How do we follow the way of Jesus Christ in the health field? Health care workers of Anabaptist faith from around the world will discuss their mission as Christian medical practitioners July 15–16 in Paraguay, in conjunction with Mennonite World Conference Assembly 15.
Jessica Morgun (left) and Cora Lynn Carey have been painting together for 2 years, finding inspiration and friendship from sharing the creative process. A series of paintings called Interval, scheduled …
Salt and light, The work of justice, They matter too much, A call for respect, The marginalized are here, New, but poor, No negotiationre August, October, January
In 1569, Dirk Willems was fleeing for his life across a frozen pond. Imprisoned for his faith, he had escaped custody, but a “thief-catcher” was hard on his heels. Dirk …
Some years ago, Richard Foster published a book with the title, Money, Sex and Power. I’ve been reflecting on these categories, especially in the face of recent moral failures of …
Kathleen Norris
An ancient ill revealed today
In her latest book, well-known poet and spiritual writer Kathleen Norris draws the veil away from the boredom, escapism, commitment phobia, and inertia she sees in our culture and makes a provocative proposal: much of this is “the ancient demon of acedia in modern dress,”…For a short time, I was a youth pastor at Siksika First Nation in southern Alberta, under YMI-TREK. I asked some of the parents at a youth meeting why the …
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From suburban foster child to inner city “tomato stick”: A Métis man’s story
My mother, a Cree woman, was born at the Jackhead Reserve, just north of Hodgson, Manitoba, in 1941. She lived with relatives at Fisher River, then went back to live …
Romans 1:16; 8:31 In a classic recounting of his life as a slave on a Southern plantation, Frederick Douglass tells the story of his master’s garden. “This garden was probably …
From their beginnings, the Mennonite Brethren held mission as a high priority. Within 30 years of establishing the denomination, they were sending missionaries to evangelize Indians on the Asian subcontinent. In that same period, Mennonites began migrating to Canada, where they met a group of people, also, at that time, called Indian