MCC welcomes the Canadian government announcement that it will provide nearly $7.5 million over five years to Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA), which helps convicted sex offenders reintegrate into…
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Yours, Mine, Ours: Unravelling the Doctrine of Discovery Cheryl Woelk, Steve Heinrichs, eds. Mennonite Church Canada I do not especially enjoy thinking about the systemic causes of my behaviour. It…
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Theatre tour preaches gospel of reconciliation
by Karla Braun“Reconciliation takes in every facet of life, every relationship – in easy places and hard places,” says MCC restorative justice coordinator Stephen Siemens; “It’s exciting when lives are transformed.”
New partners and world-wide impact are within the reach of 85-year-old, rural Bible school Bethany College, Hepburn, Sask., building on its pedagogical strengths by engaging in partnership with international agencies…
Last fall, Mennonite Central Committee urged constituents to express concern to their MPs over the punitive focus of the proposed Bill C-10, and its lack of new initiatives for crime prevention or rehabilitation strategies.
“Can you help me?” asked the voice over the phone. Usually when I receive such a call my impulse is to hang up, particularly when I’m unable to identify the…
Bobby Oatway was a horrific sex offender. Some 15 years ago, when released on parole, he was run out of a B.C. city before he’d even moved there, and landed in a halfway house in Toronto. He was eventually run out of there by local town councillors and upstanding Torontonians.
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Changing Paradigms: Punishment and Restorative Discipline
by ReviewerPaul Redekop
Is punishment all bad?
Professor Paul Redekop – unrelated to this reviewer – has written a challenging book with a novel thesis: “The practice of punishment cannot be justified on moral, religious, or utilitarian grounds. Just as we long ago abandoned other forms of ritual sacrifice, so we now [need] to do the same with punishment…