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News & Stories
Leaders of Mennonite conferences in Europe and international guests met in Buhl, France, for their annual gathering of planning and fellowship October 23-25, 2015. The assembled... Read More
January 13, 2016 | Web First |
Dr. Kenneth J. Nafziger, long-time and noted professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University—plus a key figure in putting together a hymnal and two song supplements—spoke at a... Read More
January 12, 2016 | Web First | Melodie Davis
Looking for a way to use your musical and worship talents in the new year? Want to be part of shaping what Mennonites sing? MennoMedia, in close partnership with Mennonite Church... Read More
January 12, 2016 | Web First |
Stories about Mennonite identity, sexuality, politics, and music attracted visitors to the Canadian Mennonite website last year. Here are the top stories, based on the number of... Read More
January 7, 2016 | Web First | Virginia A. Hostetler
In 1915, in the midst of the First World War, the Swiss Mennonite congregation that had been meeting at the Conestoga Meetinghouse moved to the village of St. Jacobs. Founded in... Read More
January 7, 2016 | Web First |
“The ability to keep people alive longer has created new ethical questions around deciding to die. This has, in ways, driven the conversation around euthanasia and assisted... Read More
January 6, 2016 | Web First | Sherri Martin-Carman
The final document of the BFC Task Force, including its four-part recommendation to the Mennonite Church Canada Assembly 2016, is now available for review and response. It has... Read More
December 23, 2015 | God at work in the Church |
The Winkler Bergthaler Mennonite Church notified Mennonite Church Manitoba and Mennonite Church Canada in late November that it would withdraw from the conferences as of the end... Read More
December 23, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Will Braun
Most Canadian Mennonites have not experienced war first-hand or had their pacifist beliefs tested, but the stories of those who have are an important part of the peace narrative... Read More
December 23, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Emily Summach
Manitoba, which leads all provinces in putting people behind bars, also wants to lead in restorative justice programming. Its new Restorative Justice Act and an accompanying five-... Read More
December 23, 2015 | God at work in the World | Will Braun
“I wanted to see what God can do with me and how he might use me,” said Gao Hlee Vang of First Hmong Mennonite Church, in Kitchener, Ont., reflecting on her congregation’s mission... Read More
December 23, 2015 | God at work in the World | Lisa Williams
Erin Wiebe (Photo courtesy of Wiebe family)
Childhood is all about the endless possibilities, the dreams that will come true if you wish hard enough. Erin Wiebe’s childhood was no different in those ways. She knew if she... Read More
December 23, 2015 | God at work in Us | Rachel Bergen
Disarming Conflict: Why Peace Cannot be Won on the Battlefield. By Ernie Regehr. Between the Lines Books, 2015, 217 pages. War does not resolve conflict, says Ernie Regehr in his... Read More
December 23, 2015 | Artbeat |
Who delivered the baby and laid him at Mary’s breast, skin upon skin? Was it the Innkeeper’s wife? Who cut the cord tethering him to the womb, birthing a new kind of attachment?... Read More
December 23, 2015 | Young Voices | Kim Penner
It doesn’t seem right that more people aren’t familiar with singer-songwriter Paul Bergman. Over the past 12 years, Bergman has quietly released five albums. Steeped in the... Read More
December 23, 2015 | Young Voices | Aaron Epp
Seven six-year-olds—Niko Van Geest DeGroot, Calum Goetzke, Matea Thiessen Unger, Frieda Nuss Hildebrand, Vito Stoesz, Nicholas Rempel Nighswander and Isabelle Heinrichs—received... Read More
December 23, 2015 | Back Page |
In late September 2015, many of us were enthralled by a rare celestial display: a super moon in total eclipse, also known as a blood moon because of its reddish glow—clearly a... Read More
December 21, 2015 | Web First | Sara Wenger Shenk
When Peter Thiessen was a teenager, one of his neighbors, a farmer, was injured so badly he couldn’t do the harvest. “It was Halloween night,” recalled Peter, “and my father got... Read More
December 21, 2015 | Web First | Susan Kim
“Above all, we want the refugees to receive what they need in the name of Jesus, for his glory and fame. They need him more than they need clean bedsheets, but we want to give... Read More
December 21, 2015 | Web First | Stephanie Hanna
Five years ago, Stuart Murray’s book The Naked Anabaptist made waves with its look at the central beliefs of Anabaptism and their relevance for Christians today. Now Herald Press... Read More
December 19, 2015 | Web First |
“We believe that you will serve the world by showing the best of human creativity and capacity,” said Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, the general secretary of the World Council of... Read More
December 10, 2015 | Web First | From World Council of Churches reports
At Waterloo North Mennonite Church, the 2014 Advent season began on Nov. 24 with a special labyrinth of blessing for the congregation’s children and youth. A labyrinth of freshly... Read More
December 9, 2015 | Web First | Deborah Froese
Mennonite Church Canada laid off five staff members on Nov. 28, as part of the cost-saving restructuring efforts that fall under the banner of the Future Directions Task Force... Read More
December 9, 2015 | God at work in the Church | Will Braun
Leaders at Mennonite Church Eastern Canada feel they are caught between a rock and a hard place, as they have had to deal with a number of boundary crossings by church leaders... Read More
December 9, 2015 | God at work in the Church |