My perspective - Where are we going?
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- Published on Friday, February 19, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
With the rapid pace of technological innovation, sometimes, it’s easy to lose track of what we are doing. As businesses, communities and organizations seek to remain successful, however they define that word, it’s important to step back and ask, ‘What is it we do?’
Right in the centre - Matching the market
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- Published on Thursday, February 18, 2016
By Ken Waddell
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
The fate of newspapers is a much discussed topic these days. Strangely enough, it’s debated mostly in newspapers, which is ironic on two fronts. Why is the topic in the papers so often if, as many say, newspapers are sliding away? Second, why do newspapers concentrate so much on their own demise?
Faithfully yours - Stories of love – part two
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- Published on Sunday, February 14, 2016
By Neil Strohschein
The Neepawa Banner
When he accepted God’s call to be a prophet, Jeremy knew his life would not be easy. God had told him so. “I am sending you to a stubborn and rebellious nation,” God said. “They do not want to listen to me, so they will not listen to you. In fact, they will do everything that they can to either silence you or get you to retract the things that I will tell you to say to them.”
Homebodies - ‘How then shall I live?’
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- Published on Saturday, February 13, 2016
By Rita Friesen
The Neepawa Banner
Years ago, I was impressed with the writing of Rudy Wiebe, “Peace Shall Destroy Many.’ The story is set in a rural area of the prairie provinces. He examines how the people following the teachings of Menno Simons practiced their faith in a community with different cultures. The question arises – how then shall we live?
My perspective - Accentuating the issue
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- Published on Friday, February 12, 2016
By Kate Jackman-Atkinson
Neepawa Banner/Neepawa Press
There’s been a firestorm of controversy in France over the last week. It wasn’t about immigration or refugees, it wasn’t about the economy or unemployment, it wasn’t even about terrorism or radicalization. It was about spelling.
