Sometimes it is just best for the previous person to get out of here and let the new person start with a clean slate. Some say that pastors and denominational leaders should just... Read More
Opinion
July 6, 2022 | Opinion | Garry Janzen
After two years of living through a pandemic, we never expected that we would be able to travel to the Middle East. After so much uncertainty, we were so fortunate to be able to... Read More
July 6, 2022 | Opinion | Fiona Janzen and Hannah Kroeker
“When you learn to follow Jesus, you will act a little strange.” This memorable line comes from a song by Mennonite singer/songwriter Bryan Moyer Suderman. Besides being an... Read More
June 22, 2022 | Editorial | Virginia A. Hostetler
Keep on keeping on After many years of supporting the withholding of military taxes and volunteering with Conscience Canada Peace Tax Trust Fund (CC), I have at last retired from... Read More
June 22, 2022 | Opinion |
When God’s story connects with our story, the Holy Spirit is at work, bringing life. As author Anne Lamott says, “I do not at all understand the mystery of grace—only that it... Read More
June 22, 2022 | Opinion | Elizabeth Wall
A large audience gathered for one of two “Women’s Section” meetings at the Mennonite World Conference held in Kitchener, Ont., in 1962. The women met to consider the conference... Read More
June 22, 2022 | Opinion | Laureen Harder-Gissing
We welcomed two babies and their families with words of blessing and commitment into our local congregation today. The wide-eyed babies took in all the people watching them and... Read More
June 22, 2022 | Opinion | Arli Klassen
When we opened the portal for submissions to Voices Together , the new Mennonite hymnal, the committee received over 2,000 submissions from songwriters, text writers, and... Read More
June 22, 2022 | Opinion | Anneli Loepp Thiessen
I recently heard a comedian say, “Everyone has an opinion on everything these days.” He continued, “When I was young, it wasn’t that way. People had maybe six opinions. Sometimes... Read More
June 22, 2022 | Opinion | Troy Watson
Shantz Mennonite Church held a dedication service on Sunday, June 5. It was intended to be for our new facilities, but in truth, it was primarily a rededication of ourselves. Like... Read More
June 22, 2022 | Opinion | Don Penner
What is a faithful response to the news in the world around us? Canadian Mennonite posed this question in our annual spring fundraising appeal. Each year CM needs to raise $150,... Read More
June 8, 2022 | Editorial | Tobi Thiessen
Point: When words don’t make sense, conversation is at risk Re: “ God didn’t create you wrong ” feature, Feb. 21, page 4. The only challenge I have with the gender-identity... Read More
June 8, 2022 | Opinion |
“The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it” (Psalm 24:1). It all begins here. We have four grandchildren at various stages of life. The... Read More
June 8, 2022 | Opinion | Claire Ewert Fisher
The Ontario Mennonite businessman Jacob Y. Shantz established rough housing for newcomers and promoted immigration to a place he called Didsbury, N.W.T., in 1893. In the following... Read More
June 8, 2022 | Opinion | Conrad Stoesz
A busy weekend at the end of May resulted in some reflections on family. In this case, the family referenced is “the George and Helens” (the Olferts that include my siblings and... Read More
June 8, 2022 | Opinion | Ed Olfert
Even if Gandhi is reputed to have said, “Be the change you want to see in the world,” it is clear he did not mean to stop at personal change! Read most histories of this quote,... Read More
June 8, 2022 | Opinion | Randolph Haluza-DeLay
History really is unfair to the common people. In a previous column (“ Becoming the enemy you hate ,” April 18, page 13), I noted that Solomon essentially enslaved 153,600 men in... Read More
June 8, 2022 | Opinion | Joshua Penfold
I didn’t realize what I was signing up for when I agreed to write about Indigenous-Mennonite Encounters in Time and Place, a conference held at Conrad Grebel University College in... Read More
June 8, 2022 | Opinion | Scott Morton Ninomiya
When you hear the words “church,” the first thing that pops into your head is probably not “tech team.” And yet, as we’ve lived through two years of pandemic worship, those folks... Read More
May 25, 2022 | Editorial | Virginia A. Hostetler
Creation-care article praised by reader Re: “ ‘ All of a sudden there’s buds on the trees ,’ ” May 2, page 16. This insightful article reveals a truth that has become increasingly... Read More
May 25, 2022 | Opinion |
Life is complicated. And this means “issues” are complicated. The Bible doesn’t give us as “black and white” a picture of life and faith as some of us might wish. In fact, that’s... Read More
May 25, 2022 | Opinion | Michael Pahl
In 1966, Christianity Today magazine sponsored the World Congress on Evangelism, held in West Berlin from Oct. 26 to Nov. 4. It brought together 12,000 invited delegates from a... Read More
May 25, 2022 | Opinion | Conrad Stoesz
My father cleaned out his bookshelves recently, and I acquired some more books about Mennonite history. One is a book I read with great interest when it came out in 1988, Why I Am... Read More
May 25, 2022 | Opinion | Arli Klassen
With the new Mennonite hymnal Voices Together (VT) recently released, many are eager to learn about the context of pieces within the collection. This column will tell the stories... Read More
May 25, 2022 | Opinion | Anneli Loepp Thiessen
