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1. When mental illness arrives in the pews

   ... impulsively or destructively. In the church, we often have a no-nonsense approach to undesirable or sinful behaviour: We tell the person to ...

   pwadmin - 03/12/2020 - 15:49

2. Latin American Church Leaders Seek Hope, Shared Identity

   Español Français César García (standing) is explaining how MWC is organized, and responding to questions of those present. He also shared with them about the preparations for the next Global Assembly. Photo by...

   pwadmin - 01/28/2020 - 14:08

3. Resisting North American “Magic Kingdom” Worship

   ... between the Magic and Tragic kingdoms. As Christ-followers, no matter where we find ourselves geographically, politically, culturally or ... together, for example, is a common expression of our unity, no matter what the cultural differences.   Christian unity is also ...

   pwadmin - 12/22/2020 - 10:34

4. It Takes a (Global) Village: Being the people God wants us to be

   ... I am fascinated by words that exist in one language and have no direct translation into another language. In Sesotho I learned that there is ... part that heals badly after a break or a wound – we have no such word in English. And in Spanish and French there is the lovely word ...

   pwadmin - 01/28/2020 - 13:07

5. The church must be about holistic mission

   ... (1 Peter 3:15, NIV). And as I ponder on that advice, I find no better answer than taking a fresh look at what Jesus, the founder of the ... the root word “??????ov” by the word “message” . No matter how we translate this, we should always remember  that not only is ...

   pwadmin - 01/27/2020 - 17:48

6. A ministry of inclusive hospitality

   ... the church. The concept of inclusive hospitality expanded. No one was excluded and there was always a place for the stranger, the ... gratifying to be a historic, Anabaptist peace church where no refugee will protest to God for being denied entry, and like Job we can say, ...

   pwadmin - 01/27/2020 - 17:28

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