Nearly 100 people in South Sudan, all employees of the U.S. government, recently benefited from intensive trauma awareness and resilience trainings facilitated by Eastern... Read More
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Babu Ayindo (standing, center) and Doreen Ruto, both Kenyan graduates of EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, co-facilitated the summertime training of USAID employees in South Sudan’s capital city, Juba, along with CJP staff. (Photo courtesy of Elaine Zook Barge)
October 16, 2014 | Web First | Lauren Jefferson
Author and disability advocate Joni Eareckson Tada (Photo courtesy of Joni Eareckson Tada)
It has been heartbreaking these last few days to hear the story of Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old, beautiful young woman diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumor and given only... Read More
October 16, 2014 | Web First | Joni Eareckson Tada
A 50th wedding anniversary traditionally calls for a gift of gold, but Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Manitoba is getting something a little different for their 50th... Read More
October 14, 2014 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
It’s easy to get fed up with talking about things while studying in college or university; the desire to do something hands-on can be overwhelming. When my religious studies... Read More
October 8, 2014 | Young Voices | Seth Ratzlaff
It’s 11 weeks until Christmas, and if you’re looking to buy something for the fun-loving Mennonite on your shopping list, Jonathan Kornelsen has just the items for you. Kornelsen... Read More
October 8, 2014 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
"Youth" is a strange term for people from 18 to 30-something,Read More
October 8, 2014 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Participants at the Shekinah Retreat Centre’s Quilting and Scrapbooking Retreat gather for a group photo on their final day together. Many of the women are holding items they crafted during the three-day event.
Assembling random pieces of fabric or paper to create something beautiful is what quilters and scrapbookers do. And they do it with gusto at the Shekinah Retreat Centre’s annual... Read More
October 8, 2014 | God at work in the Church | Story and Photos by Donna Schulz
Volunteer exhaustion and the difficulty recruiting more and younger volunteers are a big part of the reason the Morris MCC Relief Sale is shutting down after 33 years, but George Klassen, chair of the now defunct board, identifies other reasons as well: ‘People do not need “stuff” as much as they used to.’ (Credit: Kristian Jordan)
“It almost felt like a huge sigh of relief coming from the volunteers,” said George Klassen as he closed the books of the Morris (Man.) Mennonite Central Committee Relief Sale. On... Read More
October 8, 2014 | God at work in the World | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau
Kevin Peters Unrau, right, sits with Stephan Barton, his teacher, on the day Unrau achieved his first-level black belt in Aikido. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Unrau Peters)
Kevin Peters Unrau thinks that the Mennonite Church has gotten Jesus wrong. When Jesus calls on his followers to “not resist evildoers” in Matthew 5:39, many Mennonites have... Read More
October 8, 2014 | God at work in Us | By Dave Rogalsky
Managed chaos. That’s how Rachel Gerber describes parenting three young sons. Herald Press has published her first book, a devotional memoir, Ordinary Miracles: Awakening to the... Read More
October 8, 2014 | Artbeat |
The At-Tuwani Muslim women’s co-op leader talks to tour group members about her life beside an Israeli settlement. (MennoJerusalem photo)
“Have you ever watched those TV court programs where a witness is brought to the stand and asked to raise his hand and swear to tell the truth?” I ask my Israel-Palestine tour... Read More
October 8, 2014 | Focus On | Glenn Edward Witmer
Hearing the stories of both Israelis and Palestinians was a highlight of the Middle East learning tour Seth Ratzlaff participated in two years ago. (Photo by Seth Ratzlaff)
It’s easy to get fed up with talking about things while studying in college or university; the desire to do something hands-on can be overwhelming. When my religious studies... Read More
October 8, 2014 | Young Voices | Seth Ratzlaff
Nearly nine years ago, I lay in a hospital bed with a sleeping baby in my arms, engulfed by fear. Mine wasn’t the typical anxiety of new mothers. We had just received a diagnosis... Read More
October 2, 2014 | Web First | Amy Julia Becker
Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater, Olympic and world champion, is scheduled to participate in Mennonite-sponsored events in the Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont. region. On Oct. 4, 2014... Read More
October 2, 2014 | Web First |
Karen Allen is originally from Kempton Park, South Africa, near Johannesburg, but she currently lives in Winnipeg. Why on earth would she choose to live there, you ask? You aren’t... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Ask Winnipeg filmmaker Paul Plett what it was like shooting his most recent project in Kenya, and he responds with two words: “Very intense.” Plett, 29, travelled to the East... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
I have loved Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) thrift stores since I was a kid. An essential part of my childhood revolved around a big, old “tickle trunk” filled with frilly pink... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Young Voices | Annika Krause
Emily Toews of North Star Mennonite Church in Drake, and Kirsten Hamm, MC Saskatchewan area church youth minister, relax on the dock at Churchill River Canoe Outfitters as Craig Neufeld of Rosthern Mennonite Church and Jerry Buhler, MC Saskatchewan area church minister, stand nearby.
“I would rather be out here thinking about God than in church thinking about paddling.” The slogan on Ric Driediger’s T-shirt bears witness to his preferred way of spending the... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in the Church | Story and Photo by Donna Schulz
Team members of the MEDA Mount Kilimanjaro fundraising climb celebrate as they reach the summit on July 14 after beginning that morning at 5 a.m., which required wearing headlamps to see. (Photo: Duane Eby)
After 27 years with Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), the last 12 as president and chief executive officer, Allan Sauder of Waterloo felt that he needed a... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in the World | By Dave Rogalsky
August 2014 As a team we teach about Christian/Muslim relations in North America and around the world. When the response time comes we can always expect questions about Islamist... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in the World |
David Shenk, fourth from right; Pastor Jeremiah Choi, sixth from right; and Pastor Crystal Nana Lee, fifth from left, discuss relationships between Muslims and Christians at Agape Mennonite Church in Hong Kong in September 2013. (Photo courtesy of David Shenk)
“Are Muslims trying to take over America?” “Who are the ‘true Muslims’—the peaceful ones or the violent ones?” “How should Christians respond to jihadi Muslims?” “Isn’t force the... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in the World | By Linda Moffett
Clerical collars and hijabs, men and women, black and white, the diversity in the crowd of more than 200 was clearly visible. Just as obvious, however, was the palpable presence... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in the World | Story and Photos by Donita Wiebe-Neufeld
Bryan Moyer Suderman
Bryan Moyer Suderman (SmallTallMusic.com) sees his music work over the past 11 years as an outgrowth of his desire to have Scripture alive in the church. He has been active in... Read More
September 24, 2014 | God at work in Us | By Dave Rogalsky
Josephine Sutherland shows off a small purse at the Sept. 11 launch of the sale of Niska Artisans beadwork products at the MCC Ontario complex in Kitchener.
The Niska Artisans cooperative, operating for the past seven years in Timmins, Ont., launched a beadwork display at the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ontario complex at 50... Read More
September 24, 2014 | Artbeat | Story and Photos by Dave Rogalsky
