Acoustic Hymns ProjectBy: Johnny MarkinMy standard for good music is, “What can I do while listening to it?” Acoustic Hymns Project strikes me as something you put on at 8:30 p.m. as you reflect on a day lived more or less with God. The album by Johnny Markin, worship pastor at Northview Community Church in Abbotsford, B.C., can either dictate or reflect a mood of peace.
Christmas came late for a Brethren In Christ (BIC) church in rural Cuba – but when it finally arrived, a wish 15 years in the making came true.
What kind of kingdom values metamorphosis over triumph; death as a pathway to victory? Earthly kings tell stories of victory over enemies, conquest, and territory won. But Jesus warned us not to “lord it over others.”
Grieving the loss of seminary, re: March; CCMBC course correction needed, re: March; Disappointing film reviews, re: March; Responses to Darwin, re: March
In 1963, Gene Stoltzfus was a volunteer aid worker in Vietnam. One day he happened upon a number of military helicopters landing at a nearby field.
In an attempt to make more of its resources available to churches and individuals, the Centre for MB Studies (CMBS) hired Janelle Hume in spring 2009 to scan papers presented at Mennonite Brethren study conferences. Since 1956, these study conferences have been held regularly, seeking to address both doctrinal and ethical issues that arise within church life.
“Jesus didn’t save me so he could take away my culture.” Lakota speaker and author Richard Twiss wants Mennonite Brethren to understand that, as they journey to becoming better neighbours to First Nations people.
“We all stumble in many ways” (James 3:2). Speaker Gary Thomas repeated this line in each of his four sessions over the course of the Alberta Conference of MB Churches (ABMB) leader’s day and convention, Mar. 19–20, not as condemnation, but a freeing admission of failures in the pursuit of holy living.
Imagine that you’re nearly finished packing for a well-earned rest at the lake and it strikes you to bring a book along. Should you bring something light and fun, or deeply spiritual? Unable to anticipate what you’ll be in the mood for, you grab a half dozen books, most of which go unread, and every title weighs you down a little bit more.