LEFT AND LEAVING
There are times when I particularly enjoy my husband Josh. Long talks on the lawn, leisurely kisses after days apart, delighting in something together. In those moments I catch myself thinking, “I’m so glad to enjoy this! I will be sad when it’s over!”
WORLD FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY CELEBRATED NOT IN ‘THE ABSENCE OF CHALLENGES,’ BUT WITH ASSURANCE OF VICTORY
Music from other cultures, Scripture readings on a common theme, shared food and special offerings characterize World Fellowship Sunday, a celebration of Anabaptist family in Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches around the world on Jan. 22, 2017.
MCC CANADA AGM DELEGATES GATHER UNDER THE ‘BIG TENT’
The staff and delegates who make up MCC Canada’s constituent boards gathered at Bethel Mennonite Church in Winnipeg from Sept. 23 to 24, 2016, for the MCC Canada annual general meeting.
JOURNEY OF GENEROSITY
“Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow….Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that’” (James 4:13-15).
A Story of Entering Pastoral Ministry
I attended Steinbach Bible Institute (now College) in the winters of 1956 to 1958. I graduated in 1958 with a three-year diploma.
MCC: REASONS TO HOPE THIS EASTER
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen” (Luke 24:5).
He is risen, indeed!
Why Do We Call This Friday ‘Good’?
Any way you look at it, there’s so little to admire or even to consider good about Good Friday.
PARAGUAY: OUR KING IS A GOD WITH A LAVISH DISPOSITION!
Under-qualified. That’s the word that came to my mind when the Holy Spirit prodded me, “You should be on that prayer team to Paraguay.” Was this chance that a verse in Zephaniah leapt off the pages of scripture that very day to affirm the calling?
HEROIC AND MAGNIFICENT SLEEPERS
What will it be like to die and rise from the dead? We have a daily picture of death and resurrection that I propose should be considered a Christian spiritual discipline: lying down in bed, sleeping, and waking.
IT’S HARD TO BE GOOD WHEN EVERYONE ELSE IS DOING IT
And now the moment we have all been waiting for, when Layton comes out on stage and tells you the theme of his doctoral dissertation. The flesh is weak and one can only take the suspense so long, so I will bend to the crowds and say a few words.
WITH MWC’S HELP, CHURCH IN TANZANIA IS BUILT FOR MISSION
Budget constraints prevent many church buildings in Tanzania from being completed. Mennonite World Conference’s Global Church Sharing Fund is helping to assure that a mission church in a predominantly Muslim area won’t be one that stands unfinished.
FAMILY THANKFUL FOR CHANGES SINCE COMING TO CANADA
When Maria and Heinrich immigrated to Canada with their seven children in June of 2011 they looked forward to working together with their children and earning enough to feed their family.
REVIEW: MENNO SIMONS, DUTCH REFORMER BETWEEN LUTHER, ERASMUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
This volume is challenging, timely, and to the point. Theology is not everyone’s “bag.” The part on Menno himself (141 to 388) is an easier read.
REGION 2 LEADERSHIP HOLDS RETREAT IN CYPRESS HILLS
Region 2 leadership people met on the weekend of Nov. 11-13, 2016, for a retreat at Cypress Hills Bible Camp in Cypress Hills country in southern Saskatchewan.
When Caring for Elderly Family Members, Give Up Some Things!
All of us come into the world and start off the same way. When we are born we immediately begin to “give up.”
TRU 2016 WAS POWERFUL. SO COME IN 2018!
What is TRU? Great question! It is a weekend retreat, planned every second year by the EMC National Youth Committee, with a goal to Train, Refresh, and Unite youth leaders within the conference.
THE FINE PRINT
Christian: I want to join your church.
EMC Minister: Great. Have you been baptized upon your faith in Jesus?
Caring for the Land: Finding Our Way Back to the Garden
Many years ago, when the earth was younger than it is today, there was a beautiful garden full of trees producing edible fruits and nuts in what is now the man-made desert of Iraq.
PERU: MY WEEKEND, PLANS AND GOD’S PURPOSE
Sometimes when missionaries share their stories, people don’t see the blood sweat and tears that go with them, but I can assure you that they do whether “at home” in Canada or elsewhere in the world.
MEXICO: A HOUSE CHURCH—CHRIST-CENTRED, INFORMAL, MULTIPLYING
What would a prayer team member see when they come to the city of Guadalajara to see the EMC church plant here?