Contents of the October/November issue 2015
October 2015
Nomadic Faith Author: Paul Dixon We Christians are quite good at describing what we’re against, but often grow rather silent when asked to describe what we are for. Paul Dixon’s …
This past summer, after eight years of training and work in early childhood education, Erika Goode felt God calling her away from what she was familiar with.
I attended both breakout sessions on missional partnerships. The partnerships being discussed involved the U.S. MB conference, MB Mission, the C2C Network and CCMBC.
It goes without saying that communication is key to family life. Stories help nurture a shared sense of identity and community among Mennonite Brethren churches across Canada. But how do …
In 1961, the Canadian Conference gathered and issued both a mandate and created a mechanism to “educate and edify…, to inspire and inform…, to criticize our vices and credit our …
The men’s prayer meeting had barely begun when he lay his head on the table and said, “I just can’t win over pornography.” I now know that many Christian men …
Title: Christ at the Crux: The Mediation of God and Creation in Christological Perspective Author: Paul Cumin “How can theology say that God is other than the universe and also …
The Believers Church Bible Commentary (BCBC) series “brings the Anabaptist voice into the community of interpretation in a way nothing else can do,” says Gordon Matties, who serves as editorial …
I harbour a secret love for the railway. Back in my seminary days, I travelled from B.C. to California via rail several times. It’s a journey that awakens all the …
The communication challenge and opportunity of our era Every now and then, the shape of my summer weekend aligns just right so that at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday morning, I …
“Do you like the public bath?” asked Yoshifumi Tanaka, my host in Osaka, Japan. I was visiting speaker for the 65th anniversary celebrations of Nihon Menonaito Burezaren Kyodan. “Some people …