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CSC reverses decision for a portion of CoSA funding

In a reversal of its decision to cut funding for Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) as of March 31, Corrections Services of Canada (CSC) has restored $650,000 to CoSA, thanks to pushback

Funding cut for MCC’s Circles of Support and Accountability

In a telephone call on February 20, 2014, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) informed Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Ontario that their Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) funding contra

Update from High River

High River, Alta. (pop. 13,000) gets its name from the Highwood River, which flows through the town.

'Holy Spirit is great choreographer’ in creation care, delegates told

“The Holy Spirit is a great choreographer,” Rick Faw told the delegates gathered here Feb. 21-22, 2014, for the annual meeting of Mennonite Church British Columbia.

Eden and the rock

His passion for creation care was palatable, his enthusiasm infectious, his words direct but searing the silence.

Other faiths speak out on end-of-life issues

Physician-assisted suicide has been in the news a lot recently.

Only God can determine the time and place of death

“Do not kill yourselves: for verily God is to you most merciful” (Qur’an 4:29).

God gives life, nobody should try to take it away

Hinduism is based on nonviolence. Suicide—killing oneself—is an act of violence. Killing another person is also wrong.

Obligated to ‘choose life’

To begin with, Judaism teaches that our lives belong to God. We are mere stewards of the body which the Creator has given us. As Jews, we also believe that we are commanded to preserve our lives.

Applying ancient wisdom to the here and now

Buddhism as an organized religion began some 2,600 years ago. The advanced technology we have today was unimaginable in those distant eras.

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