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Commerce, church and belonging
I was delivering a sermon on the story of Zacchaeus last October when I realized that when I talked about Zacchaeus, I was actually thinking about, and picturing, my father. Though not short in stature, my father, like Zacchaeus, was a man whose occupation was often controversial in his community. My father, Milo Shantz, who…
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Diverse responses to Hockey Canada scandal
Like other Canadians, many Mennonites watch or play hockey. But in the wake of Hockey Canada’s recent sexual-assault scandal, some Canadian Mennonites are considering what it means to be a Mennonite hockey fan. Opinions differ. “It’s devastating, but it’s not surprising for me,” Curt Warkentin, the associate director of athletics at the University of Manitoba,…
