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    March Issue

    Saturday, March 1, 2014

    Features The day the bees arrived in church Memorial services: Meditation on mortality What I like about Lent Tribute: John Wiens  Columns Editorial: Altered landscapes: New Calvinism and Anabaptism in conversation…

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    What I like about Lent

    Saturday, March 1, 2014

    Lent was not part of my experience growing up in a Mennonite church. It was something that “others” did (read: Catholics), and when one is young, what those…

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    Memorial services

    Saturday, March 1, 2014

    Meditation on mortality I was 42 years old when I accepted the call to be lead pastor of Bakerview Church, Abbotsford, B.C., where approximately 50 percent of the members…

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    The day the bees arrived in church

    Saturday, March 1, 2014

    One Sunday morning, in the warmth of spring, our regular church service was well underway. There was a call to worship, singing and Scripture reading. About halfway through…

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Jesus for today

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Through the ages, followers of Jesus have longed to look into the eyes of the one who came from heaven. After all, the pages of the Bible record what Jesus said, but not how he said it. What was his posture as he confronted the Pharisees? What were the inflections in his voice as he delivered the Sermon on the Mount?

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March Issue

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Features The day the bees arrived in church Memorial services: Meditation on mortality What I like about Lent Tribute: John Wiens  Columns Editorial: Altered landscapes: New Calvinism and Anabaptism in conversation…

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Respect, peace and gospel grow at church-based dojo

NKMB karate participants at a grading event. Photo: Amali Pinette

Rows of children and adults dressed in white stand respectfully, focused, hands together in a posture of prayer. A precursor of heaven? Not quite, but the karate class at North Kildonan MB Church, Winnipeg, is a place of discipleship, community and gospel witness.

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What I like about Lent

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Lent was not part of my experience growing up in a Mennonite church. It was something that “others” did (read: Catholics), and when one is young, what those…

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Altered landscapes

This past winter – with its harsh weather, treacherous driving conditions and dismal power outages – reminded me that God is the sustainer of all things. As spring appears, I’m reminded that God is also the one who makes all things new: melts the ice, cracks the facades we hide behind, brings fresh hope, transforms our circumstances.

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Memorial services

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Meditation on mortality I was 42 years old when I accepted the call to be lead pastor of Bakerview Church, Abbotsford, B.C., where approximately 50 percent of the members…

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Churches discuss controversial Quebec legislation

Panellists offer divergent perspectives on Quebec’s proposed secularism charter at an AEFMQ colloquium. Photo: Courtesy Le Lien

The Province of Quebec’s proposed charter of values is generating charged debate about the place of religion in a secular society. If the charter is adopted, it will prohibit Quebec’s public sector employees from wearing conspicuously visible religious clothing, headgear and symbols.

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March-Header

March Issue

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Features The day the bees arrived in church Memorial services: Meditation on mortality What I like about Lent Tribute: John Wiens  Columns Editorial: Altered landscapes: New Calvinism and Anabaptism in conversation…

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What I like about Lent

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Lent was not part of my experience growing up in a Mennonite church. It was something that “others” did (read: Catholics), and when one is young, what those…

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Memorial services

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Meditation on mortality I was 42 years old when I accepted the call to be lead pastor of Bakerview Church, Abbotsford, B.C., where approximately 50 percent of the members…

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The Season of Lent

Saturday, March 1, 2014

The church has historically focused the 40 days leading up to Easter (mirroring Jesus’ 40 days of temptation in the wilderness in preparation for his ministry) on three aspects…

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