Tag Archives: Mennonites

Holiday treat: Rhoda Janzen’s take on Mennonites

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Larry Cornies

I hadn’t heard of either Rhoda Janzen or her new book, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress, before a post-Christmas browse through a local bookstore. But as I flipped through the pages, I knew I’d have to put it on … Continue reading →

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Mennonites hold worldwide gathering in Asunción, Paraguay

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Larry Cornies

Many longtime readers of my newspaper columns are aware that I was raised in a Mennonite home and still identify with that faith tradition on a number of levels. When asked to define the term “Mennonite,” most people in North … Continue reading →

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Flashback Friday: October 1983

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Larry Cornies

Times change. Young reporters grow old(er). Blonde hair makes way for grey. And ’80s mustaches get, well, left in the ’80s. Here’s one of my first TV stories. I was freelancing for a show called World Report, a religion current-affairs … Continue reading →

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