The Messenger Index: 2020
A PATH TO PEACE
Not-So-Great Expectations (January)
Put Your Hand to the Plow (March)
Getting Help Without Being a Gossip (July)
How Dare You Break My Mug! (September)
Either/Or (November)
ARCHIVES ALCOVE
My Dad, Cornelius B. Dueck, was a CO, Mervin Dueck (January)
Century-Old Lessons Echo for Retired Scientist, John Longhurst (May)
A READER’S VIEWPOINT
When is Someone ‘Old’? Frank Derksen (January)
We Need the Whole Story, Glen Koop (May)
Talking About Homosexuality: Reversing the Flow of Purity, Jen Kornelsen (November)
ARTICLES
The Most Critical Text for Today’s Disciples, David Johnson (January)
Ridding the Room of Argument, Corey Herlevsen (January)
What it Means to Read the Bible like the Apostles, Layton Friesen (January)
Study says evangelicals could keep more young people, Terry M. Smith (January)
Women in Leadership: Hearing Fears and Offering Thoughts, IPiM (March)
The Church Wide and the Church Narrow, Layton Friesen (March)
A Time Well Spent: The Blessing of a Sabbatical, Kevin Wiebe (March)
On a Bus in Burkina Faso, We Became Friends! Siaka Traoré with Lynda Hollinger-Janzen (March)
The Path of Hope, Andy Woodworth (May)
Food Banks and COVID: Generosity in a Time of Concern, David Guenther (May)
Kickball and Peacemaking, Bruce Hamsher (May)
Accept One Another, James Driedger (July)
To My EMC Family: Thank You and a Few Suggestions, A Missionary (July)
Examine the Day, Professor Andrew Dyck (July)
The Sneaky Snare of Shame, Kevin Aron Wiebe (September)
Following Christ with Children in the Church, Kimberly Muehling (September)
A Christian Does Christian Things, Layton Friesen (September)
Examining My Privilege, Heidi Dirks (September)
When Christians Refuse to Die: Ode to a Life of Peace, Garry Koop (November)
A Time to Laugh and a Time to Speak: Ecclesiastes 3:–8, Andrew Unger (November)
Earthly Disruptions or God-Given Opportunities, Arlin Scharfenberg (November)
CHURCH NEWS
Aberdeen (November)
Blumenort (January)
Creighton (March)
Crestview (January), (November)
Fort Frances (March)
Fort Garry (January)
Kleefeld (January)
Kola (March)
MacGregor (May)
Many Rooms (January)
Riverton (September)
Rosenort EMC (March)
Stony Brook (November)
EDITORIALS
Iran, Prayer and Actions toward Peace (January)
COVID-19, Prudence, and Common Grace (March)
God is on the Side of Healing (May)
Allow Me to Say Thanks (July)
Guest Editorial: Flight, Fight, or Freeze, Erica Fehr (September)
Op-Ed: Masks Required, Darryl G. Klassen (September)
COVID-19, Contagion and Christ (November)
FOCUS ON
Church Planters: Passionate, Servant-Hearted Labourers, Gerald D. Reimer (March)
Children’s Ministry: Why Bother? Ruth Block (May)
Giving in Turbulent Times, Tim Dyck (July)
Giving Tuesday—An Idea Worth Considering? Tim Dyck (November)
FURTHER IN AND HIGHER UP
Thick Deacon Love (March)
This Wonderful Christian Canada (May)
A Cornered Cat or Hungry for Honey (July)
The Limits of Bible Background (September)
Be Forgiven, You Vanquished, Conquered Warrior (November)
HIS LIGHT TO MY PATH
Recent Thoughts on Salvation (January)
Little Critters in Our Congregation (March)
Consider the Creator (July)
A Forgetter Remembers (September)
A Lesson From the Peanut Butter Jar (November)
A Generosity Mindset (November)
KIDS’ CORNER
The Year 2020 (January)
The Earth Wakes Up (March)
What is Green? (May)
What Can You Do? (July)
A Riddle and Hard Work (September)
The Star of Bethlehem (November)
LETTERS
So, Who Are We? Agatha Rempel (March)
Tribal Central Americans and EMC Expertise, Arlyn van Enns (May)
A Surprising Lack, Ron Penner (May)
Complaining About Restrictions? Bethany Matejka (July)
Privilege Tells Too Small a Story, Nathan Plett (November)
MISSIONS
Advancing Ministry Through Prayer (January)
Germany: Alex Reimer (March)
Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria and the Ends of the World (March)
Paraguay: Old News? Not When Christ is at Work in New Ways! (May)
Washington: Garry and Cynthia Barkman (May)
Bolivia: Trudy Loewen (May)
Winnipeg: Andrew Reimer (May)
Germany: Alex Reimer (July)
Uganda/South Sudan: Gordon and Sharon Skopnik (July)
Condolences to Ernie Penner and family (September)
West Asia (September)
Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and the Ends of the World (September)
Barbeque Celebration for Missionaries (September)
Missionary Fellowship and Recognition Banquet (September)
Words of Gratitude to Paul and Lois Thiessen (September)
Burkina Faso: Paul Thiessen (November)
NATIONAL
Council Hears Paraguay Plans, Accepts Slight Budget Decrease (January)
EMC Ministerial Retreat (January)
Charlie and Lorraine Koop Honoured (January)
EMC Statement on COVID-19 (March)
Annual Report 2020 (May)
Ministerial Looks at ‘Pentecost, Pandemic, and Possibility’ (July)
Council Discusses Boards’ Questions (July)
A Ministerial Theology Conference Discussing What? (July)
Klassen Develops an Introduction to Deacons’ Ministry (July)
New Church Planters Appointed in Winnipeg (July)
NEWS
Flight 752 (January)
MCC Celebrates 100 Years of Global Ministry (January)
Apprentice U: Christian Education for Our Students in the Secular University (January)
Archives Committee Members and Volunteers Sought (March)
Books and a Video Resource from the EMC (March)
100 Years of MCC: Compelled by Christ to Serve (March)
MCC Today—Bread in Many Forms (July)
SBC Virtually Finishes Semester (July)
COVID-19 Global Response Fund Helps Churches (September)
MWC Assembly Cancelled (September)
Pressing for the Peace of Jesus (September)
Spirit of MDS Fund Issues Second Call for Applications (September)
Mennonites and Anabaptists Called to Join Groundbreaking Storytelling Project (November)
Steinbach Bible College: ‘More than all we ask or imagine’ (November)
MCC Turns Challenges into Ministry (November)
Anabaptist World Fellowship Sunday Is Coming (November)
OBITUARIES
Susie Thiessen (nee Peters), 1930–2019 (March)
Melvin Koop, 1936–2020 (March)
Helen R. Loewen (nee Peters), 1921–2019 (March)
Wilbert Dueck, 1935–2019 (July)
Rose Cornelsen (nee Warkentin), 1938–2019 (September)
Mildred Harms (nee Reimer), 1945–2020 (September)
Margaret Reimer (nee Kornelsen), 1926–2020 (November)
STEINBACH BIBLE COLLEGE
Apprentice U: Christian Education for Our Students in the Secular University (January)
STEWARDSHIP TODAY
Something More Precious (January)
Winterize Your Giving (March)
Generosity in a Time of Social Distancing (May)
A Generosity Hat Trick (July)
Preparing Your Harvest of Generosity (September)
WINDOW ON MISSIONS
What is Happening Now in Nicaragua? (July)
WRITINGS SHARED
Dad, God and Me: Remembering a Pastor and His Wayward Son (July)
Disunity in Christ: Uncovering the Hidden Forces That Keep Us Apart (November)
