♪Inspiring practices of faith based on the first commandment are mainstream in our discipleship process, but inspiring practices of faith that focus on the second command can be a little tricky.

♪An infinitely happy God is good news to a world in pain. God has no baggage. Nothing triggers him. He is always in the best imaginable space to hear our prayers and enter our pain.

♪Do you remember learning about “above,” “beyond,” “in,” “of,” and the other approximately 150 prepositions that belong in the English language?

To graduate from Steinbach Bible College is already a high honour, but when it was announced that I was SBC’s 2000th graduate, it left me speechless. SBC has been training servant leaders for almost 90 years, and I have the honour of being the 2000th graduate that SBC is sending back out into the community to love Jesus, serve the church, and engage the world.

I mused that if Mennonites are a small toe [in the body of Christ], maybe the EMC are just one hair on that little toe!

The Messenger receives a first, second and third place win for the Canadian Christian Communicators Association awards for work published in 2024.

So much to celebrate in Roseisle: Ordination for Pastor Fernando, a growing Sunday school program and everything God is doing in our midst!

The distance between Region 1 churches has always been a challenge. Recently we have met somewhat centrally in the Best Western Plus in the beautiful “Gateway to the Rockies” town of Hinton, Alta.

A year ago in April, fear was lurking in Achokia. As OGC’s Civil War raged into its fourth year, disturbing news was filtering up to the remote mountaintops of Achokia.

Breaking a cycle of revenge through training and example, these church planting teams are multiplying in East Africa.

A five-person work team from Canada together with national workers experienced with brick construction worked on a church ministry building despite the language barrier.

I grew up with Bible camp songs, VBS crafts, and youth group nights filled with laughter, learning, and late-night snacks but in Peru, children’s ministry is still emerging.