Life & Faith

My heart has continually been nudged as I learned about the KMB merger as a WMB board member. In the middle of meetings, my mind would be racing with ideas…

  Rooting unsteady trees New York Times columnist David Brooks recently offered a striking image to describe our cultural moment. The image was that of an unsteady tree. A tree…

Out of the womb; part of the family The family home can be a loving, caring, nurturing place (for some; sadly, it is incredibly damaging for others); however, staying within…

One day I was in the tourist information office just inside Jerusalem’s Old City, at Jaffa Gate, when a young tourist asked, “How do I walk to Bethlehem?” I took…

A reflection on Christianity and Other Faiths in the Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith rightly begins with an emphasis on the God whom Christians worship.

Une réflexion sur le christianisme et les autres religions dans la Confession de foi des frères mennonites commence, de préférence, par la considération du Dieu que les chrétiens adorent. Un…

The hectic Christmas season is upon us. It’s a season of contradictions: canned music blares sentimentally on the most awesome of themes, the incarnation of God; we seek for gifts to celebrate love

At the Christmas program in 2014, I met a young woman who attended the community program at Healing Hearts Ministry.   As we chatted, I invited her to our New Year’s…

O Eve! My mother, my daughter, life-giving Eve, Do not be ashamed, do not grieve. The former things have passed away, Our God has brought us to a New Day.…

Article 16 of our Confession of Faith reminds me that our labour, our leisure, and a day of rest and worship are complementary gifts from our gracious Father.

Lire plus: Article 15 : Création et intendance   Board of Faith and Life Article 16 : Le travail, le repos et le jour du Seigneur was last modified: April…

As caretaker of a large rural estate near Vancouver, I have a variety of ordinary tasks, but several times a year, I become liaison person to Hollywood when movie producers…

Lire en français Read more: Board of Faith and Life

The MB Herald asked incoming national director Elton DaSilva to tell us a bit about himself, the new Collaborative Model, and his hopes for the future. What jobs have you…

Rudi Plett of Asuncion, Paraguay, was installed in June as the new executive director of the International Community of Mennonite Brethren (ICOMB). In an interview with freelance writer and MB…