As disciples of Jesus, we are to be salt and light in our world. As we step into the troubles of 2024—and there are many—can we be salt and light …
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An interview with Robin Bjarnason of Westwood Church (Prince George, BC)
Robin Bjarnason is part of the pastoral team at Westwood Church. In this interview she shares about the joys of pastoral ministry and also some of the challenges that come …
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A posture of worshipping (Angels, Shepherds, Magi, Simeon)
by Phil GuntherYour Christmas may be far from being a life-transforming encounter with the King of kings. However, it does not have to continue to be that. If you’re breathing, you have …
What do I need to stop doing, do differently or start doing in order for me to become more like Jesus during what remains of this Advent season?
What happens in our hearts, to our degree of passion for gospel witness, when we create space to wonder, for example, about the depth of the love of God as …
Feelings of sadness and anxiety are heightened at Christmas when happiness seems like the only acceptable emotion. But Jesus is Emmanuel, God with us. And he is at home with …
How do you understand welcoming and hospitality? What is its role in your life as a disciple of Jesus who encounters opportunities to receive family, friends, strangers, believers and unbelievers …
Instead of being refreshed and renewed during Advent, we become agitated and anxious. We need a revived perspective of mindfulness, being still—waiting.
As a newbie Christian, I recall panicking over how to raise children. Was there a manual? How do Christians successfully breed other little Christians?
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 …
I didn’t attend church for most of my youth, typical for many Quebecers. Despite that, I had always been interested in faith, God, and spiritual matters, but it wasn’t ‘cool,’ …
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.
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Belonging in Peace: A Young Adult Reflects on Her Family and the Korean Divide
by MCCIt’s been 70 years. Seventy years of the prolonged war between two Koreas. And more than 70 years since my grandparents fled their homes.
“We lived by faith, we had people who sponsored us financially. It was a really interesting time to lean on God for everything we needed all the time. We did …
Gediminas and his small MB church in Vilnius were in shock, but they were also determined to do whatever they could to help. Together with other MB church leaders in …