Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : John Longhurst

Dec. 5, 2011 issue

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  Longhurst

  Food aid is better untied

  During the recent U.S. health-care debate, Canada was sometimes held up as a model for how to deliver medical care. It’s being held up as a model again — this time for food aid.

  In the Oct. 27 online edition of the New York Times, writer Tina Rosenberg highlighted an innovative food relief project in Somalia supported by Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a food aid organization supported by the Canadian government.

Oct. 17, 2011 issue

• Fighter Jets

  The Jets are back! The Winnipeg Jets, that is. For 15 long years, ever since the National Hockey League team moved to Phoenix, Winnipeggers have felt the pain of the loss.

Sept. 26, 2011 issue

• Quality and quantity of life

  Here in Canada, we’re pretty proud of our quality of life.

June 6, 2011 issue

• Religious revival in politics

  We had an election here in Canada last month, the fourth in seven years.

May 9, 2011 issue

• Champion of free thinking

  Many of us can remember certain teachers who left an indelible and formative impression that lasted a lifetime. For me, one of these was Henry Krahn, president of Winnipeg’s Mennonite Brethren Bible College from 1974 to 1982.

March 14, 2011 issue

• Memory of fighter for peace

  Last Nov. 11, during the annual Remembrance Day ceremony in Fort Frances, Ont., an unusual wreath was laid at that community’s Legion hall.

Feb. 14, 2011 issue

• Frozen over

  This time of year I’m reminded of how C.S. Lewis described the land of Narnia under the rule of the evil witch: Always winter, never Christmas.

Jan. 24, 2011 issue

• Ancient rhythms of daily prayer

  When he was a young adult, Arthur Boers’ 17-year-old sister died of leukemia. Torn by grief and unable to understand how God could allow such a terrible thing, he found himself unable to pray.

Jan. 10, 2011 issue

• Creative force on the fringes

  In 1989, 45 percent of members in the denominations that eventually became Mennonite Church USA were under 45. Today only 30 percent of MC USA members are under 45.

Dec. 6, 2010 issue

• From Gutenberg to Google

  Does the church in North America have a future? Yes, says Christian futurist and author Leonard Sweet. It just won’t look the same as it does today.

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