Walking on our knees “Think about the possibilities of ICOMB.” – David Wiebe (newly retired executive director of ICOMB) Fighter jets and tanks. A blind preacher who takes pictures with …
A solid foundation The big word at Gathering has been collaboration, and in their breakout session, our schools lived that out. MB Seminary president Mark Wessner introduced the hour by …
The Stewardship division of the Canadian Conference of MB Churches was started to provide mortgages to churches and pastors – “and that’s still the main purpose of Legacy,” says CFO …
All for one, and one head for all At what level is my church playing? MB Seminary president Mark Wessner compared church to a basketball team. When he taught his …
Redeem everything “We’re making North America our eighth church planting region,” said Randy Friesen, MB Mission general director about the global mission agency’s merger with the Canadian MB church planting …
A theology of denomination There are lots of reasons – probably most of them fairly inward focused – why not to be part of a denomination. But Rob Thiessen thinks …
Jesus Followers, Saskatchewan Style The thing that always gets me – a big reason I love attending conference events – is that different Jesus followers in different places do the …
Don’t ever grow up “It’s adults who build walls; it’s children who knock them down.” Oh, grow up. Put on your big boy pants. Expressions we use to encourage each …
On Bungee Cords and Floating Together “To live out our calling is to manage the tension that it creates” —Bruce Enns This made me think of bungee cords. As a …
Putting “ONE” in context One of the earliest Bible college hermeneutical lessons I learned was that the three most important aspects of biblical interpretation were context, context, and context. To …