Dancing towards reconciliation
Jules Koostachin began her journey to dance in a jingle dress as an act of intergenerational healing, thinking that she would complete it in a year. Filmmaker James Buffin decided to follow her on this journey with his camera, he says, “entirely out of friendship.” Little did either of them know it would take six…
Unpacking seven myths about youth sports
We just dipped our toe into the world of youth sports by signing our seven-year-old son, Sam, up for a T-ball team. Last summer he discovered a love for baseball and loves playing in the backyard with his little sister and my husband. He even sleeps with his baseball glove, so joining a team seemed…
Spring 2016 List of Books & Resources
Theology, Spirituality Deuteronomy: Believers Church Bible Commentary. Gerald E. Gerbrandt. Herald Press, 2015, 600 pages. This is the 29th volume in the Believers Church Bible Commentary series. Deuteronomy, a collection of speeches by Moses that reflect on Israel’s past and future, explores the meaning of faithfulness. Each section of text has explanatory notes, comments about…
Take a look, it’s in a book…
When Katrina Sklepowich was assigned to write a weekly blog as part of her school work, focussing on literature was an obvious choice. “I love books and I’m always reading, so I thought I would have endless source material,” says Sklepowich, 26, who is finishing a diploma in creative communications, with a concentration in public…
Flipping on the pastor switch
Ask Amanda Zehr what her favourite Bible story is, and she points to John 9, where Jesus heals a blind man. “It really questions who the blind one is,” says Zehr, associate pastor at Listowel Mennonite Church in southwestern Ontario. “In the end, it was the spiritual leaders who were blind, not the actual blind…
