John 3:26-30 In the massive handwritten, illuminated Bible currently under production for Saint John’s Abbey in Minnesota, there is a beautiful painting by Donald Jackson of Jesus’ baptism. The largest…
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September 2008
Gathering 2008 helped leaders reflect on how the church can relate to its surrounding culture. In Quebec’s postmodern, secular context, it’s agonizing for a young pastor like me to know how to invite people to talk about God in a relevant way.
My little house is in the middle of some big changes. With a new baby on the way, my husband and I are contemplating everything from pastel hues in the…
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The dollars and sense of planting a church in downtown Vancouver
by ContributorI remember waking up in the morning to the music of The Price is Right, with all its game-show hype and excitement. It was easy to be drawn into the glitz and glamour, participate in the purchasing “games,” and imagine the joy of winning…
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Gathering 2008 pre-conference concludes: it’s about people, not programs
by Karla BraunThe man with “the face of Jesus and the body of Buddha” was a featured speaker at the Gathering 2008 pre-conference, July 9–10. Four workshop tracks (Eagle’s Flight™, Youth Pastors,…
We all model our lives on stories we’ve heard and the people who exist in those stories. There are, of course, the biblical accounts of God’s people and Jesus. But…
Delegates discover Montreal’s culture and growing ministries The Four Points Sheraton Hotel where Gathering 2008 convened could have been any hotel, and the light industrial area near the airport where…
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Canadian MBs set a new direction for the next decade
by Laura KalmarThe 89th convention of the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches In a city filled with joie de vivre, more than 330 delegates and guests met to celebrate, reconnect, and…
Every year, Glenbush (Sask.) MB Church members Martha Boldt, Pauline Bovair, Wilma Isaak, Donna Klassen (not pictured), and Mennonite Church member Katie Neufeld of Medstead, Sask., stitch tied quilts for…
1. Where’s my French-English phrasebook? 2. There are no calories in poutine — trust me. 3. Hey, I can see IKEA from my hotel window! 4. Congratulations to Dan Warkentin…
With support from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Mennonite Economic Development Associates’ new project in Ukraine aims to help smallholder farmers in areas once populated by Mennonites who fled…
Arrests of pastors, seminary staff, and lay Christians; Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, Rare book of Anabaptist martyr accounts; 25 years of presenting an evangelical Christian perspective, MCC closed its office, MCC Manitoba’s “Sam’s Place;” Alexander Solzhenitsyn; People’s Summit for Faithful Living; Teens and young adults are religious; Floyd Landis; U.K. Divorce study; Same sex marriages in 2010 census
Introducing Karla Braun, Dan Weare, Jennifer Lin, John Brubacher, Vonda Plett, Craig Martin, Jennica Willems Geddert, Joy Nokinsky
Farewell to John Neufeld, Carlin Weinhauer, Sherry Heidebrecht, Dave Pauls
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