“I never thought, as a kid washing carrots from my parents’ garden, that I’d land up here,” says Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) farm collective co-founder DeLayne Toews, dirt under his fingernails and a grin on his face. More than a “garden project,” the urban farm on CMU’s west Winnipeg campus sells sustainably grown produce, teaches about food’s connection to the land, provides a practical outlet for academic disciplines, and explores spiritual vocation.
Every once in a while, a conversation happens that reminds you what it’s all about.
Features previously published articles by the MB Herald
23 Things They Don’t Tell You About CapitalismAuthor: Ha-Joon Chang This book is fun, but it might make you mad. That’s because it may skewer some of your favourite convictions about the free market.
Peace Sunday observed; Bolivian court convicts Mennonite men; FML gets director; Theological conversations started
Columbia Bible College (CBC) president Ron Penner has informed his board he intends to retire within two years. Penner came to CBC as academic dean in 1997, after a teaching and administrative career in Fresno, Cal., with Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary (now Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary), and became president in 2007.
It’s now three months since I started my new post as director of the Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies, located at the Canadian conference office in Winnipeg. These weeks have been filled with meeting a new group of colleagues, learning a new office culture, and developing a new set of research practices. All of this has been a welcome challenge and, surprisingly, one not unlike what I encountered in my last post as a seminary professor.
Introducing Tim McCarth, Jinger Goma, Dave Easton, Arno Fast, Andy Rapko, Salem Community Bible Church, Walls of Freedom, Jim & Jacqie Wiseman, Aleksandr Borisov
Farewell to Doug MonkmeierSunday, Sabbath, and the Weekend: Managing Time in a Global CultureEditors: Edward O’Flaherty and Rodney L. Petersen, with Timothy A. NortonSunday, Sabbath, and the Weekend is a collection of essays that covers a wide range of issues related to Sabbath keeping. Rather than a general treatise on how individuals can keep a personal Sabbath, this book looks at the impact of Sabbath keeping on community and communities – from the local church to the whole world.
I once held a hummingbird in the palm of my hand. I cradled it until I could release it at the open door of the boathouse. It was one of the holiest moments of my life. And there have been many more like it.