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
Opinion
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
“Discernment” has been a much-used word and concept in interpreting the Bible over the past number of years. Mainly we have defined it as a working tool to determine what God in... Read More
April 22, 2015 | Editorial |
Wouldn’t it be nice if the Bible’s answers were ‘cut and dried’? While I haven’t got any answers, I have been reading with interest the articles and letters about sexuality issues... Read More
April 22, 2015 | Viewpoints |
“Yep, I have to get an annual membership.” That customer comment reflects growing excitement over CommonWord, the new resource venture of Mennonite Church Canada and Canadian... Read More
April 22, 2015 | Viewpoints | Arlyn Friesen Epp
On a lovely summer day while walking down the street, a young woman approached me and politely asked if she could show me a magic trick. Given a host of cues, I assumed she would... Read More
April 22, 2015 | Viewpoints |
An early sign of spring in southern Ontario is seeing sports teams move their practices outside. The sight of children and youth in colourful uniforms on the soccer pitch is a... Read More
April 22, 2015 | Viewpoints | Marlow Gingerich
One of the many fascinating events to occur in the Book of Exodus is God “leaving” the mountain of God (Mount Sinai) to travel with the Hebrews to the Promised Land in a portable... Read More
April 22, 2015 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
Some significant changes are occurring at Canadian Mennonite . First, we are bidding farewell to one of our expert regional correspondents, Evelyn Rempel Petkau, after 18 years of... Read More
April 8, 2015 | Editorial | Dick Benner
Bible contains the word of God but isn’t the Word of God Re: “ Bible written without an understanding of genetics ” letter, March 2, page 14. Finally, we have someone pointing out... Read More
April 8, 2015 | Viewpoints |
I was on my Monday morning transit commute sitting near a group of people who loudly reminisced about their weekend exploits. Without embarrassment they relived what could be... Read More
April 8, 2015 | Viewpoints | Phil Wagler
My wife and I arrived in Vancouver in 1994 with our two sons, aged 9 and 12. I had been an air traffic controller, then law enforcement officer in Hong Kong. As a landed immigrant... Read More
April 8, 2015 | Viewpoints | Richard Chan
A little girl stood on the snowy steps of Alberta’s Legislature in Edmonton, holding a sign that declares, “ISIS is not Islam,” during a rally by members of the local Muslim... Read More
April 8, 2015 | Viewpoints | Valerie Proudfoot
Disturbing and perplexing is the only way to describe the cut in federal funding for a proven program of ex-prisoner rehabilitation called Circles of Support and Accountability (... Read More
March 25, 2015 | Editorial |
‘Well-worn clichés’ can hide the truth Re: “ A father’s struggle with his gay son ,” March 2, page 29. The well-worn cliché of “God loves the sinner but hates the sin,” just like... Read More
March 25, 2015 | Viewpoints |
These Easter morning words from Mary (John 20:13b) are prophetic for the church today, a time when we may have lost our bearings in our discipleship-oriented denomination. Peace... Read More
March 25, 2015 | Viewpoints | Doug Klassen
My ears perked up at a recent seminar when a leader began to speak about crucial conversations. He defined such conversations as ones whose stakes are high, opinions vary and... Read More
March 25, 2015 | Viewpoints |
Helping people give money away over the past 15 years has been a tremendously rewarding part of my work at Mennonite Foundation of Canada. Many of these generous people are from... Read More
March 25, 2015 | Viewpoints | Mike Strathdee
“I know your works; you are neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit you out of my... Read More
March 25, 2015 | Viewpoints | Russel Snyder-Penner
So what does the Bible say about thin places? Interestingly enough, in our Scriptures the human story begins in a thin place: the Garden of Eden. Regardless of one’s theology, and... Read More
March 25, 2015 | Viewpoints | Troy Watson
So how are we doing 490 years later? We who anchor our faith expression in what has come to be called Anabaptism over nearly five centuries now number 1.7 million all over the... Read More
March 11, 2015 | Editorial |
Which spirit drives the gay marriage discussion? Re: “ A biblical and better way ,” and “ It felt like a big deal . . . it was so powerful ,” Jan. 19, pages 4 and 13, respectively... Read More
March 11, 2015 | Viewpoints |