The kingdom of heaven is like a dandelion seed that a gardener planted in the garden; it is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is the most prolific of all flowers, spreading to cover many lawns, so that the grasshoppers in the neighbourhood can come and rest under the leaves.
Mennonite Central Committee Canada’s work with Low German speaking Mennonite communities in Mexico will continue despite recent structural and administrative changes within MCC Canada’s program department.
In Changing Times, Jacob and Hilda Born, The best is yet to be: The memoirs of Vern Heidebrecht, For Love of Family and Farming by Cornelius Pauls, Fifty Shades of Grace: Stories of Inspiration and Promise, compiled by Melodie M. Davis
Every few weeks, the same church in Mexico gets repainted by another group of North America do-gooders. It’s an urban legend that illustrates the dark side of travel as a missional activity. Yet, the desire to see the world and offer something of ourselves in the process needn’t turn out so poorly.
Mennonite Central Committee in B.C. is celebrating two milestones this summer – a successful effort to raise $10-million for a new building, and a 40th anniversary for MCC thrift stores in the province.
Dinah Elias’ love of theatre fits well with her role as worship director at Winkler (Man.) MB Church. She strives to harness her congregation’s latent creativity, channeling it into raw emotion.
After Sarah Klassen’s “Horizon” It isn’t easy to write a poem about Jesus. One might describe his lean legs, soiled toes trampling smooth stones, riding a wave, his cheek turning …
St. Catharines, Ont. “Who is your neighbour?” Derek Parenteau asked congregants at Westview Christian Fellowship, St. Catharines. “Jesus defines your neighbour as one person you wish wasn’t,” says Parenteau. …
Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA) announced that it has joined the Better Than Cash Alliance by committing to support the transition of a significant volume of payments from cash to electronic through its work with partners in improving financial services and market systems for the poor.