Fourteen people have occupied the editor’s chair at the MB Herald. Each person brought a unique perspective and a distinct voice to a particular time in the life of the magazine and the Canadian MB conference. Here, some reflect on the legacy of the magazine over its 58 years.
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Rudy Wiebe
Renowned writer Rudy Wiebe will receive the 2019 Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) PAX Award. CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls will present the award to Wiebe on Thursday, April 4, 2019,…
title: Come Back
author: Rudy Wiebe
Rudy Wiebe’s latest novel Come Back is a gripping memoir of grief. Wiebe comes full circle in his more than half-century of literary production, returning to one of his first (minor) characters, and elevating him to a central role.During the early sixties, the East-West Cold War worsened drastically. In August 1961, the Berlin Wall was built and, by October 1962, the world was on the brink of annihilation with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Canadians were building concrete bunkers under their basements: a nuclear war would devastate us, since Canada was the shortest distance between the USSR and the USA.
Why is it, all summer all you hear in Alberta mountain parks is bear stories? I mean “stories” as in “jokes:” so-called. Like the old klunker an otherwise pretty guide…
“One of the loveliest things that human beings do is tell stories to each other.” So said Rudy Wiebe, a leading Canadian novelist, who headlined the second annual Many Strands:…
Editorial This is the first time that the MENNONITE BRETHREN HERALD, official publication for Canada of the North American Mennonite Brethren Conference, enters your home. It enters as a silent…