Breathing Room
by Jocelyn R. Plett The other day on social media I posted in amazement at all the things I was able to accomplish in a day. Unsurprisingly, our friends in Madagascar [...]
Columns
Harvey, Esther, and a Race Against Time
Harvey K. Plett and Esther Wiebe are doing what they can in a race against time. Working under the EMC Archives Committee, they’re translating letters in German written to [...]
Loreena Thiessen: The Happiest Month
by Loreena Thiessen May is the happiest month. There is much to celebrate. School is almost over and summer is about to begin. Each day the sun shines warmer. There are [...]
Earl Unger: We Plant Churches Because It Matters
by Earl Unger, Vice Chair, Canadian Church Planting Task Force Reporting on church planting is like a Jets fan talking about his young, but improving hockey team. Following [...]
Review: Awesome Kidmin Conference 2018
By Ruth Friesen On March 2-3, 2018, I had the privilege of attending the Awesome Kidmin Conference. Hearing a conference described as “awesome” in its title made me a bit [...]
Layton Friesen: Tracking the Un-Guessable Lord
by Layton Friesen For the first centuries of the Church’s life, there was much debate about exactly who this Jesus was the Church found itself worshipping and following. [...]
Buried Treasure
By Harold Penner, Gift Planning Consultant, Abundance Canada Lately, I have had several conversations with people about downsizing or simplifying their estates. Some talk [...]
Book Review: Recollections of a Sectarian Realist, A Mennonite Life in the Twentieth Century
J. Lawrence Burkholder, Recollections of a Sectarian Realist: A Mennonite Life in the Twentieth Century. (AMBS/Institute of Mennonite Studies, 2017), 272 pp. $22.45 USD. [...]
Ken Zacharias: Your Church is a Missionary Search Committee!
by Ken Zacharias, Foreign Secretary Did you know that your local church is a Missionary Search Committee? Pastoral search committee members often find the process to hire a [...]
Loreena Thiessen: Take a Winter Walk
by Loreena Thiessen A winter walk is different from a summer walk. It takes planning. The first thing you must do is check the weather. How cold is it? Is a storm coming? [...]
