As a newbie Christian, I recall panicking over how to raise children. Was there a manual? How do Christians successfully breed other little Christians?
Iain Provan was born and educated in the UK, emigrating to Canada in 1997 to become the Marshall Sheppard Professor of Biblical Studies at Regent College in Vancouver.
Jenah Park, the Director of NextGen at Highland MB Church in Calgary, is originally from South Korea. Her family immigrated to Canada and moved to Calgary in 2002 when she …
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Holy Spirit/Saint-Espirit – Fill Us with Your Gentleness/Remplis Nous de ta Douceur!
For the month of September, we invite the Holy Spirit to fill us with the fruit of gentleness; that eighth quality of the fruit of the Spirit found in Galatians …
Outrage is the ultimate reality distorter. It’s also an attractive false gospel. What?
I remember leaning over a fence with Harold Ens—my former boss and the Latin American Director, before he became the General Director, of our mission board—and telling him that if …
I appreciated the question in the Q&R section of the MB Herald Digest June 2023 issue. The question asked national readers to responsd to the recent Direction issue dedicated to …
In the post-Christian West, we naively consider ourselves more sophisticated, believing that most modern people either worship one God or, increasingly, no God – or so we think.
Our July prayer focus is on prayers for the Holy Spirit to fill us with Goodness. This is the sixth quality in the fruit of the Spirit list we find …
I was at the hospital recently and a woman walked past wearing a t-shirt with the words “Kindness is not in quarantine” blazoned across the front.
Kristal Toews grew up immersed in the Mennonite Brethren theological and cultural heritage. Three of her grandparents came from Mennonite colonies in Russia, and emigrated from there in the 1920s. …
Our May prayer focus is inviting and seeking the Holy Spirit to fill us with Patience. This is the fourth quality in the fruit of the Spirit list we find …
In John 20:15, before she recognized Jesus in his risen state, Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” Such an odd question for Jesus to ask. He knew …
“We desire to help adults and children experience wholeness in Jesus Christ that propels them to live by their faith in their families, workplaces and neighbourhoods.”
Karen West is Pastor Emeritus at WMB church in Waterloo, Ontario. She is also the PFLT representative for Ontario on the NFLT.
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