Hutterites,Covid,Racism and Social Responsibility
Its been heartbreaking to read the vile comments directed at Hutterites on social media following the COVID-19 outbreaks on some colonies...
National Indigenous People's Day
A month prior to the Covid-19 outbreak, I entered a store in Prince Albert. An affable black male greeted me at the door and asked if he...
Hutterites & Coronavirus
Reinlichkeit geht mit Selichkeit, (Cleanliness goes hand in hand with Godliness) has been the enduring motto by which Hutterites have...
Reflections on turning 60
This year (2019) is a significant one because it commemorates events that greatly impacted the trajectory of my life. Last month on July...
Hutterite Life vs. The Loneliness Epidemic
Much is being made of the loneliness epidemic facing our society. Many people from all walks of life admit to feeling isolated or alone....
How Hutterites Care for Their Elderly
I was in the bread aisle of the grocery store when a middle-aged woman approached me with a pained expression on her face. “Mary-Ann, I...
Healing our Divides
This past week, as I followed the trial proceedings in the shooting death of Colten Boushie, an Aboriginal youth from the Red Pheasant...
Hutterites and Photographs
This photo of me with a wide-eyed, bracing-for-the-worst look on my young face never failed to make my father laugh. It was taken in a...
Two Brothers
I have a dear Hutterite friend who is a gifted story teller. Her name is Mary Wipf. She grew up at the New Elm Colony in South Dakota...
The Least of These
I heard about her passing in the news, like almost everyone else. She died here in Prince Albert but Marlene Bird’s life and death was...
