Late in the third century, a novel and dangerous idea established a foothold in orthodox Christianity. It was the notion that the ideal Christian life was best lived away from …
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Biblicism applied After a couple of decades of exposure to superpastors like Bill Hybels, Rob Bell, Rick Warren, and Mark Driscoll, I have had enough. If I never hear another …
In 1569, Dirk Willems was fleeing for his life across a frozen pond. Imprisoned for his faith, he had escaped custody, but a “thief-catcher” was hard on his heels. Dirk …
In 1993, British science minister William Waldegrave promised a bottle of champagne to anyone who could explain to him in one typewritten page what the Higgs boson was and why …
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A Mennonite Brethren by any other name
by James ToewsNames are miserable creatures. I speak from experience. With Toews (pronounced “tayvz”) as a surname, my clan and I spend considerable time explaining our personal disconnect between English phonetics and …
I chuckled to myself at the irony of it all – Hell’s Angels tying teddy bears to the handlebars of their bikes, and, in a grand display of magnanimity, delivering …
For a couple years it was just a fascinating gadget that did amazing things. It can store thousands of songs, pictures, and even a few movies (if you want to …
There are some people who say their battle with cancer is a gift from God. I’m not there yet – although having walked beside others who have gone down this …
As one of the prophets of postmodernism, Yeats wasn’t writing about the state of the MB conference in Canada in 2008, but his commentary should resonate with us. We along …
Who are we? We are a people, but we no longer know what that means. Somewhere in modernity, a basic human concept has been lost. Words are regularly lost and …
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Don’t squint – use the proper lenses
by James ToewsOn a shelf above my desk sits a relic of a bygone era. It is The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). There was a time when the …
Part II in the series exploring MB identity Who are the Mennonite Brethren? There was a time when the question was mostly rhetorical, part of the formal and informal catechisms …
“The church is a Hummer.” That metaphor is somehow missing among the many New Testament pictures of the church. We know it is a body, a fortress, a bride, an …
I recently took a tour of several Mennonite organizations’ annual general meetings. First, the Canadian MB Conference, then Mennonite Economic Development Association (MEDA), and finally Mennonite Central Committee (MCCBC). My …
I needed to hear from God. Life was at one of those crossroads that definitely called for His voice. I was running up against a wall of weariness, exasperation and …