while you run (or walk) I’m training for my first half marathon. I love being out on Vancouver’s seawall and am grateful to be living in a part of Canada …
September 2014
What the Hemorrhaging Faith research project means for the Canadian Mennonite Brethren church “What you have to realize about my generation is that we are lost,” 22-year-old Jessi blurted out. …
Does my MB church follow a high church liturgy or worship to electric guitar? Do we reach the community through relief kits or revival meetings? What about sharing circles or …
1. Change your language Instead of “prostitute” (or a derogatory synonym), say “prostituted women” or “victims of prostitution.” Most prostituted women entered the sex trade by 12; some, as early …
I want to be more like Jesus. But as I encounter Jesus through Scripture, I’m often convicted that I have a very long way to go….
In August, the B.C. conference (BCMB) executive board appointed David Leung to the new volunteer position of Assistant to the Conference Minister for Chinese Churches, effective Sept. 1, 2014. For …
I’d had one of those weeks. Most weeks feel like “those” weeks these days. Is that how you feel too? Given my season in life, the week in question included …
The new Sunday school curriculum Shine: Living in God’s Light for fall quarter 2014 is now available from MennoMedia and Brethren Press, the publishing houses of the Church of the …
On June 1, the C2C Network appointed Scott Thomas as its second associate national director, based in Toronto. Scott has been working with C2C since last December on a contract basis, …
WeMakeStuff Volume 01 is much more than a book. It’s an emerging community of Christ-centred artists, an introduction to the intersection of faith and arts and a platform for sharing …
You shall not separate what you do from who you are. Woe to the pastor whose work seems to put him at odds with living as a Christian. Blessed is …
U.S. Mennonite Brethren Conference (USMB) delegates voted 103 to 10 to approve the recommended revision to Article 13: Love, Peacemaking and Reconciliation of the Confession of Faith at the closing …
On August 17, Canadian conference executive director Willy Reimer invited churches, in solidarity with thousands of other Christians around the world, to pray for the people of Iraq. Over the …
Gospel Mission Church, Carrot River, Sask., celebrated 75 years, July 20, 2014, with two worship services, a potluck, children’s activities and a free community barbeque. The church was founded in …