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The Divine Home Invasion: What the Christmas Story Teaches Us About Security
The daily newspaper is a lot heavier and bulkier at this time of year, packed with wads of glossy Christmas advertisements and flyers. When I grab the newspaper out of the mailbox each morning, I usually toss the flyers into the recycle bin without looking at them.
Our family spent a Christmas in southern Africa a couple years ago. It was difficult getting into the festive season as we sweated in shorts and T-shirts under clear, hot African skies. The blanket of red-brown dust contrasted with the cool, white snow we usually associate with the Christmas season.
I had only come to your door to “borrow” a couple of eggs. It was Christmas Eve, after all, and almost midnight at that.
Although Joe is a burly man, he’s practically invisible to those around him. He stays on the edge of whatever’s going on. His slightly anxious eyes dart about, as if readying himself for a quick exit – which inevitably comes sooner than later. From childhood, he has learned to guard himself against those who cause pain.
Our two children were in bed, and I was waiting for my wife Felicia to come downstairs, so we could watch the movie I had rented. After waiting a few minutes, I ambled up to our bedroom.
I found Felicia by the bed, doubled over in pain.More than 200 guests celebrated God’s provision of the school’s 14th president, Howard J. Wall, at the Bethany College campus, Sept. 24. Wall officially joined the Bethany team in July, but constituency, supporting churches, affiliate organizations, board of directors, faculty, staff, and students formally welcomed Wall to the role with the school’s first presidential inauguration in fall.
At Gathering 2010, delegates heard about specific plans for seminary restructuring in Canada, following the recent transfer of Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary (MBBS) to Fresno Pacific University (FPU). John Unger and Jack Falk (Canadian task force leaders), together with Lynn Jost (president of MBBS) explained why the seminary merged with FPU in the U.S. and shared the proposed plans for Canada.
“My heart was crumbling to the ground, hearing what had happened to mothers and girls about what they now have to deal with in their lives,” says Helen Funk about the Old Colony Mennonite women in Bolivia. But the Family Life Network radio host also has good news from the region.
Praying the Hours in Ordinary LifeAuthors: Lauralee Farrer and Clayton J. SchmitNumerous evangelicals and Mennonites of late have rejoiced to rediscover an awareness of the liturgical year, that framework by which our wider Christian tradition matches key themes and stances of the church’s life with the seasons of the calendar. Here is a book about rediscovering the “liturgical day.”
This article takes a look at the different aspects of the Liturgical Calendar