From her seat at the front, Mennonite Church Alberta secretary Joani Neufeldt could see all of the gathered Mennonite Church Alberta delegates as the story of the newly forming... Read More
News & Stories
In the basement of Toronto’s Danforth Mennonite Church, two chairs and a laundry basket serve as a makeshift set. Two young actors repeat their lines over and over, practising how... Read More
March 27, 2013 | Young Voices | Emily Loewen
On page 35 of the Jan. 21 issue, Thorpe wrote “Advocating for the orphan” about international adoption. Now she looks at local adoption, and the story of a young couple who... Read More
March 27, 2013 | Young Voices | Brandi J. Thorpe
It’s a Wednesday night and there is a good turnout at the St. Clair O’Connor Community, an intergenerational housing project in Toronto, where internationally renowned author... Read More
March 27, 2013 | Young Voices | Avery Peters
The late John Howard Yoder has long been recognized as an important Mennonite theologian, but his work has mostly been used by scholars and has not been readily accessible to the... Read More
March 27, 2013 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Barb Draper
Cassandra (left) and Jalon
Government and media often brand people who have committed offences as “bad guys” to be feared and put away. But that’s not how their kids see them. In What Will Happen to Me? a... Read More
March 27, 2013 | God at work in the World |
Derksen
In 1984, Cliff and Wilma Derksen’s 13-year-old daughter Candace was abducted and murdered. The case was not solved until 2011. Below are excerpts of Wilma’s presentation to a... Read More
March 27, 2013 | God at work in the World |
Hutton
When John Hutton sees a person convicted of murder or assault, as he regularly does, he does not see a “bad guy” to be feared or reviled. Instead, he sees the potential for change.Read More
March 27, 2013 | God at work in the World | By Will Braun
Attendees at a March fundraising banquet view the display telling of Mennonite Disaster Service’s many projects during the past year.
From a wind-damaged Bible camp in northern B.C. to a flooded town in North Dakota, and even to storm-ravaged New York City, British Columbians gave of their time and talents to... Read More
March 27, 2013 | God at work in the World | Story and Photo by Amy Dueckman
How to financially sustain ministry is a topic of discussion for at least six national church bodies in Canada, including Mennonite Church Canada.Read More
March 27, 2013 | God at work in the Church | Deborah Froese
The new archbishop, Justin Welby, smiled and occasionally laughed as he watched African Anglicans dance and sing.
Justin Welby , the 57-year old former oil executive who quit the world of high finance in 1992 to become a priest, was enthroned Thursday (March 21) as the 105th archbishop of... Read More
March 22, 2013 | Web First | Trevor Grundy
In 1974, when the Rev. Jorge Bergoglio was the top Jesuit in his native Argentina, a former nightclub dancer named Isabel Peron came to head the nation – an accidental and weak... Read More
March 20, 2013 | Web First | Lauren Markoe
Dreaming big can be dangerous when you’ve got an obsessive personality. Once you’ve got a crazy idea, you need to make it happen. That’s a lesson Paul Plett learned after he... Read More
March 13, 2013 | Young Voices | Emily Loewen
Jesse Krause, 27, spent nearly a year in total fashioning instruments out of whatever he could find and writing music based on biblical stories, all to tell an old story in a new... Read More
March 13, 2013 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Young Voices is excited to welcome Isaac Friesen and Wanda Wall-Bergen as our newest bloggers. Isaac and Wanda are currently serving in Egypt with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC... Read More
March 13, 2013 | Young Voices | Emily Loewen
Where might you find coffee grounds, potato skins and egg shells mixed with meat, napkins and leftover spaghetti? Typically, beside other garbage in the dump. In fact, for years,... Read More
March 13, 2013 | Back Page | By Kristina Lopienski
Kenton Lobe, left, and Megan Klassen-Wiebe harvest basil at the urban Canadian Mennonite University Community Shared Agriculture farm.
“The health of the land is probably the best indicator of the health of the covenant between God and God’s people.”Read More
March 13, 2013 | Focus On | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Young chicken farmer Colin Brown of Carstairs, Alta., holds a Light Brahma chick in his hand. Note the feathered feet common to the type.
Not many aspiring Alberta farmers find inspiration in Hawaii, but that is exactly what happened for 11-year-old Colin Brown of Carstairs, Alta. While on a family vacation three... Read More
March 13, 2013 | Focus On | Story and Photo by Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
My cousin Arthur’s book about clocks of the Russian Mennonites, and about Kroeger clocks in particular, is the result of a life-long labour. He is the last in a Krueger/Kroeger... Read More
March 13, 2013 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Henry A. Regier
Nolan Andres, left, puts on a Conrad Grebel University College tie given him by Paul Penner, Grebel’s director of operations, at the Feb. 20 fête honouring Andres as he leaves PeaceWorks Technology Solutions, which he founded 17 years ago.
In his first year working in information technology (IT) in 1996, Nolan Andres was living at Conrad Grebel University College and his roommate was Tim Miller Dyck, later to become... Read More
March 13, 2013 | God at work in Us | Story and Photo by Dave Rogalsky
Canadians of European ancestry generally don’t pay much attention to the benefits and advantages they enjoy because of their skin colour. So says Sue Eagle, a director of... Read More
March 13, 2013 | God at work in the World | Story and Photo by Gladys Terichow
Lee Dyck, left, the new moderator of Mennonite Church B.C., talks with Ray Cymbaluk of Crossroads Community Church, Chilliwack, at the area church’s annual delegate sessions.
Mennonite Church B.C. managed to accomplish in one day what used to take two.Read More
March 13, 2013 | God at work in the Church | Story and Photo by Amy Dueckman
Craig Neufeld, as Jesus, tells the parable of the Sower and the Seed during one of the worship sessions at last month's annual delegate session. Organizers chose to use a lot of Scripture as one way of 'dusting off the Bible,' says Jerry Buhler, area church minister.
At times, there seemed to be more questions than answers. But for those in attendance at the Mennonite Church Saskatchewan delegate sessions at the end of February, there was also... Read More
March 13, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Karin Fehderau
Stuart Murray Williams, keynote speaker at last month’s Mennonite Church Manitoba annual delegate session, chats with Byron Rempel-Burkholder about what the future may hold for the area church.
Mennonite Church Manitoba is at a critical juncture as it faces issues that reflect changing times.Read More
March 13, 2013 | God at work in the Church | Story and Photo by Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Allaby
Gordon Allaby is grateful for the services his wider church provides. But he is deeply concerned about how charitable giving is changing.Read More
March 13, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Dan Dyck