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John Longhurst

Dear MB Church

If you wrote a letter to your denomination or area conference, what would you say? That’s the question Carol Penner asked herself recently. In her

John Longhurst

June 6, 2016

Anglican Mennonites

What’s the fastest-growing Mennonite church in Winnipeg? St. Margaret’s Anglican. That joke came back to me early this month when I learned that the General

John Longhurst

April 25, 2016

8 reasons Canadians don’t go to church

In Canada, as in the U.S., lots of people don’t attend church. About 80 percent of Canadians and 60 percent of Americans do something else

John Longhurst

March 14, 2016

Trust while shrinking

“Change is always occurring. But when that change appears more dramatic than usual, it can feel frightening. . . . I think that the Christian

John Longhurst

February 1, 2016

We’re due for another Reformation

Every 500 years or so, the church has a giant garage sale, getting rid of the stuff it no longer needs. That’s what author Phyllis

John Longhurst

December 21, 2015

USA and Canada — alike yet different

In many ways, Americans and Canadians are so much alike. We watch the same movies and TV, read the same books, watch the same sports,

John Longhurst

November 10, 2015

Secular country, religious voters

You may have noticed there’s an election going on. Not the U.S. presidential campaign. I’m talking about the Oct. 19 Canadian election. Unlike in the

John Longhurst

September 28, 2015

Doukhobor wisdom

For Mennonites on the Canadian prairies, the late 19th century is a significant time. That’s when the first wave of Mennonite immigrants came to Manitoba.

John Longhurst

August 17, 2015

No quick fix to cleanse this stain

Over the past number of months, people in the U.S. have been confronting the issue of racism and violence against African-Americans. Police shootings in places

John Longhurst

July 7, 2015

Declining religiosity

Editors attending the conventions of Canadian Church Press and the U.S.-based Associated Church Press in late April in Toronto heard the latest challenging statistics about

John Longhurst

May 25, 2015

Present at the end

Nobody should die alone. That’s the commitment made by Donwood Manor Personal Care Home in Winnipeg. Donwood, which is owned by eight Mennonite Brethren churches

John Longhurst

April 13, 2015

College is like a vaccine

The recent outbreak of measles at Disneyland got me thinking about Christian higher education and the future of the church. It’s a strange connection, I

John Longhurst

March 2, 2015

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