April 15, 2020 This story was written in February 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic became a worldwide threat. As of April 2020, Minear Mak is still serving in her YAMEN …
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“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases” (Psalm 103:2–3, ESV). Psalm 103 is David’s expression …
Earthquake. Famine. Flooding. The headlines catch attention, and people respond with prayers and donations to emergency appeals. A few days later, the reporting stops and the event fades from memory. …
“Instead, you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your Christian hope, always be ready to explain it” (1 Peter 3:15, NLT). The June …
When we’re young, we’re often identified in relation to our parents (“so-and-so’s kid”). At some point, our parents become known by us (“so-and-so’s mom/dad”). Throughout our life, we take on …
It was already dark when we turned off the main road onto a bumpy track through the forest. A delegation of the Mennonite World Conference Deacons Commission was visiting brothers …
Have you ever made a decision when you were for the idea and the other person was against it? Or, been on a board when a vote went five in …
“The earth is the LORD’s and all that is in it, the world, and those who live in it; for he has founded it on the seas, and established it …
In a region of Ukraine that thousands of Mennonites left generations ago, two dozen of today’s Mennonite leaders from across Europe gathered for three days of fellowship in October 2018. …
God’s People in Mission: An Anabaptist Perspective Stanley W. Green and Rafael Zaracho Reviewed by D. Berg What is the subject? The 10 chapters of God’s People in Mission expound …
From a boat on the Sea of Galilee, a fisherman demonstrates the ancient art of casting a circular net. Weights along the outer edge sink rapidly, pulling the web around …
“Our global value of peacemaking is expressed in the Declaration of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples,” says Mennonite World Conference general secretary César García. “How a church in South Korea or …
“And all in the crowd were trying to touch him, for power came out from him and healed all of them” (Luke 6:19). Power – this was the characteristic that made Jesus someone special; power that was …