Detoxing in Nature

I have two days left in Manitoba before I head for Philadelphia for meetings and for an orientation. I’m co-leading a Youth Venture trip to Israel/Palestine in July and we’ll be doing the group orientation in Philly for one and half days. I’m really looking forward to meeting the group participants and hearing their stories, [...]

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A piece from my old blog

Playing our part in the global symphony of faith
Taken from Canadian Mennonite, Volume 11, No. 09, April 30, 2007 http://www.canadianmennonite.org/vol11-2007/11-09/upclose.php
-Tanzania

On a recent trip back to Tanzania, Hinke  reunited with her childhood friend, Amina, and got to hold Amina’s daughter.

 

“Aaaiii, Hinke!” yelled Amina as she bounded out to hug my brother and me during a [...]

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Deep Calls to Deep

Some weeks ago I went to a Steve Bell concert. His lyrics are basically scriptural and it is the way that he combines this with his musical style (folk?) that is so compelling. I’ve been listening to his music a lot lately. While in India in some sort of monastery somewhere he heard the “Deep [...]

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Maybe you’re asking the wrong question

The following is what I presented this past weekend at the Believers Church Conference (Believers Church includes Baptists, Penticostals, Mennonites, Brethren, etc…adult baptizers). I was the the young adult representative on a panel discussing mission and evangelism in light of denominationalism and congregationalism in the Believers church in our time. My answer is based on [...]

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Airport induced rambling

I just recently returned from a 10 day vacation in Florida with my aunt and uncle. It was a wonderful time filled with socializing, basking in the sun, swimming, biking, and generally being lazy. I managed to read 7 books in that time and realized how much I missed the mental energy to read. For [...]

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