Transformed | Inspired | Called

Our Safest Place

- by Herb Sawatzky

Eugene Peterson writes that it is an incredibly difficult thing to calm oneself. It takes a Herculean effort to calm ourselves down. We know that we need to take deep breathes when we are caught up in the middle of it, we tell our kids and our loved ones to do exactly this, and yet when it is our own turn to try and climb up out of the muddle of distress and anguish, we are reminded how immensely difficult it is to stop and take a breath, to slow down our own breathing and calm ourselves down. We know how hard it is to quiet our own souls.

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional

But are they really Anabaptist?

“But are they really Anabaptists?” This is a question I hear regularly. The “they” in the sentence varies depending on who is asking the question. Asking the awkward questions of ourselves and of others, probing the history, reading the Bible, observing culture, arguing about which beliefs and practices are essential—these all help us discern the Anabaptist family resemblance. This only happens as we engage each other as equals and as we genuinely encounter and honor our shared participation in Jesus Christ.  

Reflection from a Pastors' Canoe Trip

It was a privilege to spend several days resting in the wilderness with five fellow pastors and ministry leaders on a canoe trip centered on spiritual solitude at Massasauga Provincial Park, Spider Lake. Sharing this journey with Mark Diller Harder (our trip leader from St. Jacobs Mennonite Church), Norm Dyck (Crosshill Mennonite Church), Fanosie Legesse (Intercultural Minister), Brian Quan (Toronto Chinese Mennonite Church), and Daniel Tela (Shalom Worship and Healing Center) made the experience especially meaningful.