discipleship

Following Jesus: Biblical Reflections on Discipleship (updated edition)
Author: N.T. Wright
Besides offering an example of discipleship himself within academia, N.T. Wright isn’t typically known for his work on the topic of discipleship…

Kelowna Gospel Fellowship knows it’s not the only church to declare February “love month” or dedicate a day each February to demonstrate unconditional agape love. But it continues, through teaching and actions and meticulous organization, to make agape love part of how KGF members live beyond church walls in the community every day.

It was a simple choice that set an unexpected life trajectory which guides a family on mission into the third generation. In the 1960s, a newly-minted U.S. Mennonite teacher chose…

As I reflect on my Christian journey, one inheritance I treasure is the simple teaching to be obedient as a disciple of Christ. This teaching is life changing; it calls for sacrificial dedication to Christ and his cause.

What does it mean for the church to be missional within a post-Christian context? How can the church become a concrete and visible manifestation of the kingdom of God in the world? And what kinds of practices can empower us to do this?

Parenting in the Pew: Guiding Your Children into the Joy of Worship
Author: Robbie Castleman
I love to have my children in church with me. The suggestion that’s unusual makes my heart sink. As a parent, I found Parenting in the Pew deeply encouraging as it urges parents to press on, shepherding our children, because the impact is eternal.

Toward the end of the last decade, Bill Hybels of Willow Creek Community Church made a confession that resonates with many pastors: “We made a mistake. What we should have done…

Radical Christian Discipleship
by John Howard Yoder, edited by John Nugent, Andy Alexis Baker, Branson L Parler
Repacking previously unpublished speeches and writings of the late Anabaptist theologian and ethicist John Howard Yoder, Radical Christian Discipleship brings the work of this brilliant but at times inaccessible scholar to the average reader….

Educator teaches about aging well Please Pass the Faith: The Art of Spiritual Grandparenting Elsie H.R. Rempel We’re showing our age. Statistics Canada recently released information that the fastest growing…

Go to Church, Change the World: Christian Community as Calling  Gerald J. Mast In a time when we hear much about the loss of young adults from churches across North…

Every once in a while, a conversation happens that reminds you what it’s all about.

On the eastern side of an Alberta concave curvature – overlooking fields of cattle and grain, sweeping into the western foothills and up into the snow-capped Rockies – stands a farm, its entrance in friendly greeting: Welcome to the Evergreen Farm. A partnership consisting of two former refugees and one Canadian bachelor set out to make this place and their living on it an all-inclusive welcome to community – strangers, neighbours, church – Christ’s call to practical discipleship.

The following is a conversation between MB Herald interim editor J Janzen and Canadian Mennonite University faculty Gerry Ediger (professor emeritus of Christian history) and Gordon Matties (associate professor of biblical studies & theology, and dean of humanities and sciences). Together, they challenge the idea that study is only for academics and explore what mindful discipleship might look like for the ordinary Christian.