No matter how I looked at her, Lois was not appealing to me. She was much too heavy, slow of speech – though she talked a lot and could become eloquent – and in my view, totally out of touch with reality. There was a clumsiness about her, and her lack of coordination spilled out everywhere.
We live in such a sorrowing, misery-filled world. We know this, of course, from the daily news: wars and disasters, refugees in camps, people wasting away from disease and starvation, children abused.
Books profiled are: Keeping in Step with the God of Peace: The Biblical Theology of Pacifism, Author: Arden Thiessen; Defenseless Christianity: Anabaptism for a Nonviolent Church, Authors: Gerald J. Mast & J. Denny Weaver; Reconciling All Things: A Christian Vision for Justice, Peace and Healing, Authors: Emmanuel Katangole & Chris Rice; Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness, Authors: Stanley Hauerwas & Jean Vanier
Decrepit rooms in a single resident occupancy hotel on Winnipeg’s former skid row may not be most people’s idea of a disaster site. But that didn’t stop Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) from running a four-week project at Red Road Lodge this summer.
This story of Jesus and the Canaanite woman has a high “squirm factor.” First of all, there is this pushy woman who keeps nattering relentlessly at Jesus. And then there is Jesus, who is somewhat disappointing in his lack of compassion and his harsh words.
It appeared like a gift from the sea. For more than 20 years I have been dragging treasures off the beach in front of our house. Of course, they are treasures not everyone recognizes: twisted pieces of driftwood, seal skulls, weathered planks, and logs – lots of logs. Enough, in fact, to build a log cabin for my children to play in.
Profiled are Reg Toews, Paul Loewen, Ken Peters, Jack Falk and the Alberta moderator
When I visited my mother in the nursing home a few years ago while she still had more access to speech, I was privileged to watch her happiness as she ate her first meal after several days on a liquid diet necessitated by stomach flu.
Pastor Ruben Zuniga, who just celebrated 19 years of ministry in B.C., went on his first mission trip – to his homeland, Mexico – this summer.
Two Grade 11 students from MBCI in Winnipeg were the winners of this year’s Henry E. Plett Memorial Award for writing a family history.