A long way home
Walking along the bank of the Limmat River, Thioro Bananzoro ponders the challenges Anabaptists have turned into opportunities over the last five centuries.
Speaking of inheritance
Wills and estate planning are hot topics of conversation, and while it may seem like we hear about them a lot these days, it is certainly not new news, either in content or importance.
I am a multi-lane bridge
In the fall of 2010, congregations in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick expressed yearning for a stronger multi-lane bridge of connection with the wider church—namely Mennonite Church Canada and MC Eastern Canada. One year later, I am helping to build that bridge. The role of church engagement minister may be new, but bridge-building dates back…
Readers write
Mennonites need to engage politicians ‘creatively and critically’
For discussion
1. How does your congregation go about making important decisions? Do you use discernment language? How do you listen for the voice of God when you are wrestling with an issue? Who takes leadership in discernment? What is the relationship between discernment and decision-making? 2. Dave Rogalsky refers to the discernment process described in Acts…
Tips to get discernment right
Trust that God is with us throughout the discernment process no matter the decision. Figure out what the issue is. This is really important! We can spend a lot of time trying to discern something without knowing what the issue is. Find out if there are clear requirements to solving the issue, or if the…
Try a little discernment
Discernment is a common topic in our congregations these days. We discern a pastoral call, a building program, theology and biblical texts.
Discernment front and centre
“Discernment,” a word in vogue right now among church leaders and theologians, can seem abstract, almost pedantic, and elusive as an operative term for the person in the pew. We seem to use it a lot these days as we wend our way through issues that confront us as followers of Jesus in the 21st…
More MC Canada staff changes
Tim Froese, former executive director of Mennonite Church Canada’s International Ministries program, has assumed the position of executive secretary of Witness, filling the post vacated by Janet Plenert, who resigned on April 21. Froese’s former position has been phased out as part of MC Canada downsizing, and his responsibilities as Mission Partnership facilitator for Latin…
