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I have lived in south-east Manitoba my whole life and after 24 years I have come to realize something profound. Manitoba is flat!

The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is turning one hundred in 2020 and Mennonite Heritage Village, together with MCC, is celebrating by looking back at the last century.

Manitoba Health has been issuing regular updates on the novel coronavirus (COVD-19). As of Monday of this week there were no laboratory-confirmed cases in Manitoba and health officials indicated that the risk of the virus remained low in our province.

While it may seem early to be thinking about the spring melt in Manitoba, the unusually warm weather this winter means that there are already a number of activities and cautions that are underway.

I wrote previously in this blog of how the enticement of making sauerkraut out of squash led me to turn cook books on their heads. All thanks to largely unsung heroes, bacteria.

The reason this book grabbed my attention was that, on a number of fronts, the learning curve Sarah Bessey went through kind of parallels mine.

If you have been gardening long you have likely heard the term “contrast plant” before. What exactly does this mean?

What about the possible negative consequences of MAID for our neighbors and the larger society that I mentioned? These possible consequences are especially important for thinking about any decision to expand MAID.

Because you and I realize the soon coming of Jesus Christ; we have committed ourselves to a certain kind of lifestyle. We will strive to be steady in mind… preserve and safeguard our faith, attempt to see things in their proper perspective, in their proper order.

After a while they turned to us, “If God has sent us a message, we want to hear it. Our women are willing to teach you how to become Senufo so that you will know how to share this message with us.”