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Lent and Mennonites?

By Menno-Lite Why Lent? The answer appears to be obviously simple. The spread of ecumenical yeast seems to have spread through the whole lump of Mennonite dough.—Menno-Lite Once again the Mennonite Brethren are promoting their new ancient tradition of Lent….

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Contemplative Spiritual Formation in Mennonite Sunday School Curriculum

By Menno-Lite Blog The September issue of the Mennonite Brethren Herald[1] is promoting a long awaited new curriculum for children from age 3 to grade 8. Shine has been in the works for three years, and is now available and…

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Book and Mennonite Retreat Center In Canada Lead People into Contemplative Spirituality

LTRP Note: After one of our readers notified us today about the Mark Centre in Canada (affiliated with the Mennonite Brethren), we saw the need to post the following book review about a  book written by the directors of the Mark Centre, Steve and…

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Mennonite Brethren Youth Hear Emerging Author Shane Claiborne

From Menno-Lite All five U.S. MB conferences were represented at this year’s Mennonite Brethren youth convention in San Antonio, Texas, where dwindling attendance was blamed on the economy, concerns about Claiborne and declining denominational loyalty. The total number of attendees…

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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…

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Mennonite Blog Follows and Reports on Mennonite Brethren’s Slide into Contemplative

LTRP Note: The following article intro is from Menno-Lite, a blog that is faithfully  reporting on the Mennonite Brethren’s slide into the contemplative camp. “Is the Mennonite Brethren Conference Knowingly Condoning Ecumencial Inter-spiritual Practices?” by Menno-lite Recently, the MB Herald…

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