C2C Network Regional Director Profiled: Patrice Nagant
For serious athletes, life has many ironies. To succeed – say, at the Olympic level – you must play your sport constantly, doggedly following the seasons around the world, never resting. You can rarely be home where folks cheer you on and want to welcome you back.
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How to Finish the Christian Life: Following Jesus in the Second Half
How to Finish the Christian Life: Following Jesus in the Second HalfAuthors: Donald W. Sweeting and George SweetingThere are many fine books written about the beginning of the Christian life, fewer about the middle, and very few about the end. Since following Jesus is a long-distance affair, believers need help for each stage, particularly on how to end well.
President of Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) and one of CMU’s founding colleges, Canadian Mennonite Bible College (CMBC), Gerald Gerbrandt retired June 30, 2012.
Dream BigAuthor: Heather BoersmaThis 30-day devotional book teaches how to take practical steps toward big goals. We humans often fail, but author Boersma shows how to deal with resulting feelings and regrets, teaching how to take attainable steps today.
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When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and YourselfAuthors: Steve Corbett and Brian FikkertWhen it comes to helping the poor, most of us have good intentions, but do we ever wonder if what we’re doing is really beneficial? When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert explores biblical principles and real-life situations that help us re-think our strategies for engaging with poverty.
More than 300 people gathered June 3 at Centre culturel et communautaire Therese de Blainville near Montreal for the annual rally of the Quebec MB churches.
Introducing Brad Schroeder, Jeff Huebner, Alvin Thielmann, Grace Fellowship (Saskatoon), The Compass Church (Regina), Murray McLellan, Blair Allen
Farewell to Dale WarkentinWhen the B.C. government slashed arts funding several years ago, a group of Christian artists in Delta, B.C., saw “an incredible opportunity to serve our community as well as use the gifts God has given us,” says Imagine That coordinator and instructor Janet Priebe. “We wanted to see more arts programs in our community, and felt called to jump in and do it.”
At its annual meetings in Fresno, Cal., June 8–9, 2012, the Mennonite Brethren Historical Commission approved development of several new grant programs, including an undergraduate student internship program, and stipends for research related to MB women.