Tag: Faith story

  • Seeking God in a ‘thin place’

    Seeking God in a ‘thin place’

    I grew up attending a relatively small Mennonite church—Foothills Mennonite in Calgary—with my family. My family was fairly involved in my church, and I grew up with a typical Mennonite faith. However, as I got older my church experience began to shift. Our pastoral team underwent many changes, and because our congregation was fairly small,…

  • Running toward Jesus

    Running toward Jesus

    My faith story is one of conversion. I was not simmered in the faith like many people, nor did I have a lightning bolt experience where I remember the exact day and time I came to faith. My dad was a Catholic conservative from Cape Breton Island and my mom was a Protestant socialist from…

  • Tim Khoo’s experience at Grebel leads to baptism

    Tim Khoo’s experience at Grebel leads to baptism

    When Timothy Khoo was choosing a university, he looked for something that stood out. “I kept hearing about this Mennonite residence from my family and church community, and it piqued my interest,” he said. Khoo is now a second-year Honours Physics student at the University of Waterloo and a returning upper-year student at Conrad Grebel…

  • Offering the gift of non-judgmental listening

    Offering the gift of non-judgmental listening

    Elaine Presnell has presided at around 600 funerals. That’s a number most pastors won’t achieve in a lifetime. But Presnell isn’t an ordinary pastor. For more than 10 years, she has worked for Mourning Glory Funeral Services in Saskatoon as a funeral officiant. Previously, she spent 16 years as a psychiatric nurse at Saskatoon’s Regional…