Poetry by Carol Penner
February 2010
The Wisdom of Crowds. It’s a great title for the display racks on the mega-bookstores, a brassy counterintuitive challenge that touches the perfect raw nerve of the crowds milling past.
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Winning isn’t everything (but it sure seems like it)
by Laura KalmarYears ago, in my elementary school teaching days, “cooperative learning” was the newest craze. We taught students to work as a team on specific tasks, encouraging everyone to bring their …
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The top 10 Mennonite Brethren stories of the decade
by Dora DueckThe transition from old to new year is always a great time for picks and pans, for looking back and making lists. Here, in no particular order, are my picks …
South Abbotsford (B.C.) Church honoured pastor Ed Balzer for 25 consecutive years of faithful service.
Caring for widows – literally; Lanigan extends a multicultural welcome
Director couples from the six B.C. MB conference camps gathered in early winter for a two-day “recess” at Abbotsford’s Mark Centre. They heard that the use of camp ministry in …
Once upon a time, my wife and I decided that our kids would not play hockey and, more importantly, that we would never be “hockey parents.” Hockey was expensive, brought …
We had been waiting for the closing ceremony to begin and I was getting impatient. Obviously, the special visitors weren’t going to come. Having previously lived in India, I should …
Amy Unruh was a full-time university student and part-time worker at The Meeting Place church in Winnipeg when she received the diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes in 2006. “My diagnosis …
The fabric of western society is woven with threads of competition. People compete for marks in school, for jobs, for attention with family and friends. People even compete for the …
A decision by federal Conservatives to abruptly terminate funding to a Canadian church organization has set off alarm bells among other church groups across the country.
We’ve probably all heard about the benefits of participating on sports teams – values such as teamwork, loyalty, self-sacrifice, perseverance, and work ethic. Playing on a team gave me many …
Celebrations marked two decades since the walls came down separating Communist Eastern Europe and the West. And a celebration is just on the horizon for a remarkable institution in Lithuania …
Susanna Hildebrand’s husband disappeared in 1929. During the 1933 famine, she was arrested picking up corn cobs on the road. Sentenced to seven years jail, she died in prison. Paul, …