Two years ago, I was in Portugal with my wife. We had the privilege of being in the town of Tavira for Palm Sunday. This presented a new experience for us. They advertised a holy parade. It consisted of 10-12 … Read More
While I was in Thailand, Bob Davis told me a really interesting story about the pre-Changed Life Centre ministry of Phone Keo, church leader. He set up a “fraternity house” as it were for a cohort of students at the … Read More
I will be in India next week, paying a fraternal visit on behalf of ICOMB to our largest Mennonite Brethren conference. I look forward to having Bible studies with pastors in some of the villages. Together with others from MB … Read More
It’s exciting to see our movement making a contribution to God’s kingdom from all over. In this light, ICOMB works to facilitate global theological exchange. We need to hear from each other. We can foster vision, growth and maturity as … Read More
Saturday, January 26 Closing Presentations Views from the world: MCC, the Mennonite World Conference, ICOMB and MB Mission. The church around the world frequently suffers for the faith or is impoverished, whether financial or other resources. It was inspiring to … Read More
Friday January 25 A Long Day with a Lot of Input Roger Poppen made a case for “protective violence”. He worked on personal self-protection protection violence, community protection (police) and national defense (military). Del Gray presented his pathway where he … Read More
A short daily blog from the US Mennonite Brethren Study Conference – summaries of one or two main points that impacted me, and a comment or two. Leith Anderson – Speaker 1 It’s always helpful to review church history. On … Read More
In Europe last fall, I observed a development among our churches that got me asking: What binds us together? How do we know where our “home” is? Home is that settled place where we feel most comfortable. Our environment, our … Read More
One week ago 26 people lost their lives in Newtown, Connecticut. Shot down “in cold blood” as they say. It was particularly poignant, because 20 victims were children. My heart goes out to them. People in my circles knew one … Read More
This week’s blog is going to be an article in the Paraguay German Conference periodical. What is God Doing? I was hot and thirsty, and couldn’t catch my breath. I was climbing the Trail of Six Glaciers in the Canadian … Read More
Those who know me have learned how much I like words. Hence this blog title. I thought ‘fecundity’ – fertility, capacity – was pretty unique until Peter Stuckey from Colombia told me it’s a common Spanish term. This week I … Read More
I begin this blog with fear and trepidation. Mostly because there are knowledgable and faithful people in my faith family. Theologians. Pastors. Lay-folks who read and think a lot. Someone has said, “A closed mouth gathers no foot.” It would … Read More
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