“This book launch is 141 years late,” quipped historian Walter Klaassen. He was referring to the recent event celebrating the translation of his great-grandfather’s book, History... Read More
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On a sunny morning, to the sound of Canada geese and in view of the flowing Grand River, a group of adults and children (and one dog) took part in a Holy Saturday peace walk. Held... Read More
April 22, 2014 | Web First | Virginia A. Hostetler
A crowd gathers for the Survivors Walk into the PNE (Pacific National Exhibition) Coliseum in Vancouver, B.C., on Day One of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s British Columbia National Event. (Credit: Melissa Knapp, provided by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission)
In the fall of 2013 a Mennonite delegation of six Americans and Canadians went to Vancouver, B.C., for a Truth and Reconciliation event. They joined representatives of Indigenous... Read More
April 22, 2014 | Web First | Jenn Carreto
John 9 tells a story of blindness and sight. With the exception of Jesus, all the characters in this story are blind in some way. Blind disciples: ignorance and prejudice The... Read More
April 22, 2014 | Web First | Werner De Jong
I had a great idea for starting this sermon—a PowerPoint presentation of artists’ depictions of this Bible story. I could imagine the paintings: a man in beautiful robes running... Read More
April 22, 2014 | Web First | Carol Penner
The 2013/14 season of the Pax Christi Chorale will close with a premiere public performance of a new Easter piece by Stephanie Martin, “Now the Queen of Seasons.” This composition... Read More
April 19, 2014 | Web First |
Christ at the Checkpoint conferences, held in Bethlehem, have drawn a variety of speakers from the local Palestinian and Messianic communities, as well as from international Christian circles. The stated mission of the 2014 conference: To challenge evangelicals to take responsibility to help resolve the conflicts in Israel-Palestine by engaging with the teaching of Jesus on the Kingdom of God.
American evangelicals have played a significant role in U.S. support for Israel; by some measures they are even more supportive than American Jews. But in the spring issue of... Read More
April 17, 2014 | Web First | Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Dr. Trevor Bechtel
Conrad Grebel University College (CGUC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Trevor Bechtel to the role of dean, effective July 1, 2014. He succeeds Jim Pankratz who has... Read More
April 16, 2014 | Web First |
Tim Corlis (Photo credit: Marlis Funk)
Timothy Corlis has been appointed as assistant professor of music at Conrad Grebel University College (CGUC), beginning August 1, 2014. He will focus his teaching on music theory... Read More
April 16, 2014 | Web First |
Homeless youth will get some support from a group of musicians who want to use their talents to benefit others. The Good Friday Blues Band will hold two worship services at the... Read More
April 10, 2014 | Web First | Angelika Dawson
(Image by by Anja/Pixabay)
On Holy Week we gather to celebrate communion along with the Christian church throughout the world, as Jesus invited us to do. As we do so, we remember how Jesus shared the last... Read More
April 10, 2014 | Web First | Cornel G. Rempel
How would I act differently if I carried a Bible in my hand everywhere I went? Since A Year of Reading Biblically began, I’ve kept my Bible in my bag along with my notebooks, pens... Read More
April 9, 2014 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
The Mennonite Foundation of Canada (MFC) recently awarded 17 youth and young adults for work they did in the spirit of generosity. The Spirit of Generosity Award is given to one... Read More
April 9, 2014 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Recipes are typically the key ingredient in a cookbook, but when Ellery Penner and Rachael Peters put together one to celebrate their church’s anniversary, including stories was... Read More
April 9, 2014 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
Elaine Klassen and Noreen Neufeldt ham it up in the kitchen as they prepare food for delegates at the annual Mennonite Church Alberta assembly hosted by Lethbridge Mennonite Church. (Photo by Donita Wiebe-Neufeld)
“As a child, I didn’t see the wall,” Arlyn Friesen Epp told delegates to the 85th annual Mennonite Church Alberta assembly, as he spoke of growing up in small-town Saskatchewan... Read More
April 9, 2014 | God at work in the Church | Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
Maclean’s magazine sits on the library shelf at the Mennonite seminary in Elkhart, Ind., but there are few Canadians there to read it. Officially, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical... Read More
April 9, 2014 | God at work in the Church | Will Braun
According to Ernie Regehr, for statistical purposes a war is defined as political fighting—not criminal violence—that engages the security forces of the state; as well, it is a... Read More
April 9, 2014 | God at work in the World | Dave Rogalsky
On Jan. 17, 2014,Tim Kuepfer, pastor of Peace Mennonite Church, Richmond, B.C., was invited to join a local Muslim youth gathering for the commemoration of the birth of the... Read More
April 9, 2014 | God at work in the World | Tim Kuepfer
It isn’t easy to distil six months of life in the Holy Land into an hour’s conversation. This is evident in the way Jerry Buhler searches for the right words and sometimes stops... Read More
April 9, 2014 | God at work in Us | Donna Schulz
Chau Dang, pastor of Calgary Vietnamese Mennonite Church.
Several years ago, Chau Dang, pastor of Calgary Vietnamese Mennonite Church, enthusiastically recounted for me the Caribbean cruise from which he had just returned. Coming from... Read More
April 9, 2014 | God at work in Us | Hugo Neufeld
Those who miss the days of Hollywood biblical epics will be happy to see that one of the first stories we hear in Sunday school has come to the cinema as a grand, big-budget... Read More
April 9, 2014 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Vic Thiessen
Five Core Media, a video production firm in Goshen, Ind., has produced an American Sign Language (ASL) version of Who Are the Mennonites? , a DVD/video originally produced by a... Read More
April 9, 2014 | Artbeat |
A friend of mine who is an elementary school teacher in Rio de Janeiro described once how he and the students had to duck under the tables as they were caught in the crossfire. In... Read More
April 8, 2014 | Web First | Gustavo Frederico
Going to church these days can be a bit like eating at a fast food joint. It might be quick and tasty. But it won't satisfy your soul. You can't franchise the kingdom of God, say... Read More
April 2, 2014 | Web First | Bob Smietana
Young Voices co-editor Aaron Epp is reading through in Bible in 2014. This is his plan. Read more about this project at A Year of Reading Biblically and join him in the challenge... Read More
March 26, 2014 | Young Voices | Canadian Mennonite