No more border crossings Year-round cannery in Ontario to replace MCC mobile canner’s annual visits to Canada John Longhurst | For Anabaptist World April 3, 2024
Sweetness of spring Spring! This week is the vernal (spring) equinox, equal length daylight and darkness, which marks the start of spring. Easter is a few weeks away, Heather Wolfe | For Anabaptist World March 21, 2024
Worship that offers something to chew on Congregations incorporate meals into services, not waiting until the potluck to gather around the table Tim Huber | Anabaptist World March 5, 2024
Don’t look up . . . or stop eating Two weeks until Lent’s penitence, self-reflection, and fasting. Your last meal before Lent might be beignets or pancakes or crepes to use up all the Anna Lisa Gross | For Anabaptist World February 1, 2024
Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much. Healthy eating can be summed up simply in seven words: “Eat food. Mostly plants. Not too much.” This quote from food journalist Michael Pollan is Heather Wolfe | For Anabaptist World January 18, 2024
Five things Friday roundup: multicultural Epiphany 1. Epiphany For some of us, Epiphany may seem like a minor event after all the fuss and bother of Christmas and New Year’s Day. Joanne Gallardo | For Anabaptist World January 5, 2024
Can the table heal us? Can the table heal us? And the one who was seated on the throne said, ‘See, I am making all things new . . . Anna Lisa Gross | For Anabaptist World January 4, 2024
Gifting a meaningful meal: our Christmas tradition Today marks the winter solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest night of the year. The solstice falls during the Advent season when we Heather Wolfe | For Anabaptist World December 21, 2023
Cranberries and lemons: prayers in the bittersweet flavors of Christmas Hear it in Andy Williams’ croon or Garth Brooks’ drawl: It’s the most wonderful time of the year! And I pray that it will be, Anna Lisa Gross | For Anabaptist World December 7, 2023
Giving thanks (especially for Gramma’s Sweet Rolls) “As we sit around this table, let’s give thanks as we are able…” These are the opening words of a wonderful children’s book titled Before Heather Wolfe | For Anabaptist World November 23, 2023
Food choices and hospitality When my parents were getting married and crafting many intentions for their life together, they chose to eat vegetarian. They also chose to keep their Anna Lisa Gross | For Anabaptist World November 2, 2023
MCC canned meat: a ‘skilled traveler’ The mobile meat cannery of Mennonite Central Committee has begun rolling through the United States so that volunteers can provide protein sources for people living through crises around the world. Cheri Wampole | Mennonite Central Committee October 25, 2023