On my recent two-week visit to Palestine/Israel, I had the pleasure of meeting the renowned author and archbishop, Elias Chacour. Referring to the Israeli occupation of his... Read More
News & Stories
Doubt is common to everyone, but it seems to be especially so for young adults, since we are the ones who are starting our own independent lives and have uncertainties about our... Read More
February 27, 2013 | Young Voices | J.D. Dueckman
“This will be my last year!” say the 16-year-olds, sadly bemoaning the fact that after this summer they will be too old for Ontario Mennonite Music Camp, held each summer at... Read More
February 27, 2013 | Focus On | By Ingrid Loepp Thiessen
With its very name meaning “place of refuge” in the local Salish dialect and its location on Sto:lo territory, Camp Squeah has always felt an innate connection with first nations... Read More
February 27, 2013 | Focus On | By Amy Dueckman
‘Mudfest’ is a popular activity at Glenbrook Day Camp.
As a parent, you know that for your son or daughter to be successful in life they need to be well rounded. They need to be strong academically, but also socially, emotionally,... Read More
February 27, 2013 | Focus On | By Eric Musselman
Nathan Warkentin leads a lakeside worship service at Silver Lake Mennonite Camp.
“I’m a better person when I get home from camp.”Read More
February 27, 2013 | Focus On | By Dave Erb
I-J Bellamy climbs Hidden Acres Mennonite Camp’s rock wall.
As Hidden Acres prepared to introduce and inform our many supporters about our new Camper Subsidy Fund at our 50th anniversary benefit concert I had a few butterflies in my... Read More
February 27, 2013 | Focus On | By Tina Wheaton
Toews (left) and Manzullo-Thomas (right)
Last year, the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) General Council approved a global communication strategy calling for changes in the reach, frequency, form and content of the... Read More
February 27, 2013 | Artbeat | Mennonite World Conference
Block
Bill Block has more than 1,300 sermons that sit in his bottom filing cabinet drawer, evidence of his many years of working for the Mennonite church as a pastor, chaplain and... Read More
February 27, 2013 | God at work in Us | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Mar Elias High School students Sally Dabbah, left, and Miyas Nassar, right, are pictured with Westgate Mennonite Collegiate student Avery Letkemann during a recent visit from Israel/Palestine. Letkemann and other Westgate students will be making a return visit to Israel later this year.
The hallways at Westgate Mennonite Collegiate in Winnipeg were abuzz with excitement. Eight students and their teacher, Emil Haloun, had arrived from Mar Elias High School in... Read More
February 27, 2013 | God at work in the World | Story and Photo by Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Speakers at this year’s Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand conference include, from left, Dave Andrews, who has lived among marginalized people groups for more than 30 years, and Nora Amath, chair of Australian Muslim Advocates for the Rights of All Humanity.
Jan. 26 is Australia Day, the equivalent of Canada Day. Over the Australia Day weekend the Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand held its biennial conference in... Read More
February 27, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Mark S. Hurst and Nathan Hobby
If you want a crash course on how papal politics really works, look no further than the saga of Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien. On Friday, Britain's most senior Catholic cleric... Read More
February 26, 2013 | Web First | David Gibson
When Robert Mugabe clung to power after Zimbabwe's 2008 election he was quick to wield the power of the law and the authority of the state, reported Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC's... Read More
February 26, 2013 | Web First | Anna Maria Tremonti
A new poll suggests Quebecers are no longer among the least religious residents of Canada. The reason? Quebecers are now slightly more likely to feel an "attachment to religion"... Read More
February 26, 2013 | Web First | Ron Csillag
As the 117 Roman Catholic cardinals walk into the Sistine Chapel next month for the election of a new pope, one hopes that they fully recognize the unfolding, dramatic pilgrimage... Read More
February 19, 2013 | Web First | by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
Unchurched Americans have high expectations that they will have sex on Valentine's Day. Lutherans, Presbyterians and other mainline Protestants? Not so much. A new study from the... Read More
February 14, 2013 | Web First | Lauren Markoe
The Rev. Amy Butler, senior pastor at Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, D.C.
The church that I pastor sits on a busy corner in downtown Washington, D.C . It’s the kind of neighborhood where most people, whether they live or work in the area, rarely if ever... Read More
February 13, 2013 | Web First | Rev. Amy Butler
“I want to talk to God, but I’m afraid ‘cause we ain’t spoke in so long.” (Kanye West, “Jesus Walks”) “Please talk to me / Won’t you please talk to me? / We can unlock this misery... Read More
February 13, 2013 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
“Even in the smallest places can a garden grow.” This line from Noah Gunderson’s song, “Garden,” captures the essence of a CD recording tour with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC... Read More
February 13, 2013 | Young Voices | Megan Enns
“The states, parties to the present covenant, recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and... Read More
February 13, 2013 | Young Voices | Ellen Paulley
In the wake of Typhoon Bopha in the Mindanao region of the Philippines, Daniel and Joji Pantoja’s staff loaned one month of their salaries to purchase food aid for 650 families, prompting smiles of gratitude from young recipients.
A typhoon, five million hungry people and no available funds for relief operations. When Peacebuilders Community Inc. (PBCI) faced that scenario late last year, staff rose to the... Read More
February 13, 2013 | Back Page | By Deborah Froese
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, as the young Joe, in Looper, a film that challenges the myth of redemptive violence.
Looper is an independent, critically acclaimed, futuristic, neo-noir, time-travel thriller. By itself, this is a unique set of characteristics guaranteed to attract viewers like... Read More
February 13, 2013 | Artbeat | Reviewed by Vic Thiessen
Paul M. Zehr is retiring after serving as chair of the editorial council of the Believers Church Bible Commentary (BCBC) series for more than 25 years. “While it’s been a labour... Read More
February 13, 2013 | God at work in Us |
As a quiet first-year college student, I took a long, nervous walk down the dorm hallway, across a dimly lit ideological divide and into the room of the second-year student who... Read More
February 13, 2013 | God at work in the World | By Will Braun
Syrian refugee children take shelter against the cold shortly after arriving in Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan, early in the morning of Nov. 26, 2012. Mennonite Central Committee has delivered 900 comforters, 350 relief kits and 3,520 school kits to the camp so far. For story on the worsening crisis in Syria.
The crisis in Syria is rapidly spinning out of control.Read More
February 13, 2013 | God at work in the World | By Will Braun