessen