Mennonite World Review

Articles : John Longhurst

April 29 issue

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  Longhurst

  What’s a treaty mean?

  Canada has had a long and often difficult relationship with its Aboriginal peoples. Broken treaties, abuse in residential schools, systemic discrimination — all have contributed to a growing frustration on the part of Aboriginal people. That frustration boiled over recently through Idle No More, a cross-country movement that found Aboriginal people protesting the poor relations between themselves and the government.

  One of the main points of contention are treaties between First Nations and the Canadian government, many enacted in the 19th century. Aboriginals wonder why promises of land and other things haven’t been kept. But many non-Aboriginal people wonder what the fuss was all about. That was so long ago! Get over it and let’s move on.

March 18 issue

• An ecumenical bank

  Of all the gifts that Canadian Mennonites have given to the wider church in Canada — and to hungry people around the world — one of the greatest might be Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

Feb. 4 issue

• Profiting from guns

  A Canadian gets to the U.S. border and is asked by the border guard if he is carrying any guns.

Dec. 24, 2012 issue

• Changing families, changing churches

  The traditional Canadian family isn’t so traditional anymore.

Nov. 12, 2012 issue

• Abundant food goes to waste

  In October, Canadians celebrated Thanksgiving, something Americans will also do this month.

Oct. 1, 2012 issue

• Flowers in West End

  Little Flowers Community Church, in Winnipeg’s West End, isn’t your average church. And its pastors, Jamie and Kim Arpin-Ricci, aren’t your average pastors, either.

Aug. 20, 2012 issue

• Is religion in Canada on the way out?

  Fifty years ago, 60 percent of Canadians went to weekly worship. Today? Fewer than 20 percent say they attend worship services on a weekly basis.

July 9, 2012 issue

• Gardening with Sikhs

  There are lots of ways to address racism and distrust between groups — start a campaign, issue statements, hold meetings, develop workshops.

May 28, 2012 issue

• A generous country?

  If there’s one thing Canadians pride them­selves on, it’s our generosity.

April 16, 2012 issue

• Kindness erases hatred

  There’s an old adage about journalism that says, “Bad news travels faster than good news.” That’s why we we’re more apt to hear quickly about murders, fires, bombings and other tragedies, while positive stories take longer to make the headlines.

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