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Prayers for Iraq
AP photo / Khalid Mohammed On August 17, Canadian conference executive director Willy Reimer invited churches, in solidarity with thousands of other Christians around the world, to pray for the people...
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La difference – in you
Ta vie peut faire la difference. “Your life could make the difference.” That was the tagline of MB Mission’s ACTION program in France this summer. A collaboration with the evangelical Mennonite...
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My home sits on a lovely boulevard in Winnipeg. The oaks and ashes provide hours of entertainment for the dozen or so children on the block. They climb through branches, set up lemonade stands under...
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Have a “thin” Christmas
As Ler La told us his story of freedom and faith in broken English, we all felt the presence of God come near. Ler La’s family lived in a refugee camp in Thailand. They were part of the thousands of...
View ArticleWho are the people in your neighbourhood?
Is that song running through your head right now? It’s Bob and his Sesame Street friends cheerfully singing about the people in their neighbourhood – the grocers, garbage collectors and greenhouse...
View ArticleJaded or joyful givers?
The fabled tooth fairy has yet to make an appearance at our house. When my daughter lost her first tooth last fall, she vehemently refused to put it under her pillow. “Why would I give such a special...
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The ups and downs of Bible reading
I cringe at the thought of underlining passages in my Bible. In part, as a faithful English student, I hold a certain reverence for all print material. I regard books – particularly the Bible – as...
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Stories that move
Fittingly for a Canadian story, Randy Klassen observes, it began with hockey. Bethany College mission instructor Trever Godard took a group of second-year students to the Olympics in Salt Lake City to...
View ArticleThe God-bearing life…of a magazine
I remember the call like it was yesterday. Cam Rowland was on the phone, offering me a job as editor of the MB Herald. That call meant a career change, a move across the country and a house purchase –...
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What is truth?
Reflecting on Canada’s final Truth and Reconciliation Commission event “The eagle feather is a symbol of truth, power and freedom. The dark and light colours represent balance. When one holds the eagle...
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A journey through the land of communication
I harbour a secret love for the railway. Back in my seminary days, I travelled from B.C. to California via rail several times. It’s a journey that awakens all the senses – the sight of majestic, rugged...
View ArticleHis light for our darkness
In the scope of history, there was nothing new about the shift in government this past October. Routinely, Canadians tire of Conservative austerity, welcoming Liberal prodigality with a wave of votes....
View ArticleRestack the boxes
Have you seen the picture? Two simple drawings of three children watching a baseball game. One image is labelled “equality,” the other “justice.” It took me a moment to see the distinction, a child’s...
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Eat, heal, tell
I walked away from a conference on evangelism feeling encouraged. Frankly, that was unexpected. I tend to associate the subject with feelings of guilt and inadequacy. Instead, ReNew, a pastors...
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What can we do?
Most of us hadn’t given much thought to Syria. In fact, before 2011, if we heard the name through our relief and development agency Mennonite Central Committee, it was a location of safety for Iraqis...
View ArticleWe need to talk
We need to talk, James Toews urges in his letter on page 5. I think he’s on to something. More specifically, we need to listen – to those with whom we don’t agree. The MB church has always been diverse...
View ArticleA church for all nations
It was a deadly summer. Senseless terror attacks in civilian spaces in Europe and racialized police violence in North American assaulted the human spirit every time we turned on the news. We shake our...
View ArticleThrough up or down, God is in it all
It was a difficult year. On the cultural front, 2016 saw the loss of several artists who spoke to North American cultural consciences. Amid rapid change, we feel growing anxiety about the...
View ArticleA heart for Canada
At Canada’s sesquicentennial anniversary, Statistics Canada projects that the nation which has come to pride itself on ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity will be increasingly characterized by...
View ArticleWhat’s your protestimony?
I learned a new word recently: protestimony – a made-up coinage that tickles my fancy. It combines protest and testimony: the act of giving witness to our faith by standing up and speaking out in love...
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