I’m listed as an adjunct faculty member on the MB Biblical Seminary (MBBS) Canada website. Until recently, alongside my name and in brackets, it also said, “retired.” That word, beside …
October 2014
Early in 2014, Ron Toews, CCMBC director of leadership development, invited recently retired Merv Boschman to a quarter-time 10-month contract as camping ministries coach…
Most pastors have received an email like the one I recently found in my inbox. Someone was looking for a new church. They had explored our website and even attended …
Recently, I was driving in a foreign city known for its aggressive drivers. As I navigated the busy streets, watching people cut each other off, tailgate and make illegal turns, …
Walter Brueggemann The witnesses tell of your boundless generosity, and their telling is compelling to us: You give your word to call the worlds into being; You …
The news bleeds through television screens, Facebook news feeds and Twitter accounts. Ongoing war in the Middle East and acute persecution of Iraqi Christians (along with others) weighs on the …
www.dove.org Do you wish reviews would address the value questions you have about a movie? The Dove Foundation was created by parents who began reviewing and rating …
During the Protestant Reformation, 80% of Austrians followed the Reformers, particularly Luther. But under the Hapsburg Counter-Reformation, many of the citizens became re-Catholicized and the Roman Catholic church became a …
Fully Alive: A Biblical Vision of Gender That Frees Men and Women to Live Beyond Stereotypes Larry Crabb Baker Book House What do the terms masculine and …
Greg Reed began as pastor of family ministries at Waterloo Mennonite Brethren Church Aug. 11, 2014. With a BA (honours economics) from University of Waterloo and a BEd from University …
Varied resources encourage daily Bible reading One of the challenges facing churches today is a decline in daily Bible reading. To make God’s Word part of daily life, Waterloo Mennonite …
Planted: A Story of Creation, Calling, and Community Leah Kostamo Cascade Books If anyone should be motivated to take delight in the world around us, it should be …
Trying to appear more spiritual Re “Herald scope too narrow” (Letters, August). I agree with John Konrad’s comments regarding the term “missional.” Terms like this aren’t understood except by those …