Volume 14, Number 8
Celebrating women's stories
University student Melinda Goertz poses with her baking and the fair trade products she used to create them.
Indian dancers from the Swastini Dance Group led by Swati and Nidhi Juthani swirled over the stage at Victoria Park Pavilion in Kitchener on March 27.
MPN struggling to publish in a digital age
Rempel
For Mennonite Publishing Network (MPN), the ministry of publishing is growing ever more complex.
Slain soldiers not Canada’s only heroes
A University of Regina professor caused a commotion last month when he spoke out against the practice of paying the full tuition of children of slain Canadian soldiers. Jeffery Weber, a political science professor, has gathered support from 15 other university staff in a petition against the practice known as Project Hero, which was started by an Edmonton businessman two years ago.
From ‘life support’ to ‘blessed’
In his welcoming comments to the 2010 Mennonite Church Alberta delegate sessions, Erwin Wiens, pastor of the host Trinity Mennonite Church, described the area church, made up of 16 congregations spread across the province, as a “patient on life support.”
Not a Christian . . . just a ‘follower of Jesus’
Richard Twiss, a Lakota First Nation “follower of Jesus,” speaks animatedly during an address at Peace Mennonite Church, Richmond, B.C, last month.
Mitakuye Oyasin (“All my relations”). With these words of greeting, Richard Twiss, a Lakota First Nations speaker, author and “follower of Jesus,” began two evenings of teaching and inspiration in communities in B.C.’s Lower Mainland.
The gospel in three parts . . . times three
Before reading any further, answer this question: What is the gospel?
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Thanks.
Seated among the unsettled
There are people who feel entirely settled in their lives. They feel confident about their location, occupation and calling in life.
‘Bombs bursting in air’?
James Brenneman has dropped a bombshell.
