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“I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” – Elie Wiesel I’m sad. For the past 4 months, there has been an effort on the part of some people …
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As a spiritual discipline for Lent, I work up early to pray. It was horrible. It was beautiful. It was comical. And I think, somewhere deep inside, it changed me. I started off each prayer time with centering prayer. Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of …
I sent the following to everyone who emailed me, texted me, messaged me or commented on my blog… Thank you for your comments on my blog. I wasn’t exactly expecting to go “mini-viral” with it or to get so many comments and emails, so I’m sorry that you are getting a form letter instead of …
I am a pastor in Steinbach. Steinbach made headlines about Bill 18 recently. My letter to the editor of the Carillon was published. I was asked to be on CBC and CTV about that letter. This is my story. (As usual, internet conversations are often unhelpful. If you want to talk, I’ll pick up the …
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My son was born on February 28th at 8:20 pm. At that point, my wife had been having contractions for 36 hours, with a 12 hour break in the middle (long story). Because we weren’t expecting such a long labour (with a break in the middle), a bunch of our family had all gotten together …
Well, I did it. I joined the cacophony. I submitted the following to both the Carillon and the Free Press. My hope is that as we hold diverse opinions on diverse issues, that we can work together to create safe spaces, stop bullying, and work to keep kids alive. Sometimes internet comments and dialogues are …
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I think that many youth pastors don’t make the transition to being senior pastors for one of two reasons. The first reason is that they really love working with teenagers and youth ministry and the joys of retreats and mentoring kids and summer trips and gathering to share both food and lives every week in …
Through a variety of observations and conversations, I believe, we, as Mennonite Church Canada, have a lead pastor problem. When those love-able baby boomers ever decide to retire (at 67 now?), there are going to be a lot of churches looking for lead pastors. I know that our church conference pays people much smarter (and …
Something happened yesterday that may change the course of my life. And believe it or not, it happened at a church meeting. I was at a Spiritual Guidance meeting (a group from our church that sets the tone for the congregation, does long-term visioning, encourages spiritual growth, etc) last night. We were discussing the ever …
On Sunday, I kept a running tally in my head of what would get more comments: My mukluks or my sermon (on War and Old Testament). By the time the service started, the mukluks were ahead by a score of 4-1. However, the sermon finished strong and pulled through in the end, winning 12-6. Considering …
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