The ripples from the final Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearing and report held in Ottawa early this month after five years of hearings across Canada are far-reaching and... Read More
Opinion
Integrity doesn’t hinge on the name ‘Mennonite’ Re: “ ‘Mennonite’ name should stay ” letter, March 30, page 10. My friend Albert Isaac used the former Niagara Credit Union as an... Read More
June 17, 2015 | Viewpoints |
’Tis the season of graduations. Society recognizes graduation as an important transition in the lives of young people and so we ritualize the event with special ceremonies. At a... Read More
June 17, 2015 | Viewpoints | Dan Epp-Tiessen
Looking out the café window on a warm spring day, I watched as a short, rotund man pulled off his shirt and bared his quite large tummy to the friendly rays of the sun. “There’s a... Read More
June 17, 2015 | Viewpoints |
A will is your last communication with your family. Many of us are uncomfortable planning for our death, but the chaos, confusion and potential for conflict in families where... Read More
June 17, 2015 | Viewpoints | Kevin Davidson
The brilliant Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin said, “The world is in truth a holy place.” He was echoing the words of the prophet Isaiah who wrote, “the whole earth is... Read More
June 17, 2015 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
It was a huge painting. At least 3 x 3 metres. It was part of a show in the Dominican church of San Domingo, built over and incorporating Qurikancha, a central Inca complex in... Read More
June 17, 2015 | Viewpoints |
As of the end of 2015, the Mennonite Brethren Herald , the 54-year-old periodical of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches, will cease to exist. This untimely... Read More
June 3, 2015 | Editorial |
‘What a blessing’ the Bible is Re: “ Bible reading meant less Canadian Mennonite reading ” letter, March 30, page 13. The Bible cannot be read like any other book. The truths of... Read More
June 3, 2015 | Viewpoints |
How to plant a church is not a big mystery. Any good Mennonite gardener knew how to take a clump of bulbs from her front garden, split them up and transplant them into the bed at... Read More
June 3, 2015 | Viewpoints | David Martin
I’m in a beautiful and sorrowful place. My travels have brought me to a stunning seaside within a country that significantly restricts the proclamation of Jesus as Messiah and... Read More
June 3, 2015 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
I am, and always have been, a “doer,” and my late husband was the same. If people needed help, we found a way to help them. If something was broken, we found a way to fix it. I... Read More
June 3, 2015 | Viewpoints | Maciel Hernandez
History of Niagara Township Credit Union clarified by a founder’s son Re: “‘ Mennonite’ name should stay ” letter, March 30, page 10. Albert Isaac’s comments about the Niagara... Read More
May 21, 2015 | Viewpoints |
The Anabaptist/Mennonite worldwide communion has come a long way since the first Mennonite World Conference some 90 years ago. Organized by Christian Neff, a German Mennonite... Read More
May 20, 2015 | Editorial |
When I was called to serve on the Mennonite Church Canada General Board in 2006, church participation and financial giving were in slow decline. The looming threat of cutbacks... Read More
May 20, 2015 | Viewpoints | Hilda Hildebrand
“There’s a gift for you in my office,” my husband announced cheerily. “What?!?” I exclaimed, puzzled at such a development. He repeated the news and added, “It’s a dress to wear... Read More
May 20, 2015 | Viewpoints |
On a sunny lunch break while attending high school, I went for my customary walk into town. A classmate drove up in his shiny two-door coupe and offered a ride. Because he had... Read More
May 20, 2015 | Viewpoints | Arnie Friesen
Mennonite World Conference brings together Mennonites from all over the world. (Photo by Merle Good)
One minute César García is talking with awe about a postmodern work of art in a thriving Amsterdam Mennonite church, and the next he’s speaking with similar awe about a Mennonite... Read More
May 20, 2015 | Viewpoints | Will Braun
One of my atheist friends told me about a unique encounter with a “holy” man that ignited her spiritual awakening. She met a Buddhist monk visiting the city she lived in, and her... Read More
May 20, 2015 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
That’s right—the mere cost of a cappuccino at Starbucks by 33 of your friends every day for three months provides relief for 1,000 refugees or some 200 families in war-torn Syria... Read More
May 6, 2015 | Editorial |
Polarizing sexual debate distresses reader I am distressed by the polarizing debate on sexuality in Mennonite Church Canada congregations. I wonder if adequate consideration is... Read More
May 6, 2015 | Viewpoints |
I have been caught by the need for justice in our world of late. I am on the e-mail list of Rabbis for Human Rights who are actively standing up for justice for all people who are... Read More
May 6, 2015 | Viewpoints | Garry Janzen
My beautiful wife and I had the pleasure recently of leading a couple’s retreat on an island just off British Columbia’s mainland. It was a glorious weekend—sans kids for us—with... Read More
May 6, 2015 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
My family and I often walk through the old-growth forests that surround the University of British Columbia (UBC) campus and then down to the waters of English Bay. There is lots... Read More
May 6, 2015 | Viewpoints | Katie Doke Sawatzky
It was a “burning bush moment” that got Marian Hooge Jones of Rosthern (Sask.) Mennonite Church started on her lengthy involvement with the sponsorship of refugee families from... Read More
May 6, 2015 | Viewpoints | Naomi Unger