My Life as a Single Person
Life stories can be told in many ways. Come with me for a bit. I’ll take you through the chapters of my life, starting with my childhood.
Singleness: Finding Wholeness in the Midst of Disappointment and Loss
I grew up as a missionary kid in Pakistan. We had a jungle gym in our backyard and, very often, my sister and I would sit on the swings and play a game in which we would imagine we were grown up and living out the most ideal life we could think of: we were missionaries in the Peruvian jungle, with about 10 kids each. We homeschooled our kids and were, of course, the perfect missionary families.
The Land Where Your Dead are Buried
I remember the first time meeting the post-secondary student advisor from my home reserve of Fisher River Cree Nation, I had never met anyone from here before and I was nervous.
Living on the Word of God Alone
Have you ever seen a vehicle where the dash in front of the driver is full of papers or books? It has scraps of notes, receipts, work sheets from a project or any other such thing cluttering up the top of the dash.
Church Renewal: Can These Bones Live?
It started with a Bible study. Young families sensed God moving in revival. The good news of salvation in Jesus transformed their lives. Bible studies formed to discover the meaning of new life in Christ. Still, their church remained traditional and legalistic.
Swords Into Plowshares
He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore (Micah 4:3; Isaiah 2:4).
Hospitality: Listening and Loving in the Middle of Our Messy Lives
As we continue to search for ways to meet our deep longings for communion with God and others, let’s consider how the practice of hospitality might be just the thing we need as we ride out this pandemic.
‘EMC Needs to Look in its Back Yard’
I (Jennifer Kornelsen) visited with Elvira Cote one rainy day this spring. Elvira is from Cote First Nation in Saskatchewan and she lives in Winnipeg.
Caregivers Need Care Too!
The COVID-19 pandemic has been with us over a year. Since it began, we have been living under a constant diet of change with an overriding emotion of fear. Provincial and federal governments have mandated restrictions in hope of containing the virus, affecting every sector of society.
From Languishing to Looking Toward the Eternal
Looking back at March 2020, the coming pandemic had just shut things down in Manitoba, as in many other places. All of us were grappling with our new reality—loss of work or working remotely, virtual schooling, online church, physical contact with very limited individuals, a relentless news cycle and the accompanying anxiety.
Mental Health in the Church: What is currently happening and what can we do?
“I can’t quite explain how distressing it was to have to go through the process of discovering I had mental illness while walking alongside well-meaning but ignorant people.”
Learning to Receive
The familiar ding rang out from my computer notifying me of a new email. I went to check it and discovered an email money transfer, sent at an unexpected time from a very unexpected source.
From Generation to Generation
One of the few books that is a family heritage in our Konkel family is entitled The Descendants of OHM Abraham Wiebe 1831–1991.
Mentoring and Moose Hunting: Why Relationships Matter
“We can go here because somebody has gone here before.” These were the words from my Cree friend and mentor as we made our way into the woods of northern Saskatchewan in search of moose.
The Significance of Names
Knowing the name of something helps us to appreciate it more. Learning the name of a plant or animal or star increases our curiosity about it and leads to further discoveries about God’s creation.
Journeying to Justice, For the Love of Creation
The ice-covered branches of the lilac trees outside my window look like shimmering glass against the vibrant blue sky.
Creation Care: A Biblical Mandate
At the beginning of this third millennium, humanity confronts serious ecological problems that threaten human life and all of creation.
God Camps With His People
Why should I care for the environment? We know it’s probably the right thing to do, but what’s a Christ-centred perspective?
Same-Sex Sex and Romans 1
Despite the fact that Paul only addressed same-sex sex indirectly in Romans 1, his words should continue to play a magisterial role in shaping our Christian sexual ethic…