Three chaplains talk about their work with elders A pianist plays familiar hymns as they gather in the chapel. Some people enter by wheelchair, others are led in with gentle …
May 2009
On this sunny August day chicory and Queen Anne’s lace grace the Illinois roadside. Red-winged blackbirds call o-ka-leee in a ripening field of grain. I ride to the little white …
It’s an insult,” he spouted, to have his driver’s license revoked when driving had been his life and his livelihood. The other three I heard from recently were more stoic, …
Job satisfaction, organizational commitment, supervisory effectiveness, and teamwork are some criteria that evaluate a good workplace, whether Christian or secular.
Springs of Living Water: Christ-Centered Church RenewalAuthor: David S. Young In Springs of Living Water, David Young draws on 30 years’ experience in the local church as a pastor, seminary …
Several U.S. Ten Thousand Villages stores resisted the new contract required by the board effective Apr. 1. The uniform contract for all stores requires 80 percent of profits to come …
Hundreds of Mennonite Brethren youth will soon graduate from high school. Some may be wondering what to do in September, or which university or college to attend. I wonder if …
Profiles on “The Mill Grinds Fine: Collected Poems,” “A Prairie Pilgrim: Wilhelm H. Falk,” and “Like a Mustard Seed: Mennonites in Paraguay.”
La Salle (Man.) Community Fellowship moved a church building 100 kilometres from Winkler to La Salle Mar. 16 to serve as their meeting place. The congregation has met at La …
Marpeck: A Life of Dissent and ConformityAuthor:Walter Klaasen and William KlassenPilgram Marpeck (1495-1556), unlike many Anabaptists of his time, did not die a martyr’s death. Instead, he “lived on the …
Profiles on thirdway.com, rynomi.wordpress.com and sermonindex.net
Tigist Tesfaye Gelagle, a 25-year-old Ethiopian Mennonite, has keen interest in people outside her culture and context and in interfaith bridge building. Those interests brought her to the Mennonite Central …
When Richard Thiessen posted the 14,160th and final article from the Mennonite Encyclopedia onto the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (www.gameo.org), Feb. 20, his celebration was muted – everyone was …