Tag: menno-lite

The Stillness and Lectio Divina at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary?

By Menno-lite The seminary for the Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches is there to equip and educate future pastors, leaders, missionaries, counsellors and teachers for ministry within the Mennonite Brethren constituency. This fall, one of the courses offered by…

Continue Reading The Stillness and Lectio Divina at Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary?

Audio Divina and Mennonites

By Menno-lite Mary T Rankin is a spiritual director and retreat leader who currently co-directs Stillpoint at Beckside (www.stillpointatbeckside.com), an ecumenical spiritual retreat center in Bellingham, WA. where those seeking to experience the Mystery of God can spend time walking…

Continue Reading Audio Divina and Mennonites

Mennonites and Sustainable Development

by Menno-Lite Are the Mennonites falling for Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development? It appears so… “Ministry Advantage offered me a variety of resources to help create sustainability in order to advance God’s kingdom…” -pastor Philip Vallelly, Winkler MB Church [MB…

Continue Reading Mennonites and Sustainable Development

Mennonites and World Peace

by Menno-lite This June, the Canadian School of Peacebuilding will be taking place at Canadian Mennonite University. The goal? “We want to create a space where people from different backgrounds and perspectives can connect in positive and respectful ways,” said…

Continue Reading Mennonites and World Peace

Disappointment in the MB Herald – Mennonites Going Contemplative

by Menno-Lite In the April 2011 issue of the MB Herald is an article called Disappointment in prayer? which is a conversation that recently took place at an MB church about unanswered prayer. The article begins… In spring 2010, Highland…

Continue Reading Disappointment in the MB Herald – Mennonites Going Contemplative

On Rob Bell, Hell, and Mennonites

by Menno-Lite A newly released book called Love Wins by Rob Bell is (supposedly) causing a huge controversy in Christendom. The issue is over the doctrine of hell, which the emergent Bell hasn’t been very clear about in certain interviews…

Continue Reading On Rob Bell, Hell, and Mennonites