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 …
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 …
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. …