The executive board is one of two boards of the Canadian MB Conference. (The other is the Board of Faith and Life.) It usually meets 3 or 4 times a …
July 2009
“One of the loveliest things that human beings do is tell stories to each other.” So said Rudy Wiebe, a leading Canadian novelist, who headlined the second annual Many Strands: …
The Old Testament in the Life of God’s People: Essays in Honor of Elmer A. Martens Editor: Jon Isaak Hebrews 13:7 tells us to “remember your leaders, who spoke the …
Two years ago, my son Joel did a Grade 8 project on the environmental impact of our food industry. Our supper conversations suddenly revolved around issues like food packaging, and …
“Insights deepen wonder” re June, “Give a push” re May, “A tribute”, “The Lord heals” re May, “Power in the blood” re April
Her eyes slid past to the gentleman behind me, even as she extended her hand to bid me a bright “Good Morning!” In her eager grasp, I was firmly but …
WESTZAAN, the Netherlands The mill De Schoolmeester (the schoolmaster), located on the Zaanse Schans in the Netherlands, is currently the only paper windmill in the world still producing paper commercially. …
This issue of the Herald celebrates food in all its relationship-building and spiritual potential. We hope it inspires a summer of picnics, potlucks, and long evening coffees! There’s another kind of eating …
“When the killer of your family lives across the street” Imagine if the killer of your spouse and children lived across the street from you. You see him every day, …
Acts 8:26-38 One morning, as my husband was about to land a good morning kiss on our daughter’s face, she initiated a full-frontal assault. She gave no warning. She didn’t …
Winter supper for warm weather friends; Hospitalidad Cristiano in the Fraser Valley
What were you thinking, God, making us in your image? Today the boulevards strut their tender green spun in your brain.