Let’s be upfront. Most people don’t deal very well with change. We are programmed for predictability. We develop routines and establish comfort zones for our lives. The prospect of things…
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Soul Force: Seven Pivots toward Courage, Community, and Change Reesheda Graham-Washington and Shawn Casselberry Herald Press Reviewed by Jacqueline Block What is the subject? Soul Force encourages us to live…
Changing course: Stories to navigate career and life transitions Shelaine Strom Reviewed by Greg Reed What is the book about? A practical guide offering strategies to those experiencing planned or…
Since my early teen years, I’ve harboured a more than mild interest in our feathered friends. My Grade 9 teacher had a remarkable love of the outdoors, and birds in particular. He helped us observe the markings of birds, pushing us to be attentive to a bird’s location by listening for the chirps, whistles, and screeches unique to each species.
My earliest memories are from a little village called Githumu in Kenya. Life was good. The school compound where we lived was on a ridge surrounded by tea plantations. My African friends and I explored our little world and made our own adventures. Encounters with chameleons, goats, and pinching ants were normal.
The convictions of one person can change a church, even a church conference. On July 5, 1986, at the annual meeting of the Conference of Mennonites in Canada (CMC, now…