It was my turn to be on call during Easter. My pager went off shortly after midnight. “Lawrence, one of our patients is crashing. We need your support here,” the …
February 2011
The Mennonite Brethren church in Panama is concentrated in Darién province, a jungle zone bordering Colombia. The region’s indigenous groups and Afro-Panamanians were thrown together during December flooding caused by …
Permission to Speak Freely: Essays and Art On Fear, Confession, and Grace Author name: Anne Jackson Permission to Speak Freely is born out of a single question Anne Jackson asked …
She was lying with her back to me. By then, she needed help turning in her bed, and there was no room at the other side for me to sit …
Snapshots of parish nursing
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is the largest and most influential Anabaptist organization in the world. It has nearly 1,200 workers and an annual budget of $82 million. Its reach extends …
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by Phil WaglerI grew up in southwestern Ontario where – by my childish observations – most everyone was religious, or at least made excuses if they weren’t. The statistics verify my early …
Of Pilgrims and Fire: When God Shows Up at the MoviesAuthor: Roy M. AnkerRoy M. Anker’s book, like his earlier volume, Catching Light: Looking for God in the Movies (2005), …
31, 200 aboriginal children in foster care; Provinces receive regulation of laws; Canadian mining companies worst offenders; Missing person search and rescue integrated; Original MDS organizer dies; College exclusively for …
More than 35 senior leaders from the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches (CCMBC) gathered in Abbotsford, B.C., for a National-Provincial Collaboration Summit Dec. 14–15.
It was the same Spirit working in men separated by thousands of miles that brought Thom and Elaine Braun’s first church plant into being. After growing up in another denomination, …
“The church has a long history in health care…. nursing has always been the heart and centre of church-based health care. The characteristics of nurture, care, servanthood, and a holistic …
Have you ever had something hit you so hard, hurt so much, that you felt like someone “blew a hole” through you?
Nearly fifty years ago – in 1964 to be precise – as a young man in his twenties, I first came to the Mennonite Brethren Herald. Those were turbulent years. …