Students reflect on working as a summer pastoral intern – Reflections from Adrienne Redekopp, Theo Dyck and Stan Derksen
October 2009
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Thanksgiving Day through the eyes of a Colombian MB
by ContributorMy first memories of TV are in black and white. Like many Latin American children, I loved to watch North American programs. I learned very interesting things about North America. …
“I forget my troubles when I’m here – I can simply see God,” said Nathan Giroux, 14. “In our world you can rarely see God face to face but in …
Grief, Grace and Hope: The Autobiography of Pakisa K. TshimikaAuthor: Pakisa K. TshimikaLately I have read several autobiographies by people I have known personally who have overcome great obstacles to …
Campaign for establishing of department of peace in Canadian government; MCC’s theme for Peace Sunday; Professor Chris Cox wins scholarship; Changes for Mennonite Church USA; Canadian Council of Churches reflect …
Books Profiled are: Tell It Slant, Author: Eugene H. Peterson; Building Bridges, Author: Wilmer Martin; Paper House, Author: Jean Janzen; Crossing Frontiers, Author: Helmut Lemke; Women in Early Austrian Anabaptism, …
Learning from the Stranger: Christian Faith and Cultural DiversityAuthor: David L. Smith In Learning From the Stranger, David Smith broadens our understanding of loving our neighbours. Loving our neighbours, he …
No matter how I looked at her, Lois was not appealing to me. She was much too heavy, slow of speech – though she talked a lot and could become …
We live in such a sorrowing, misery-filled world. We know this, of course, from the daily news: wars and disasters, refugees in camps, people wasting away from disease and starvation, …
Books profiled are: Keeping in Step with the God of Peace: The Biblical Theology of Pacifism, Author: Arden Thiessen; Defenseless Christianity: Anabaptism for a Nonviolent Church, Authors: Gerald J. Mast …
Decrepit rooms in a single resident occupancy hotel on Winnipeg’s former skid row may not be most people’s idea of a disaster site. But that didn’t stop Mennonite Disaster Service …
This story of Jesus and the Canaanite woman has a high “squirm factor.” First of all, there is this pushy woman who keeps nattering relentlessly at Jesus. And then there …
It appeared like a gift from the sea. For more than 20 years I have been dragging treasures off the beach in front of our house. Of course, they are …
Profiled are Reg Toews, Paul Loewen, Ken Peters, Jack Falk and the Alberta moderator