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Celeste Kennel-Shank

Finding God’s presence within the decay

More than a few people are surprised that I genuinely love working with compost. Sure, it smells bad sometimes and is occasionally slimy when it

Celeste Kennel-Shank

August 17, 2015

A less popular faith

The largest religious groups in the United States received some difficult news in a recent survey. Mainline Protestant, Catholic and evangelical Christians all dropped in

Celeste Kennel-Shank

July 6, 2015

Challenges of a new home

My husband and I recently moved into the home we purchased a few months ago. We can envision living here for decades. Once all of

Celeste Kennel-Shank

May 25, 2015

Our stuff tells our story

Ah, stuff. There’s nothing quite like moving a household to spark thoughts on what it means in our culture and our tradition to have possessions

Celeste Kennel-Shank

April 13, 2015

Ordained to be reverent

Culminating two years of being a licensed minister, and following eight years of seeing an inkling of a calling to pastoral ministry grow into a

Celeste Kennel-Shank

March 2, 2015

A faithful leader engages creation care

In recent months, I’ve had the opportunity to get to know Brian Sauder, a fellow credentialed Mennonite minister. Last year he became executive director of

Celeste Kennel-Shank

January 19, 2015

Jury duty

As the judge began her address to the panel of jurors, she said that to serve on a jury is one of the highest civic

Celeste Kennel-Shank

December 8, 2014

Reducing infant deaths

Singing “Nothing is lost on the breath of God” in church on a recent Sunday, my mind called up the face and tiny body of

Celeste Kennel-Shank

October 27, 2014

Choosing smartly

I was a late adopter to having a cellphone. Even my grandfather owned one before I did. It was my last year of college when

Celeste Kennel-Shank

September 15, 2014

Friend of homeless?

A verse of Scripture has been haunting me. I hear it as an indictment of an aspect of my personal life. It was read and

Celeste Kennel-Shank

August 4, 2014

My ‘to don’t’ list

April Yamasaki, pastor of Emmanuel Mennonite Church in Abbotsford, B.C., gave me and other readers of her blog a great idea: an “I don’t do”

Celeste Kennel-Shank

June 23, 2014

Competing for a house

I’m not generally a competitive person. But the capacity for competitiveness is there and sometimes it comes out in surprising moments. Recently it happened when

Celeste Kennel-Shank

May 12, 2014

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