Thank you for leading us to listen to one another. May we sow peace in a world of conflict, with the humility, compassion, and wisdom of Christ himself. May we…
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Raising Disciples: How to make faith matter for our kids Natalie Frisk Herald Press Reviewed by Andrea Toews What is the subject? With Deuteronomy 6:4-9 as her basis, Natalie Frisk…
Title: Common Grace
Playwright: Shauna Johannesen
Director: Ron Reed
A Pacific Theatre production
When a family is reunited to mourn the loss of their husband and father, they are forced to confront the conflicts that have kept them apart. The tensions of dealing with grief and scandal in a close-knit family and Christian community erupt in the most common of places: the family kitchen.I have watched, with dismay, the growing disconnect between our local MB church families, and the provincial and Canadian conferences. There was a time when poverty, persecution, struggle, and common goals knit us together; but times have changed and the family is drifting apart.
What do you appreciate about being Mennonite Brethren? The MB Herald and Christian Leader posed the following questions to Mennonite Brethren leaders around the world: What do your members appreciate…
We need a good metaphor to describe the Mennonite Brethren conference. In the past, it was “brotherhood”, but the gender specificity disqualifies this term instantly these days. This term may…
The book of Genesis provides a unique opportunity to see a family system in operation over several generations. The story of Jacob’s family covers Genesis 25: 19–35:29, and is a…
“Children obey your parents…. Honour your father and mother” (Ephesians 6:1–2). It is such a simple instruction in such a complicated world. We know what it means, and we would…
WOMEN AND MEN: GENDER IN THE CHURCH Carol Penner, ed. Waterloo, Ont.: Herald Press, 1998. Paper, 152 pp. $14.25. Carol Penner of Vineland, Ont., edits this work of 16 evangelical…
There once was a little girl. She lived in a regular-looking home, in a regular-looking neighbourhood, in a regular-looking suburb. She looked like the other little girls in her neighbourhood.…