Thank you, God, for everything that is true and good:for true love, and good friendships,for true stories, and all who tell them,for the good earth,
Almighty God, we need your presence in our land during this election time. Guide the candidates to campaign fairly and present their viewpoints honestly. Guide
Thank you, God, for the changes that fall brings:the sun sleeping in a bit longer each morning,the cooler temperatures, the quiet dark evenings.As peaches disappear
This summer we are hearing sermons about parables. Some parables are easy to understand, some are hard. Some are popular, and some are not very
There are good years and bad years,and then there are years from hell.Hear our prayer, O God, for all who suffer.You hear the anguished cries,you
Thank you, God, for teacherswhose work this pandemic yearhas made such a differencein the lives of students and their families.For the way they showed care
Today I am talking about swearing and taking oaths, and how that relates to us as Christians, and more particularly as Mennonites. The verbs “to
Maybe it wasn’t the colourful coat that tipped the balance on the day Joseph was sold into Egypt.Maybe it wasn’t because he was a tattle
Nobody sees Hagar. She is the slave girl, stolen from her home in Egypt, or born into slavery, we don’t know which. We don’t know
I am a Mennonite pastor currently teaching theology at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. I’ve served congregations in Ontario and most recently, Alberta.
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