“Wait watchfully,” wrote Rainer Maria Rilke in a prose poem he penned around 1895, which my husband and I read on an autumn morning during our quiet time a couple of years ago... Read More
Opinion
September 5, 2018 | Viewpoints | Leona Dueck Penner
The church’s primary job is growing relationships with God, says Dave Rogalsky in the feature, “ Experiencing the good news ,” on page 4. He encourages faith communities to be “... Read More
August 22, 2018 | Editorial | Virginia A. Hostetler
It’s important for a pastor to be married, not just living with a partner Re: “ Introducing Dave Rogalsky, Eastern Canada correspondent ,” June 18, page 2. Are we so proper now... Read More
August 22, 2018 | Viewpoints | Various Contributors
When my youngest son “graduated” from Grade 5 in June 2000, his class took a special year-end trip to Toronto. I was working as a school bus driver at the time—we lived in Ontario... Read More
August 22, 2018 | Viewpoints | Sharon Schultz
Swirling around with ideas of strategy, focus, and “We used to do it this way,” change is messy. Grappling with the in-between is messy. Living in the liminal space between what... Read More
August 22, 2018 | Viewpoints | June Miller
Are you finding yourself divided from loved ones in your family, church or neighbourhood on any number of challenging issues? Are you finding fewer opportunities to talk with... Read More
August 22, 2018 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
Back in 1988, my wife and I chaperoned 17 high school students on a trip to visit refugee camps in Thailand. We thought the students would learn about missions and life outside of... Read More
August 22, 2018 | Viewpoints | Brad Friesen
This is a photo of the dormitory duplex at Sexsmith Bible Institute in Alberta. The building used to function as the meeting house of the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren at Bear Lake... Read More
August 22, 2018 | Viewpoints | Conrad Stoesz
Growing up, I never wanted to be a farmer. It seemed like farm machinery always had precedence over a new couch, curtains or nice shoes. Then I met my husband Bob at Rosthern... Read More
August 22, 2018 | Viewpoints | Kate Janzen
A peculiar thing happened to me last Sunday while I was on holidays. I felt a strong desire to attend a church service. Curious, to say the least. You see, by the time summer... Read More
August 22, 2018 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
“I enjoy the magazine very much. Will you keep printing it? I don’t have a computer,” wrote a reader in British Columbia this June. She was responding to our spring fundraising... Read More
July 18, 2018 | Editorial | Tobi Thiessen
Calling suicide selfish is uncharitable Re: “ Suicide may not be painless, but it is selfish ,” July 2, 2018, page 7. Victor Huebert writes that suicide “is a very selfish act and... Read More
July 18, 2018 | Viewpoints | Various Contributors
I’m more and more dismayed by the regionalizing trajectory we seem to be on. From national and international politics to neighbourhoods and churches, it feels like we are... Read More
July 18, 2018 | Viewpoints | Darryl Neustaedter Barg
Like many women I know, my mother carries a deeply ingrained impulse to feed others. Once I watched her tend Penguin, her black and white tuxedo cat, clucking and fussing as she... Read More
July 18, 2018 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
I recently told someone that our family holiday plans this summer included tenting for 10 days in northern Ontario. They replied, “Why on earth would you do that? That sounds... Read More
July 18, 2018 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
Update: In October 2020, Mennonite Church Eastern Canada announced the termination of the ministerial credentials of John D. Rempel, on the basis of ministerial sexual misconduct... Read More
July 18, 2018 | Viewpoints | John D. Rempel
George Bryant (standing) was a long way from the home of his birth when he posed with the Katie and Christian Bender family in about 1917. George was a British home child who... Read More
July 18, 2018 | Viewpoints | Laureen Harder-Gissing
It is June 20, World Refugee Day. Near the Mexico-U.S. border, thousands of people are waiting. Fleeing conflict and violence in their own countries, they are seeking safety... Read More
June 27, 2018 | Editorial | Virginia A. Hostetler
Suicide may not be painless, but it is selfish Re: “ Suicide isn’t painless ,” May 21, page 16. I sympathize deeply with the Brandt/Penner family. My cousin used a gun to end his... Read More
June 27, 2018 | Viewpoints | Various Contributors
I have been thinking a lot about transition. Since early 2017, transition has been the theme of my life. When the expiry date of my work visa in the U.S. was nearing, and there... Read More
June 27, 2018 | Viewpoints | Marilyn Rudy-Froese
Recently I spent a weekend at a discipleship retreat with a team of seven others from my church. It was great fun! As we learned and prayed, our inspiration for making disciples... Read More
June 27, 2018 | Viewpoints | Ryan Jantzi
Breakfast should be interesting, not boring! Betty Ann Martin expanded her food repertoire and gained new ideas for breakfast menus through her involvement with the Local... Read More
June 27, 2018 | Viewpoints | Betty Ann Martin
Cooking for one or two people can be a challenge, but Betty Ann Martin found that taking Food Fit courses at the Local Community Food Centre in Stratford, Ont., expanded her food... Read More
June 27, 2018 | Viewpoints | Barb Draper
Old black and white photos often leave us with the impression that past generations were dour, ridged, thought in terms of black and white, and had no fun. But the technology of... Read More
June 27, 2018 | Viewpoints | Conrad Stoesz
The May 7 and 21 issues of Canadian Mennonite deal in part with protests regarding the construction of pipelines. The editorial from May 21, “ Questions of conscience ,” asks us... Read More
June 27, 2018 | Viewpoints | Helmut Lemke