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Repentance and Renewal at 500 and Beyond
Categories: UncategorizedHow should we think about the significance of the first Anabaptist baptisms 500 years ago? A recent headline in a Mennonite publication said something like this: 500 years ago, Anabaptists…
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Fear and Generosity
Categories: Feature ArticlesWhen angels appear in Bible stories, the first thing they say is: Don’t be afraid. Fundraiser Lori Guenther Reesor recalls this greeting as she reflects on current narratives about the…
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MCI Closes After 136 Years
The longest-serving Mennonite school in Canada is set to close. At a July 7 meeting of the “society churches” that govern the Mennonite Collegiate Institute (MCI) in Gretna, Manitoba, delegates…
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Hasan’s Rabbits are Surviving the War in Gaza
Each of the four times that Hasan and his family moved to escape the Israeli military’s ongoing invasion of Gaza, he took three rabbits with him in his backpack. Rabbits…
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The Surprising Letdown of Faith
Categories: PeopleMany Christians expect God to protect them and their loved ones from the unwanted surprises of life. They expect their faith to spare them from disappointment. But the story of…
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A Caring God, a Caring Community
“I’m a spoiled immigrant,” says Yeona Jang with a laugh. She is quick to add that she has worked hard throughout her life but says, “Unlike many immigrants, finding a…
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The Truth Between
Origin Story I: 500 Years On January 21, 1525, several courageous men baptized each other in Zurich, Switzerland. This marked the beginning of the Anabaptist movement. They started something that…
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The Gift Exchange
Saturday, July 5, 2025 Friday, July 4, 2025 Thursday, July 3, 2025 Thursday, July 3, 2025Kitchener, Ontario Gathering Kicks Off By Will Braun “Cultural and social diversity is God’s intention…
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Modern Martyrdom
Categories: Feature ArticlesThis year, as Anabaptists commemorate 500 years of witness, I write from Palestine amid the genocide of our people. We are currently wrestling with how the Church can bear witness.…
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15 Views on Church Change
Categories: Feature ArticlesMembership, attendance and donation numbers within Mennonite Church Canada are more modest than they once were. Of course, numbers are not everything, but the trend is something. It matters how…
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Mennonite Enough?
Categories: Global Anabaptist Reading SeriesIn Building Mennonite Belonging: Toward an Intercultural Church, Hyung Jin (Pablo) Kim Sun challenges the assumptions that have historically shaped Mennonite understandings of who belongs—and who does not. With particular…
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Tuning the Church to Suffering
Categories: Deeper CommunionLately, I’ve been sitting with a lot of people in desperate and difficult situations. Since last fall, I’ve encountered many people in healthcare settings who are feeling overwhelmed or questioning…
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What to Do with Numbers
Categories: From Our LeadersFor most of my so-called working life as an accountant, I dealt with numbers: adding them up, balancing them and reconciling them. But what place do numbers have in the…
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Setting Off into the Unknown
Categories: EditorialAccording to lore, when map makers of old reached the end of their knowledge—the edges of the territory from which humans had returned alive—they drew sea monsters on the map…
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On the Cusp of 102
Categories: Life in the 100sWhat is your earliest memory of church? I liked going to church because I got to go to town, and my cousins were there. I was always so proud when…
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Readers Write
Categories: Readers WriteHistory of submission I couldn’t help but cringe when I started reading Will Braun’s April editorial that begins: “What is more counter-cultural than submission.” While I understand that Braun and…
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The Gift Exchange
Categories: Gathering 2025Daily newsletters from Gathering 2025, Kitchener, Ontario, July 2025 The Gift Exchange newsletter is a collaboration of Canadian Mennonite and Mennonite Church Canada. July 3, 2025 Link to the content…
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Two Pastors Talk Disability, Presence and Scripture
Categories: (Dis)Ability and BelongingEven though Fred Redekop has over 30 years of experience as a pastor, most recently at Poole (Ontario) Mennonite Church, he confesses he has had little experience with people with…
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Canadian Youth Attend Global Summit
Laura Rodriguez-Reyes didn’t consider herself a Mennonite until she was 21. Eight years later, this May, Rodriguez-Reyes was the Mennonite Church Canada Young Anabaptist delegate for the Mennonite World Conference…
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MCC HR Update
Categories: NewsAs reported by MCC Abuse Survivors Together (MAST), the consultant hired by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) to study the feasibility of a listening space for people who experienced harm while…