“Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other” (Mark 10:50). The rich metaphor of salt, linked with peace, reminds that peacemaking isn’t passive but full of strength, …
Dora Dueck
Dora Dueck
Dora Dueck worked some five years as associate editor and editor of the MB Herald in the 2000s. She is the author of two novels and a collection of short fiction, as well as stories and essays in a variety of journals. She currently lives in Tsawwassen, B.C. and attends the Cedar Park Church, Ladner, B.C.
We live in such a sorrowing, misery-filled world. We know this, of course, from the daily news: wars and disasters, refugees in camps, people wasting away from disease and starvation, …
The Canadian MB study conference coming up later this month, in Saskatoon, is an opportunity “to re-establish our commitment to Christ as our Lord, as the only way, as our …
The students of Instituto Biblico Asuncion (IBA) were on their mid-term break, but July offered little respite to the school’s director, Martin Hartwig Eitzen.
The Mennonite World Conference (MWC) gathering in Asuncion, Paraguay, this July was wonderfully rich in its worship and learning, its human diversity, its tangible sense of being united in Christ. …
For many people, singing together was one of their Assembly 15 highlights. For the man who led that singing, it was the highlight of his life.
A Piece of ForeverAuthor: Laurel Dee GuglerWhen my children were younger, I was always on the lookout for good books to push their way or read aloud to them. Laurel …
n September 2008, Neil Klassen travelled with his family to visit Friesland, the Paraguayan Mennonite colony where his grandfather settled in 1937. While there, the Toronto-based artist (www.neilklassen.com) was inspired …
This month’s Herald contains a variety of articles, news, views, and art we hope will become part of your spiritual refreshment this summer, whether at home or on holiday. There’s …
This issue of the Herald celebrates food in all its relationship-building and spiritual potential. We hope it inspires a summer of picnics, potlucks, and long evening coffees! There’s another kind of eating …
This month’s theme – Confessing Jesus – tips its hat toward the study conference on the same theme planned for this October. Thomas Yoder Neufeld, who will be the main …
Three chaplains talk about their work with elders A pianist plays familiar hymns as they gather in the chapel. Some people enter by wheelchair, others are led in with gentle …
Profiles on “The Mill Grinds Fine: Collected Poems,” “A Prairie Pilgrim: Wilhelm H. Falk,” and “Like a Mustard Seed: Mennonites in Paraguay.”
Nicholas Samaras’ poem in this issue (page 2) got me thinking – not just about the wonderful truth he reveals as he moves us through his psalm, but about “then,” …
The agenda was full – with reports, workshops, worship, and three sermons – and so it clipped along, with next to no discussion from the floor. For all its efficiency, …