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The Mennonite Heritage Village is a not-for-profit organization which operates for the benefit of our community.

Before we begin to try to interpret this section of Scripture, we would do well to remember one thing – all through it the Holy Spirit is directing the apostle Paul to talk about things that no one really knows much about.

Last week the Manitoba Legislature was bustling with choirs and visitors during the annual Christmas Open House. MLAs in attendance also had the opportunity to participate in the annual MLA choir and demonstrate their singing skills, or lack of, performing some holiday classics.

The Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) was formed 60 years ago by a group of dedicated community leaders who believed in the importance of preserving the history and stories of the early Mennonite settlers of southern Manitoba.

The recent NDP Throne Speech contained within it an interesting, if not curious, commitment by the current provincial government to form a committee, consisting of all political parties, to examine providing public support to local media outlets.

On November 19th, my colleagues and I gathered in the House as the NDP shared their Throne Speech, which outlines what Manitobans can expect from the government for the year ahead.

When I took over the writing of the Village News last May, I began a journey into the 150 year history of Steinbach by quoting the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “Our histories cling to us. We are shaped by where we come from.”

I have always considered myself fortunate to have had, growing up in Steinbach, a mainly positive experience during my years in the K-12 public education system.

Adam Kirsch’s On Settler Colonialism should be required reading in colleges and universities across Canada and the U.S.

Over the past several months, the Village News has focused heavily on the Mennonite settlers from Imperial Russia (modern Ukraine) and their first experience of Manitoba 150 years ago.