In my recent reading of Marcus Peter Rempel’s book, Life at the End of Us vs. Them (2017), I found some help in understanding the story of capitalism, especially the fact that capitalism seems to have flourished best in those parts of the world influenced by Christianity.
Think of your favourite things. Excluding people or places, like your favourite café or park, think about the objects that fill the spaces in which you live and make a list of your top ten.
Last week our government announced the launch of a new commission on Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) education including the names of the nine commissioners who will lead this important work.
It’s a funny thing. People will spend thousands of dollars on upgrading their kitchen with new cupboards, fancy granite countertops, Italian taps, lighting, hardwood floors etc etc.
Probably the most famous parenting proverb from the Bible is found in Proverbs 22:6 (NIV) “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.” Did you know this is how the Navy Seals train as well?
The Bible says, “That all who call on the name of the Lord will be saved”. However, there is a process involved in bringing the grace of God to a human life.
There are a number of workers who are on standby at any given moment ready to assist when needed. This is particularly true in the deep cold of winter.
These three words have at least three things in common at Mennonite Heritage Village. They are all old farm implements in our machinery collection.
Every ten years the electoral boundaries of Manitoba constituencies need to be reviewed to ensure each of the 57 constituencies have, with some variation allowed, approximately equal number of Manitobans living within them.
We built our straw bale house 10 years ago. While living in Winnipeg, I came across a book on straw bale construction at our local library.
