Two recent events in Nigeria have horrified the Christian community around the world, and even received some attention in the secular press. A young student, Deborah Yakubu, was stoned to death by a mob in northwestern Nigeria May 12 by…
Adults will be allowed to possess up to 2.5 grams of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA in British Columbia by early next year. That major shift in Canada’s drug policy was announced May 31 by Federal Minister of Mental Health…
Business As Mission (BAM) is a movement that is picking up steam. While it always involves business ventures with a ‘kingdom of God purpose,’ some examples make the case in a particularly compelling way. Rachel Rose Nelson will tell the…
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) released this submission to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) May 9. Issues related to medical assistance in dying (MAID) directly affect the lives of many Canadians. Please take the…
It was a shock, followed by great sadness, to have heard the news today of David’s passing. In 1989, newly hired to head the Restorative Justice work of Mennonite Central Committee Canada, I was perusing correspondence of my predecessor, Restorative…
Vancouverites will have several opportunities to grapple with the Doctrine of Discovery and related issues over the next couple of months. Sarah Augustine Sarah Augustine will address the matter directly as the second speaker in the Taking Action! speaker series,…
A report endorsed by Canada’s Minister of Defence Anita Anand states that the “Defence Team . . . cannot justify hiring representatives of organizations who marginalize certain people or categorically refuse them a position of leadership.” This memorandum from the think…
Many of the Mennonites who fled southern Ukraine in the early decades of the 20th century ended up in the Fraser Valley. Some of the areas where their ancestors lived – northeast of Crimea, west of Mariupol – have already…
Most of the time, when I hear or read news about climate change, I experience a sense of overwhelming hopelessness. Last year, more than 100 heat records were broken across British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon and Northwest Territories. During the heat…
On Palm Sunday morning, while I was speaking to my small group about the readiness of Jesus Christ to face His death (Mark 15), one of the older youths suddenly broke into tears. She then explained that that particular gospel…