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A fervent prayer for church restoration and repair

While Mennonite Church USA is widely recognized as a "peace church," we Mennonites seem to be far better at severing ties with each other than

Harvey Yoder

May 1, 2015

22 time-tested ways to love your pastor

Thriving in ministry doesn’t depend solely on what any one pastor does or doesn’t do. Congregations play a critical role. I know that my church has

April Yamasaki

April 30, 2015

The church and measurable goals

One of the ways ministries fund themselves is through writing grants. The process of writing these requests can be helpful and clarifying. A typical grant

Glenn Balzer

April 29, 2015

The rise of the dones — done with church, that is

One of the fastest growing religious groups in Canada today is the nones. These are people who, when asked if they have a religious preference,

John Longhurst

April 28, 2015

The beginning of the end

We have, rather erroneously, developed this notion that the Christian life is supposed to be safe and easy. We desire comfort and we think that

Justin Hiebert

April 27, 2015

Are we training pastors for jobs that no longer exist?

It’s safe to say that the traditional expression of church has varied little in the Western world. This form worked well when the dominant culture

Spencer Burke

April 24, 2015

Where are you, church?

As our Canadian society becomes increasingly secular, I have been thinking that people have disregarded the church. However, this assumption has been challenged for me. This

Willard Metzger

April 23, 2015

Shame is part of love

Shame has fallen on hard times. Much of this is due to increasing concerns about the public shaming of people on social media. See the

Richard Beck

April 22, 2015

An open letter to the president for Earth Day

Dear President Obama, I hear that you’ll be coming to my neighborhood April 22 for Earth Day. Thank you so much for coming. If you want

Brian D. McLaren

April 21, 2015

The traveler

I saw him the moment I stepped outside my office, visible through the glass front doors — the man sitting beneath the church carport. He

Meghan Good

April 20, 2015

Knowing my identity for the sake of my kids

I have middle school-aged children now. My daughter has just finished her first year and my son will start in the fall. This baffles me,

Dena Douglas Hobbs

April 17, 2015

The test question for your church

We tend to measure the “success” of a church by numbers. I propose in A Fellowship of Differents another way of measuring whether or not

Scot McKnight

April 16, 2015

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