“Can you help me?” asked the voice over the phone. Usually when I receive such a call my impulse is to hang up, particularly when I’m unable to identify the …
January 2009
Bobby Oatway was a horrific sex offender. Some 15 years ago, when released on parole, he was run out of a B.C. city before he’d even moved there, and landed …
Two charter members were present at the 65th anniversary celebration of Scott Street MB Church, St. Catharines, Ont. Both age five at the time, Mary Dick, daughter of the first …
Devotion Author: Steve Bell Steve Bell’s latest album, Devotion, is filled with prayer songs. Bell has incorporated his skillful acoustic guitar playing and notable folksy sound with first-rate string arrangements …
Remember Us: Letters from Stalin’s Gulag (1930–37). Volume One: The Regehr Family Author: Ruth Derksen Siemens By conservative estimates, at least 45 million people died in the Soviet Union between …
All Right Now: Finding Consensus on Ethical Questions Author: Tim Geddert Tim Geddert, professor of New Testament at MB Biblical Seminary in Fresno, attempts the difficult task of drawing together …
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A Mennonite Brethren by any other name
by James ToewsNames are miserable creatures. I speak from experience. With Toews (pronounced “tayvz”) as a surname, my clan and I spend considerable time explaining our personal disconnect between English phonetics and …
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Responding to God’s heart for the marginalized
by ContributorWhen it comes to missions, what comes to mind for most people is the evangelism of aboriginal peoples, followers of other religions or sects, and people living in remote areas. …
How should MB institutions respond to anonymous attacks? MB Biblical Seminary (MBBS) faces a dilemma. A variety of blogs have recently popped up on the internet critical of many evangelical …
James 2: 8-13 When you hear stories about crime in your city, do you find yourself wishing the perpetrators were locked up for life? Do you sometimes feel like some …
When I was a children’s ministry intern in Fresno, Cal., a young man offered to serve as a volunteer in our Sunday school program. We were excited about the possibility …
Was I wise to take on four drunks? It was a British Columbian’s nightmare! We were stuck in a seemingly endless ferry lineup to Vancouver Island on a sweltering long …
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Finding redemption after a criminal sentence
by ContributorI knew by the faces of the two customs guards they had found me out. As they walked swiftly toward me, I thought, “God has finally put an end to …
Larry Miller was quick to point out that though he serves as the representative for MWC, there are people whom, he believes, would be “better faces” for MWC; including two …