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“As a believer, and an image bearer of God,” Nita says, “my goal in my imaginings is that the life-giving nature, the truth and beauty of God would be made manifest in my work.” Nita’s imagination expresses itself through stained glass.
I am rarely guided by God in decisions the way others report being directed. God never told me to become a pastor, marry my spouse, or go to school. God certainly never told me to live in Winnipeg. God is rarely my spiritual GPS.
♪ “God is omnipotent. All-powerful, mighty and strong. Unstoppable all the day long.” I listened on repeat during the 20-minute drive, the truth forming a firm foundation for me to place my disordered thoughts. The day was hard, but God’s competent control and care over all things was firmly secure.
What does spiritual oppression look like, both to Canadians and to missionaries working in other cultures? What are extra challenges for workers living far from their home church and family? These are the questions Gerald Reimer tackles.
Jesus is God-with-us, but though that was physically true when he walked on earth, it can be hard to see now. Asham shows both how vital God-with-us is in our lives, but where we should expect to see him particularly.
In chapter 45 of her life, Jodie tells of learning new ways to serve her church. She talks about saying a new and scary “yes” to the Lord—and how rewarding her new roles were as she led and taught in youth ministry.
In 2022, Kathleen Grift went back to college to fulfill her lifelong dream of becoming a nurse. “I excelled,” Kathleen says, but “began tripping frequently and struggled to carry my backpack of textbooks. The diagnosis arrived at the end of the second semester. ALS! How could it be? I was 49 years old.”
♪ Writing about the appeal of progressive Christianity is a daunting task. Those labelled as progressive Christians have been seen as those on their way out of the Christian faith, those who don’t hold to the authority of Scripture, and the legitimacy of their faith is sometimes questioned by those within evangelical circles.
♪ Managing Editor Erica Fehr writes her last editor’s note with observations about the EMC.
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The Steinbach Bible College (SBC) board asked the faculty to review our college’s 1966 Statement of Faith and rewrite the wording based on what our four supporting conferences saw as the core of our testimony together.
On the evening of the 50th anniversary celebration of Radio ZP-30, La Voz del Chaco Paraguayo, in Filadelfia, Paraguay, an older lady, a regular listener, travelled from near the Argentine border, to present the station’s director Egon Doerksen with a personal gift of honey.
Under a cloudless sky with not a whisper of a wind, on the morning of June 12, 2025, 132 ambitious men and women, ranging in age from teens to eighties, gathered at the Fly-in Golf Course in Steinbach, Man., to rally together and support a common goal. Nearly a month later and over 2,000 kms to the northwest, under heavily clouded skies and fierce winds, 65 different individuals gathered together at the La Crete Golf Course to support the same goal.
