Annual convention of Alberta MB churches meets in Edmonton Alberta churches voted unanimously for an ad hoc committee to lead the conference into the future, after nomination ballots for vacant …
According to Bev Peters, ordination is an act of obedience. That was her primary motivation as she accepted an invitation from Northview Community Church elders to be ordained Apri l …
This spring, Grace Kim and Bev Peters became the first women ever to be ordained for pastoral ministry by the Canadian Mennonite Brethren church, sparking discussions across the country. Many …
We need the Spirit’s renewal; Don’t put the Spirit in a box; An unpredictable wind; Friction between church and artists; Where are programs for single dads?; Severing our oneness in Christ re December, February and March
Part II in the series exploring MB identity Who are the Mennonite Brethren? There was a time when the question was mostly rhetorical, part of the formal and informal catechisms …
“Impossible,” I thought. They were singing. Not just any song, but a song about Jesus. “Jesus is here,” they harmonized in Lingala. It was November 2007 and we had gathered …
In The Year of Living Biblically, journalist A. J. Jacobs set out to live according to all the commandments of the old and new testaments in their most literal form – in Manhattan no less. That meant growing a huge beard, not mixing fabrics in his clothes, stoning adulterers, not sitting on the same seat as menstruating women (a difficult task, he says, on the NY subway), and treating his slaves well – or in his case, unpaid interns…
This month, the Herald interviewed Jascha Boge, Canadian conference moderator. He talked about his dreams for the conference, the challenges of managing a growing Stewardship Ministries fund, and Gathering 2008 in Montreal. This is his third term as moderator, a position he first held from 2000–2004.
Matthew 20: 20-28 Jesus loves all of us. He especially loved his two friends, John and James, sons of Zebedee. They were near him most of the time. Naturally their …
I met Popeye a few months ago – not the spinach-loving cartoon character, but a real-life man. His eyes were small and clear, and his hands looked like weathered sand …