Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home
Author: Rhoda Janzen
In the same week that Rhoda Janzen’s husband left her “for a guy from gay.com,” she was hit head-on in her car by a drunk teenager. These events eventually sent her home to California for a five-month recuperation and sabbatical from her teaching job at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.
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March 2010
“Walk a block for the Lord;” Kenneth Reddig new director for CMU Centre; RUSH Conference draws people; James Dobson leaving organization; Conservative Bible Project; Haiti threatened by kidnapping and trafficking of children; MCC and MWC in Haiti; Tyndal Universtiy College and Seminary announce Gary Nelson as president; MCC provides funds for displaced people in Jos
The executive committee of the B.C. MB conference is reviewing its partnership arrangements with Mennonite Church British Columbia, relative to their shared ownership of Columbia Bible College (CBC) in Abbotsford, B.C.
Movies profiled are: Up, Coraline, Inglourious Basterds, Avatar, Up in the Air, The Class/ Entre les murs, The Hurt Locker, Goodbye Solo
Introducing Daniel Beutler, Manfred and Beth Koehler, Brian and Rachel Ray, Alan and Holly Whyte
Farewell to Irma Barkman, Bob Cappelle, Joel Diamond, Marilyn Muller and Virgina HooperWhen new thoughts and fresh ideas are circulating in the wind, it’s time to talk. That belief has brought a new element to the B.C. conference 2010 convention agenda.
Several major items were brought to the table at the Canadian Conference of MB Churches executive board meeting Jan. 29–30 in Winnipeg.
As I write this editorial, a giant earthquake has just rocked Haiti. It seems fitting to ponder the existence of God amidst such a huge tragedy.
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Discussing our faith without losing our minds
by ContributorI once was at the crossroads between atheism and Christianity. I was 18 years old. The weakness of many of the arguments I heard against atheism, such as “atheism leads to believing that life has no meaning, which proves it’s false,” were driving me toward atheism, or at least toward a formal rejection of Christianity.
The board of faith and life (BFL) gathered in Winnipeg Jan. 22–23 for their thrice-yearly meetings. “When questions and theological challenges arise, BFL works through these on the church’s behalf – they ensure the church has a voice,” says Lorraine Dick, board chair.
Linden couple founds second congregation; Church responds to house fires
Waldheim (Sask.) MB Church’s lead pastor Greg Wiens describes himself as “more of a hands-on pastor” than an “overly spiritualized person.” But when a recurring dream plagued him after reading an article about Adspecs – inexpensive, easy-to-use eyeglasses for the developing world – Wiens took notice and took action.
Books Profiled are: Questions of Faith: A Skeptical Affirmation of Christianity; God is Great, God is Good: Why Believing in God is Reasonable; The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism; Jesus Matters: Good News for the Twenty-First Century; Mere Christianity; The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World; The Gospel in a Pluralist Society; Believe in God in an Age of Science; The God that Did Not Fail: How Religion Built and Sustains the West
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King of wisdom or greed? Solomon’s story
by ContributorWe know Solomon as the wisest man who ever lived. He acquired more wealth than any other king of Israel, traded weapons, and built the greatest military-industrial complex of the Israelite empire. Solomon also cemented political alliances through his marriages with hundreds of princesses whose love eventually led him to reject Yahweh, God of Israel.
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