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Elisabeth Elliot’s 1957 classic, Through Gates of Splendor, was billed by the publisher as “the boldest and most dramatic missionary exploit of modern times . . . a collision of... Read More
May 8, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Will Braun

César Garcia, Mennonite World Conference (MWC) general secretary, left, visits with Vidya J. Narimalla of Kitchener Mennonite Brethren Church at the MWC/Mennonite Central Committee Ontario-sponsored pastors breakfast on April 25.

Ears pricked up when César Garcia suggested that all national churches need to be in communication with other national churches about issues of faith and practice.Read More
May 8, 2013 | God at work in the Church | Story and Photo by Dave Rogalsky

Rochelle Benny Gerard, Marisa Pathmanathan and Kameesna Kamal of the Markham Christian Worship Centre perform a worship dance about not needing to be afraid because ‘God most high’ is in charge.

Twenty-five years ago Mennonite Church Eastern Canada gathered at the United Mennonite Educational Institute in Leamington, Ont., for its inaugural annual conference.Read More
May 8, 2013 | God at work in the Church | Story and Photos by Dave Rogalsky

This cross was carved out of a downed tree after a deadly tornado struck Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011. At a celebration to commemorate two year’s of rebuilding efforts, Kevin King, executive director of Mennonite Disaster Service, said of the carving, ‘It is now weathered and cracked from the drying sun, proclaiming the injury of the past.’

Nearly two years after an EF5 tornado struck Joplin, Mo., Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) closed its project site in Joplin with a celebration.Read More
May 8, 2013 | God at work in the World | Mennonite Disaster Service
In an age when many Mennonite churches worry about losing young people, David Epp has a solution: the church should become their landlord. At Rosthern Mennonite Church’s semi-... Read More
April 24, 2013 | Young Voices | Emily Loewen
The blue hymnal is nestled in the pew rack, its binding loose from having its spine cracked and pages flipped too many times to count. Now, as technology drives the culture, more... Read More
April 24, 2013 | Young Voices | Rebekah Krahn
Casa de la Amistad—House of Friendship—is a welcome change for about 140 Bolivian children aged 4 to 18. They are happy to participate in a program that offers them two meals a... Read More
April 24, 2013 | Young Voices | Rachel Bergen
Theology/Spirituality Citizenship: Paul on Peace and Politics . Gordon Mark Zerbe. Canadian Mennonite University Press, 2012, 276 pages.Read More
April 24, 2013 | Focus On | Compiled by Barb Draper
Development of a new Sunday school curriculum called Shine is underway by publishers MennoMedia and Brethren Press. Writers are beginning this month on the first quarter of Shine... Read More
April 24, 2013 | Focus On |
More information does not mean we will make the right choices, but less information insures an impoverished understanding. As the initial wave of media attention over Idle No More... Read More
April 24, 2013 | Focus On | Reviewed by David Driedger
Amish romance novels are big business, with the top authors selling millions of copies. From the 1990s to 2004, one or two Amish novels were published each year. By 2008, there... Read More
April 24, 2013 | Focus On | Reviewed by Barb Draper

Shahina Siddiqui, executive director of the Islamic Social Services Association, left, presents Brenda Suderman, Faith Page reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press, with the Ihsan Award for her journalistic bridge-building efforts.

Brenda Suderman, a member of Home Street Mennonite Church, Winnipeg, was one of two Winnipeg Free Press journalists to be honoured by the Islamic Social Services Association with... Read More
April 24, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Evelyn Rempel Petkau

A crowd of about 60 people of various ages, almost all from Mennonite congregations, gathers outside the chain-link fence of the Enbridge pumping station near Gretna, Man., for a service of lament on Holy Saturday.

A cross in the ditch is a common marker for tragic events, so on Holy Saturday, March 30, a wooden cross is planted in the snowy ditch just outside the chain-link fence of the... Read More
April 24, 2013 | God at work in the World | Story and Photos by Evelyn Rempel Petkau

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While Mennonites in Canada enjoy an era of economic abundance, less and less of that wealth is trickling down to the area and national churches.Read More
April 24, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Will Braun
“So Kyle, are you ever going to be a lead pastor?” Good question. I am 29, married, have two kids and an undergrad degree, and have worked as a youth pastor for almost eight years... Read More
April 10, 2013 | Young Voices | Kyle Penner
Companions, guides, watchdogs and friends; No matter how you slice it, pets play a huge role in the lives of Canadians. The latest survey by Statistics Canada shows this, too,... Read More
April 10, 2013 | Young Voices | Laura Tait
Conversation within the walls of the Great Hall once fell on deaf ears, as what is now Canadian Mennonite University was originally built as a school for the hearing-impaired... Read More
April 10, 2013 | Young Voices | Michael Wiebe

Angelika Dawson, a member of the Good Friday Blues Band, nails her ‘blues’ to a cross as part of the Good Friday Blues service.

Blues filled the House of James Christian bookstore for two nights during Holy Week, raising the roof with music and raising funds for a local charity.Read More
April 10, 2013 | Back Page | By Amy Dueckman

Visual artists Miriam Rudolph and Bennie Peters explore their upbringing in Paraguay in the new art exhibit, ‘From Paraguay to Winnipeg: Explorations of Place, Home and Childhood,’ at the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery.

Miriam Rudolph has spent most of the past decade living in Winnipeg, but Canadians often ask her what it’s like living in Paraguay, where she grew up.Read More
April 10, 2013 | Artbeat | By Aaron Epp
CMU Press of Winnipeg describes its latest release, Citizenship: Paul on Peace and Politics, by Gordon Zerbe, as a collection of essays that offers “a revisiting of Paul’s... Read More
April 10, 2013 | Artbeat | By Nadine Kampen
On March 18, shock waves rippled through the small community of New Hamburg, where the headquarters of Ten Thousand Villages Canada is located, and beyond, as store closures and... Read More
April 10, 2013 | Focus On | Dave Rogalsky
Jonah Langelotz and three of his classmates needed to participate in a nonviolent action for their History and Strategies of Nonviolence course at Canadian Mennonite University (... Read More
April 10, 2013 | God at work in the World | Evelyn Rempel Petkau

Jim Cornelius, left, Foodgrains Bank executive director, presents a glass grain elevator—an “image of what the Foodgrains Bank has stood for and meant across the country”—to CIDA president Margaret Biggs and Julian Fantino, federal international cooperation minister. At right is Don Peters, the Foodgrains Bank’s board chair.

Helping people in need overseas is not only a “tangible expression of Canadian values,” but also a “critical instrument for advancing Canada’s long-term prosperity and security.”Read More
April 10, 2013 | God at work in the World | By Will Braun
In a luncheon discussion with local Mennonite pastors and church leaders at Lethbridge Mennonite Church, where Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service board members were holding... Read More
April 10, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Dick Benner

Matt Groenheide, left, a well-known local percussionist specializing in classical percussion and world drumming, and Scottish singer/cellist George Fowler, provided the entertainment for Canadian Mennonite Publishing Service’s annual banquet held last month in Lethbridge, Alta.

Canadian Mennonite was urged at its annual banquet last month to “pass on the best of the Anabaptist faith” to its Mennonite readership and to speak without fear in the face of... Read More
April 10, 2013 | God at work in the Church | By Dick Benner

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