Providing relief and hope in Syria Every morning, before Samer al Laham goes to work, he checks to make sure it’s safe to go outside. That’s because in Syria there …
I harbour a secret love for the railway. Back in my seminary days, I travelled from B.C. to California via rail several times. It’s a journey that awakens all the …
The communication challenge and opportunity of our era Every now and then, the shape of my summer weekend aligns just right so that at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday morning, I …
“Do you like the public bath?” asked Yoshifumi Tanaka, my host in Osaka, Japan. I was visiting speaker for the 65th anniversary celebrations of Nihon Menonaito Burezaren Kyodan. “Some people are not sure about them.”
Results of the 2015 CCMBC pastoral survey It seems like only yesterday when the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches initiated a nationwide pastoral trends survey (see MB Herald Vol. …
In response to The Future of our Pastors As a ministry of CCMBC, L2L is committed to walking with existing and potential pastors through times of discernment, tenure and transition …
While setting up our tent in the sweltering heat of Osoyoos, B.C., my husband and I struggled to keep an eye on our two-year-old who was wrestling with our instruction …
I am a Christ follower who has been a member of a MB church since my teens. I love the church, yet in my youth, its pastoral approach toward sexuality consistently …
Answering the call to mission “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and …
When Christina Bucher teaches Song of Songs, her students at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College always ask: “Is this couple married? How far do they go sexually?” But the author of the …