In the early 1980’s, while I was attending college in Canada, a national debate was raging about the newly written constitution. The debate over the partially written Bill of Rights was intense. People were debating what should and should not be included. Some felt that the American Bill of Rights was the template to follow, [...]
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Rights and Responsibilities
Posted: March 29, 2010 by Glenn in canada, Canadian Bill of Rights, responsibilities, rights0
A few weeks ago, my pastor made an interesting statement, “An obstacle is what the eye sees when it is distracted from the goal.” The more I have thought about this, the more I believe the statement to be true – especially for those of us who call ourselves Christians. But how can we know [...]
This year, a colleague and I have been asked to lead an urban ministry study project for Mennonite Church USA. So far we have visited folks in Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles. It has been a privilege to listen to these leaders share about the joys and frustrations of urban ministry. Last week I [...]
I was back at Gunther Toody’s again this week. One of the men in around the table is a former pastor who no longer believes in God. This week he began to share about his journey from faith to rejection of God. It was not easy to listen to his story. He was the senior [...]
