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Movie review: Calvary

After a slow start, 2014 is turning into the best year of the century for independent filmmaking, with film after film leaving me saying Wow!

Vic Thiessen

September 5, 2014

My foster parenting story

When my husband Gabe and I decided it was time to grow our family by trying to get pregnant, we had no idea what our

Bethany Bauman Baker

September 4, 2014

On bedtime prayers

I’ve recently started the practice of praying with my 1-year-old son before bed. We’ve had mealtime prayers going for a while now, usually in the

Susie Guenther Loewen

September 3, 2014

Willa Cather’s bishop on miracles, vision and love

Here is a stunning passage from Willa Cather's novel, Death Comes for the Archbishop: "Where there is great love there are always miracles," [the bishop]

Brian R. Gumm

September 2, 2014

Blessed are . . . those people?

As a middle class American girl growing up in rural Baptist churches, I learned that the Kingdom of God means heaven, and that heaven is

Paige Cordial

September 1, 2014

Jim Foley, IS and what I learned from being kidnapped

We sat on mats in a traditional sitting room in a remote village of northwestern Iraq. One of our captors guarded the door with his

Peggy Gish

August 29, 2014

More than three minutes

Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against

Richard Beck

August 28, 2014

Let’s revolutionize youth group mission trips

Jennifer Murch shared this post in response to yesterday's blog, "Why Short-Term Mission Trips Work." She wrote it while on assignment with Mennonite Central Committee

Jennifer Murch

August 27, 2014

Why short-term mission trips work, despite what you might have heard

Playing with orphan children, building homes and teaching summer Bible camps are all things that many teenagers and young adults hope to accomplish on short-term

Deborah-Ruth Ferber

August 26, 2014

Following — blogs and Jesus

The other day as I was clicking around online, I came across a blog written by a fellow Mennonite pastor. I liked what she had

Joanna Harader

August 25, 2014

Voices in the streets

This week I was glued to Twitter on more than one evening, watching the events in Ferguson, Mo., unfold in the wake of Mike Brown’s

Meghan Florian

August 22, 2014

His sorrow is splendor

A little girl in our community has died. Suddenly. Unexpectedly. Shatteringly. Nine years old, Christ have mercy. And this is the part where those who

Ryan Dueck

August 21, 2014

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