Restoration, reconciliation and adult Sunday school Living in Canada in 2017, we have much to be grateful for. We are spared from armed conflicts, famines and so much more that …
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Aboriginal neighbours
In my younger years, my family’s history in Canada sparked a feeling of pride. In the late 1700s, my father’s family settled in Upper Canada, and my mother’s family made …
A summer student reflects Through a project focused on Mennonite Brethren and Indigenous peoples, I discovered that Mennonites played a significant role in creating the issues facing Indigenous communities to …
Reconciliation is not achieved with the signing of an agreement, the celebration of an event or the release of a documentary film. But all are “steps on the journey,” says …
title: Wrongs to Rights: How Churches can Engage the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples author: Steve Heinrichs, editor Wrongs to Rights is a special 166-page publication …
Title: Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys: A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way Author: Richard Twiss Rescuing the Gospel is essential reading for Canadian evangelicals. This is especially …
On June 2, I joined more than 250 people at the University of Winnipeg to watch a livestream of the final Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) event, as the commissioners …
People have been coming to this continent in a more or less steady stream for the past few hundred years. It was once fashionable to call the early waves of …
“Truth and reconciliation don’t have a time limit.” The words of honorary witness Cindy Blackstock echo and reverberate.
WINNIPEG A new study guide, supported in part by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), helps individuals and congregations explore how “white privilege” can be an expression of racism. Canadians of European …
“Jesus didn’t save me so he could take away my culture.” Lakota speaker and author Richard Twiss wants Mennonite Brethren to understand that, as they journey to becoming better neighbours …
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From suburban foster child to inner city “tomato stick”: A Métis man’s story
by ContributorMy mother, a Cree woman, was born at the Jackhead Reserve, just north of Hodgson, Manitoba, in 1941. She lived with relatives at Fisher River, then went back to live …
From their beginnings, the Mennonite Brethren held mission as a high priority. Within 30 years of establishing the denomination, they were sending missionaries to evangelize Indians on the Asian subcontinent. …
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 …