We’re now in the season of Lent – going up to Jerusalem, as it were, with Jesus. When we check the route (in the so-called Travel Narrative of Luke’s Gospel, …
Why should the Mennonite community be concerned about the plight of Aboriginal people – your neighbours? I will speak from my heart on this topic. The First Nations population is …
Ben Horch’s collection of music, hymnbooks, correspondence, photos, and family papers resides at the Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies. Horch was one of Canada’s most influential and charismatic musical leaders …
Five participants in Mennonite Central Committee’s prison visitation program recorded this CD of original music. All five musicians have been, or are still, incarcerated in Manitoba correctional institutions. Their compositions …
Daniel Berrigan
Disturbing, but a joy to read
Wit, poetic reflection, criticism, and a disturbing re-evaluation of Yahweh are tucked in among the historical summaries and exegetical explanations of Daniel Berrigan, distinguished Roman Catholic theologian, author, and peace activist in The Kings and Their Gods. As a commentary on I and II Kings, it begins with David and ends with Isaiah…Adam Padfield
Gratitude permeates winning debut
Adam Padfield’s debut album, Destination Unknown, won the 2007 Gospel Music Association Covenant Award for Best Blues/Jazz Album of the year, and it’s easy to understand why. The album is an impressive musical experience with great attention to detail…The Choco region of Colombia, home to 14 Mennonite Brethren churches, experiences regular flooding due to rainfall, but in early 2008, the town of Istmina experienced a new kind of …
The death – and the life – of a retired Mennonite Brethren pastor made front page news in Saskatoon’s Star Phoenix Jan. 13. Victor Nickel, 83, died in a pedestrian-vehicle …
Last fall, B.C. government officials tried to close down Arnold Community Church’s after-school program on the grounds it constitutes a daycare, a regulated business. For more than a decade, the …
Conference ranks high on Christian workplace survey The Canadian conference executive board meetings, held January 30–31, in Abbotsford, B.C., for reporting, discussion, and decision-making were also a time for celebration. …