Few phrases echo as persistently through the Christmas season as the song of the angels with its blessing of peace in a dark and troubled world. Two thousand years ago, …
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Don’t you wish it were true?
by James ToewsI just realized that most of my music is purchased at truck stops. There’s something about settling in for a long drive that brings out a craving for musical nostalgia.
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Our extraordinarily ordinary age
by James ToewsWe are seduced by the language of the “superlative degree.” Our own noisy authorities know that this gets our attention, and so it is a rare social commentary that fails …
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Taking on Mars Hill, again
by James ToewsAs a climbing challenge, Mars Hill doesn’t look like much. It’s a rough stone bump in Athens and even has an ancient set of stairs carved into its side.
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Bringing light to the valley of shadows
by James ToewsThere is nothing like a newborn to light up a room – and we entered with twins. Four months old and in all their identical glory. With three children of …
She has set her table and shouts out loudly down the street for all to come and eat.
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Sowing seeds of peace in DR Congo’s shadow of death
by ContributorAmong the hundreds of MB churches that dot the landscape of the Democratic Republic of Congo, one stands apart. L’Eglise Mennonite du Grand Lac (EMGL) is a peculiar church for …
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Mennonite Disaster Service – Very special good neighbours
by James ToewsThe picture was in an old album of photographs laid out on the table in the church foyer at the MDS all-unit meeting in Saskatoon. Pictures from the early years …
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Of foot-washing fountains and a drink of water
by James ToewsHe was still wandering through the world for the first time. As a matter of fact, at 16 months, even the tricky business of maintaining his balance while perched on …
In the movie Scent of a Woman, Al Pacino plays lieutenant-colonel Frank Slade, a blind man, who, wearied with his lot in life, decides to have a final fling before …
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Sustaining the mighty oaks
by James ToewsLord Nelson is known as Britain’s greatest naval commander. His victories over the French and Spanish in the late 18th and early 19th centuries fueled the motto: “Britannia rules the …
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“What is my purpose?”
by James ToewsThey had been three good days of sitting with the brothers and sisters of our conference and wrestling together about the language of our common faith. How do we confess …
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A mind for the poor, revisted: Caritas In Veritate
by James Toews“Caritas in veritate [charity in truth] is the principle around which the Church’s social doctrine turns…” writes Pope Benedict XVI. The title of this, his most recent encyclical, is taken …
It appeared like a gift from the sea. For more than 20 years I have been dragging treasures off the beach in front of our house. Of course, they are …
Imagine you’re a waitress at a 24-hour family restaurant on a typical, slow Wednesday night.