Next to the Toronto Blue Jays, nothing more has gotten our attention as Anabaptist Mennonites than the greatest refugee crisis in the modern age, with more than 50 million... Read More
Opinion
Is it really time for a vote . . . or should we keep talking? Re: “ It’s time for a vote ,” March 30, page 14,” and “ A historic moment ,” Aug. 17, page 2. Russel Snyder-Penner... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints |
Early in the Syrian refugee crisis, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) asked me to be part of a delegation meeting with Chris Alexander, minister of immigration. We... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints | Willard Metzger
The mourners gathered for what turned out to be an exceptionally beautiful service for an exceptionally beautiful saint. The family tributes shone with love and tenderness. The... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
This past summer I had my own Diderot Effect moment. The term comes from Grant McCracken, an anthropologist who has studied patterns of consumption. He coined it from an essay... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints | Dori Zerbe Cornelsen
I came across an article about the epic journey of sugar from a sugarcane field on the Hawaiian island of Maui to a nearby coffee shop down the road. It claimed the sugar... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
Predictably, CBC jumped on the story of presumed Bible Belt intolerance. The members of our smallish Southern Manitoba credit union voted down a merger with a larger Winnipeg-... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints | Will Braun
Radio host Esther Horch interviews school children live on a Saturday morning broadcast of Children’s Party in 1958. This education and entertainment show for children aired daily... Read More
October 21, 2015 | Viewpoints |
Some days I would like to just unplug my computer, walk out into the sunshine and warmth of an autumn day, breathe in the clear air and pretend I was living in a time before the... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Editorial |
Relationships in an age of ‘impacts and outcomes’ Re: “ The future of MCC ,” Aug. 31, page 11. Certainly relationship has been at the core of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Viewpoints |
Since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission events, there has been limited movement and engagement for local churches with regard to first nation relationship development. Many... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Viewpoints | Brander Raven McDonald
A number of weeks ago I boarded a plane in Toronto for Istanbul. It’s a long flight—more than nine hours—and I secretly hoped that the seat beside me would remain empty so I could... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
I was born in Bukavu in Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre). My parents were polygamous so I didn’t have a great family structure. I grew up Roman Catholic and then, at... Read More
October 7, 2015 | Viewpoints | Noah Ishaka
Canadian Mennonite received a copy of a letter sent to David Martin, executive minister of Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, as a response to its releasing the story on the alleged... Read More
September 23, 2015 | Editorial | Joyce Gladwell
Mennonite museum can help redress grievous wrongs of the past I crisscross Sumas Prairie (central Fraser Valley) on my daily school bus run and marvel at the lush agricultural... Read More
September 23, 2015 | Viewpoints |
Mennonite Church Canada’s history of engaging our global neighbours in mission and international church relations began more than 100 years ago. Since that time, the worldwide... Read More
September 23, 2015 | Viewpoints | Tim Froese
Tribes are good (essential, I said in my last column ). And yet there is danger when tribal extremes become virulent tribalism. Such tribalism takes what is good and life-giving... Read More
September 23, 2015 | Viewpoints | Melissa Miller
“Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver” (II Corinthians 9:7). My two-year-old... Read More
September 23, 2015 | Viewpoints | Daniel Lichty
During our 13 years in Niagara, my wife and I grew to appreciate the beauty and complexity of the winemaking process. Wine is fascinating to me. So is its intimate connection with... Read More
September 23, 2015 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
“I am 86 years old now and I am confused.” The e-mail came from a Canadian Mennonite reader who was referring to references in this magazine to myth and metaphor in the Bible. The... Read More
September 23, 2015 | Viewpoints | Will Braun
Mennonite Central Committee nurse Katherine Dyck poses with mothers and twins in Pusan, Korea, in 1956. Born in Russia in 1925, she immigrated to Rosthern, Sask., and worked as a... Read More
September 23, 2015 | Viewpoints | Laureen Harder-Gissing
It’s been 14 years since Canadian Mennonite conducted an independent readership survey. In the next edition (Sept. 28), print and digital readers will find a list of questions... Read More
September 9, 2015 | Editorial |
MWC should celebrate mission conference in 2027 The 2015 Mennonite World Conference assembly was indeed a significant event for our movement. In response to the question posed in... Read More
September 9, 2015 | Viewpoints |
“There are no atheists in foxholes.” So goes the maxim with roots in the Second World War. Caught in a pinch, surrounded by stress and fear, most human beings turn to some higher... Read More
September 9, 2015 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
My family and I moved from Vancouver to Regina in July and are slowly searching for a faith community. So far we’ve attended two churches close to where we live, and with which we... Read More
September 9, 2015 | Viewpoints | Katie Doke Sawatzky