This six-part series draws on Kara Carter’s PhD studies, for which she conducted five focus groups with Mennonite Church Eastern Canada pastors. Advent celebrates the coming of... Read More
Opinion
“But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20). These words of the apostle Paul are part of a... Read More
December 15, 2023 | Opinion | César García
As Israel obliterates Gaza, and hostages await sunlight, it’s easy to look away. Indeed, sometimes we must. Not everyone can take every war to heart. But this war demands... Read More
December 1, 2023 | Editorial | Will Braun
Don’t ignore pain and rage I was encouraged to see Canadian Mennonite give space to understanding the conflict in Palestine that is currently so front and centre ( “Palestinian... Read More
December 1, 2023 | Opinion |
Bishara Awad stands outside Bethlehem Bible College in Bethlehem in 1985. Awad, a Palestinian Christian, founded the school in 1979. He had previously served with Mennonite... Read More
December 1, 2023 | Opinion |
In B.C. we’ve heard stories of churches in at least two denomina- tions choosing to use secondary or tertiary doctrines and opinions as litmus tests for belonging. These groups... Read More
December 1, 2023 | Opinion | Shel Boese
It is exactly 100 years ago that my congregation, First Mennonite Church in Kitchener, divided over the issue of women’s head coverings. Two-thirds of the congregation left... Read More
December 1, 2023 | Opinion | Arli Klassen
Curiosity is a powerful spiritual discipline. Curiosity has blessed me with many opportunities to spend time with kind, intelligent and reasonable people, in many different social... Read More
December 1, 2023 | Opinion | Troy Watson
One of the contradictions I have observed in intercultural churches in North America is that, while they intentionally strive to welcome all people, almost all of them stubbornly... Read More
December 1, 2023 | Opinion | Joon Park
This six-part series draws on Kara Carter’s PhD studies, for which she conducted five focus groups with Mennonite Church Eastern Canada pastors. “Relationships involve risk,” a... Read More
December 1, 2023 | Opinion | Kara Carter
In her new book, Eating Like a Mennonite , Marlene Epp addresses the question of whether there is such a thing as “Mennonite food.” She assumes there is, and declares it should be... Read More
December 1, 2023 | Opinion | Barb Draper
“I will give you shepherds after my own heart who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.” This is God’s beautiful promise in Jeremiah. Indeed, we need shepherds after God... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Editorial | Will Braun
Clarification Dying With Dignity Canada would like to add to and clarify some of the information shared in Conrad Brunk’s letter to the editor (“ Readers write ,” November 3). In... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion |
In 1975 the Conference of Mennonites in Canada built the chapel at Canadian Mennonite Bible College (now CMU). Rudy Friesen wrote in the Mennonite Mirror, April 1975, page 7: “It... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Conrad Stoesz
“How do you like my gown? Don’t I wear it well?” “You look amazing!” Smoothing the creases of her gown, she flutters her eyelids, strikes a pose, and smiles with the confidence... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Anna-Lisa Salo
I’ve spent the past weeks sifting through the rhetoric that is being used to describe the Israel-Hamas conflict, and it’s been confusing, to say the least. At the time of this... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Ed Olfert
Do you celebrate Buy Nothing Day? For me it’s like a holy day, a short version of Lent—that disruption of the ordinary that makes me notice the taken-for-granted and the practices... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Randy Haluza-DeLay
“Let all that has breath praise Yah. Hallelujah!” (Psalm 150:6) This is the last verse in the book of Psalms, and it was the last verse I read to complete a more than five-year... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Joshua Penfold
This six-part series draws on Kara Carter’s PhD studies, for which she conducted five focus groups with Mennonite Church Eastern Canada pastors. Metaphors and images provide vivid... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Kara Carter
John and Jean—not their real names—had long made plans to retire once John turned 65. They had dreams of travelling and spending more time with family, who lived far away. Plus,... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Cathrin van Sintern-Dick
Over the past two months, our household has spent a lot of time preparing root crops for storage: digging, trimming the tops and packing them in boxes of dry leaves to go in the... Read More
November 16, 2023 | Opinion | Theo Wiederkehr
“It was help from heaven. When I talk about it, I want to cry. Nobody has ever helped me like this. They are like angels.” That’s what a homeowner in Grand Forks, B.C., said in... Read More
November 10, 2023 | Web First - Opinion | John Longhurst
The day before writing this marked three years since my sister died of cancer. We gathered as a family at her grave to mark the occasion. We talked about the day she died, things... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Editorial | Will Braun
These men visited an alternative service camp in 1942. From left: D.P. Reimer (EMC, Steinbach), Jacob F. Barkman (Holdeman minister, Manitoba), David Schulz (Bergthaler bishop,... Read More
November 2, 2023 | Opinion | Conrad Stoesz
