Bethany College, Hepburn, Sask., saw an overall decrease in enrollment in the current school year with 108 full-time equivalent students enrolled for the fall semester. The previous year, 129 were enrolled.
You Never Gave Me a Name: One Mennonite Woman’s StoryAuthor: Katie Funk WiebeYou Never Gave Me a Name: One Mennonite Woman’s Story is Katie Funk Wiebe’s memoir of growth and change over eight decades. It describes the evolution of a theologian, a woman, and a denomination.
Students reflect on working as a summer pastoral intern – Reflections from Adrienne Redekopp, Theo Dyck and Stan Derksen
My first memories of TV are in black and white. Like many Latin American children, I loved to watch North American programs. I learned very interesting things about North America. There were strange humans, such as The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman, and Man from Atlantis. Cartoons showed us mice, birds, cats, and dogs who could speak.
Life’s “ineffable sadness” (as Jack Dueck puts it, page 11), grace, and thanksgiving intertwine in this month’s features.
“I forget my troubles when I’m here – I can simply see God,” said Nathan Giroux, 14. “In our world you can rarely see God face to face but in nature you can do that.”
Grief, Grace and Hope: The Autobiography of Pakisa K. TshimikaAuthor: Pakisa K. TshimikaLately I have read several autobiographies by people I have known personally who have overcome great obstacles to achieve their goals. Pakisa Tshimika’s story tops them all with the courage he displays in triumphing over adversity. In the introduction, Tshimika quotes Henri Nouwen: “The question is not how to avoid loss…but how to choose it as a passage, as an exodus to greater life and freedom.”
Campaign for establishing of department of peace in Canadian government; MCC’s theme for Peace Sunday; Professor Chris Cox wins scholarship; Changes for Mennonite Church USA; Canadian Council of Churches reflect health care in Canada; New legislation planned to affect Canadians in Paraguay; al Shabaab rebels kill suspected convert; Intermenno Trainee Program ends; Census on Canadian Aboriginals
Books Profiled are: Tell It Slant, Author: Eugene H. Peterson; Building Bridges, Author: Wilmer Martin; Paper House, Author: Jean Janzen; Crossing Frontiers, Author: Helmut Lemke; Women in Early Austrian Anabaptism, Their Days, Their Stories, Author: Linda A. Huebert Hecht
Learning from the Stranger: Christian Faith and Cultural DiversityAuthor: David L. Smith In Learning From the Stranger, David Smith broadens our understanding of loving our neighbours. Loving our neighbours, he suggests, includes learning from them. In our multicultural society where diversity is an everyday reality, this message is more relevant than ever.