{"id":17263,"date":"2023-04-19T17:39:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T20:08:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:08:32","slug":"courier-2023-2-april","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Courier 2023 \/ 38.2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inspiration and reflection<a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resource-uploads\/38.2_en_fin_rgb.pdf\"><\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/gospelling-creation-care-heart\">Gospelling with creation care at heart\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Perspectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/climate-change\">Is this climate change?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/equipping-our-church-care-creation\">Equipping our church to care for creation\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/lessons-enter-through-different-doors\">Lessons enter through different doors<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/love-time-climate-change\">Love in a time of climate change\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/cleanliness-next-godliness\">Cleanliness is next to godliness\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Country profile<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/mennonite-faith-through-history\">France<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/resources-creation-care\">Resources on creation care<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/node\/4697\">YABs Fellowship Week 2023<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/2022-mwc-annual-report\">Annual report: 2022<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/season-creation-6\">A prayer for frugal life<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/it-was-though-they-were-celebrating-us\">Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Secretary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/stories\/living-more-less\">Living More with Less<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Word from the editor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In crisis, a community of hope<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>More with Less<\/em>&nbsp;is the title of a Mennonite-famous cookbook. Home economist and former MCC service worker Doris Longacre Janzen crafted this countercultural cookbook in the 1970s. It exemplifies Mennonite ideals of simplicity and takes inspiration from ways of being in parts of the world where time and treasure are valued differently. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMore with less\u201d may seem like a promise destined to be broken. It may seem like a burden: asking for greater effort with reduced output.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet is not \u201cmore with less\u201d what Jesus urges toward as he calls us to consider the lilies of the field (Luke 12:27)?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Jesus urges us to love God above all and our neighbours as ourselves (Luke 10:26-28), is that not a call to find more community with less things? And might our neighbours include all living things?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After years of warnings, people in all parts of the world are beginning to see the fruition of climate change. We move from one record breaking season to another. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres says: \u201cour world needs action in all fronts \u2013 everything, everywhere, all at once.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This issue of Courier shares some stories of how our \u201cmore with less\u201d communities are acting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We read about a congregation in Colombia calling members to examine their daily habits and choose ways of less waste. We see their efforts to motivate a community. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We read how creativity and beauty can be a motivator for young people in France to choose a simple life of following Jesus. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We read of communities affected by weather events in Indonesia and Zimbabwe \u2013 where people pull together to support each other.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We read how creation care, dignity and hope can be intertwined in Africa for flourishing communities where the gospel is shared in words and actions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Jesus, we have a model for \u201cmore with less.\u201d We also have a framework for both individual and community action. God calls each of us to repentance and change of life \u2013 and equips us with the Holy Spirit and with a community of faith to journey together. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we turn away from consuming, the church community can offer accountability in our choices. Together we can seek to find joy in actions that protect God\u2019s creation \u2013 human, vegetable, animal and mineral \u2013 both near to us and around the world. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our faith, we can find also the language of confession and repentance for this challenge to personal change and systemic revolution. As our faith communities, we can raise a collective voice to transform the systems of greed and consumption that make the better choices so hard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The climate crisis is for many a cause for despair. Living more with less, Jesus Christ shows us a path to walk together with hope and Spirit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2014 Karla Braun is editor of Courier and writer for Mennonite World Conference. She lives in Winnipeg, Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/38.2_en_fin_rgb.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 38.2_en_fin_rgb.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d6b9f385-23c6-4038-a082-5fbcd3ce6f54\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/38.2_en_fin_rgb.pdf\">38.2_en_fin_rgb<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/38.2_en_fin_rgb.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d6b9f385-23c6-4038-a082-5fbcd3ce6f54\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":104019,"template":"","network":[302,1306,1307,1308,1309,1310,1311,1312,1313],"resourcetype":[381,1336,1337,1338,1339,1340,308],"language":[165,1344,168,1351,167],"resourcecategory":[161,1393,1394,1395,1396,1397,1398,1375],"resourcetheme":[330],"eventcategory":[],"class_list":["post-17263","mwcresource","type-mwcresource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","network-courier","network-courier-es","network-courier-fr","network-courier-ja","network-courier-zh-hant","network-courier-hi","network-courier-nl","network-courier-id","network-courier-de","resourcetype-pdf","resourcetype-pdf-es","resourcetype-pdf-fr","resourcetype-pdf-id","resourcetype-pdf-pt-pt","resourcetype-pdf-de","resourcetype-publication","language-en","language-en-de","language-es","language-es-pt-pt","language-fr","resourcecategory-courier","resourcecategory-courier-es","resourcecategory-courier-fr","resourcecategory-courier-hi","resourcecategory-courier-ja","resourcecategory-courier-ko","resourcecategory-courier-zh-hant","resourcecategory-publication-2","resourcetheme-creation-care"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Courier 2023 \/ 38.2 - Mennonite World Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Courier 2023 \/ 38.2 - Mennonite World Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Inspiration and reflection Perspectives Country profile Resources General Secretary Word from the editor In crisis, a community of hope More with Less&nbsp;is the title of a Mennonite-famous cookbook. Home economist and former MCC service worker Doris Longacre Janzen crafted this countercultural cookbook in the 1970s. It exemplifies Mennonite ideals of simplicity and takes inspiration from [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mennonite World Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MennoniteWorldConference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-22T20:08:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/courier_april_2023-1-791x1024.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"791\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/\",\"name\":\"Courier 2023 \/ 38.2 - Mennonite World Conference\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/courier_april_2023-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-19T17:39:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-22T20:08:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/courier_april_2023-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/courier_april_2023-1.png\",\"width\":1235,\"height\":1599},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Courier 2023 \/ 38.2\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Mennonite World Conference\",\"description\":\"A communion of Anabaptist-related churches\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"MWC\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mennonite World Conference\",\"alternateName\":\"MWC\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MWC_Sig_Blue_Horiz_webheader1-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MWC_Sig_Blue_Horiz_webheader1-logo.svg\",\"width\":786,\"height\":82,\"caption\":\"Mennonite World Conference\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MennoniteWorldConference\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mennonite-world-conference-mwc\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mwcmm\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mwccmm\",\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mwcmm.bsky.social\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Courier 2023 \/ 38.2 - Mennonite World Conference","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Courier 2023 \/ 38.2 - Mennonite World Conference","og_description":"Inspiration and reflection Perspectives Country profile Resources General Secretary Word from the editor In crisis, a community of hope More with Less&nbsp;is the title of a Mennonite-famous cookbook. Home economist and former MCC service worker Doris Longacre Janzen crafted this countercultural cookbook in the 1970s. It exemplifies Mennonite ideals of simplicity and takes inspiration from [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/","og_site_name":"Mennonite World Conference","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MennoniteWorldConference","article_modified_time":"2026-04-22T20:08:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":791,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/courier_april_2023-1-791x1024.png","type":"image\/png"}],"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/","url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/","name":"Courier 2023 \/ 38.2 - Mennonite World Conference","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/courier_april_2023-1.png","datePublished":"2023-04-19T17:39:33+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-22T20:08:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/courier_april_2023-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/courier_april_2023-1.png","width":1235,"height":1599},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/courier-2023-2-april\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Courier 2023 \/ 38.2"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/","name":"Mennonite World Conference","description":"A communion of Anabaptist-related churches","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"MWC","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#organization","name":"Mennonite World Conference","alternateName":"MWC","url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MWC_Sig_Blue_Horiz_webheader1-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/MWC_Sig_Blue_Horiz_webheader1-logo.svg","width":786,"height":82,"caption":"Mennonite World Conference"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MennoniteWorldConference","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/mennonite-world-conference-mwc\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mwcmm\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mwccmm","https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mwcmm.bsky.social"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mwcresource\/17263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mwcresource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mwcresource"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"network","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/network?post=17263"},{"taxonomy":"resourcetype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourcetype?post=17263"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=17263"},{"taxonomy":"resourcecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourcecategory?post=17263"},{"taxonomy":"resourcetheme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourcetheme?post=17263"},{"taxonomy":"eventcategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eventcategory?post=17263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}