The end of June has always been a time of milestones and new beginnings, when the school year comes to a close and students get ready for their summer break.
The back to the land movement has always been an interest of mine. My grandparents, like many others in their generation, grew up rural, but even in their later years, in a semi urban setting, continued with large gardens and some livestock.
Have you ever had life throw you a curve ball? As you know, I have, a time or two, and am in the midst of another one.
Perspective makes a lot of difference; working in a personal care home I see this a lot. In the course of a week, I sat with a number of residents who shared, unsolicited, their perspective on living in a personal care home.
Why should we conserve in a time of prosperity? Really? Try to answer that question as though a child had asked it. Is it really necessary to conserve something that for now seems to be plentiful?
While the use of mushrooms for medicine may seem esoteric here in North America, many countries, including Japan, China, Korea, and Russia, rely on mushroom-derived medicines.
Every year we are fortunate to be able to celebrate the great privilege we have to live in the country of Canada.
As you might have heard, we opened our new exhibit, Beyond Tradition: The Lives of Mennonite Women, on Monday, June 13th in the Gerhard Ens Gallery.
Life has its ups and downs. Every person we know, or have ever known, and will ever know, has had to face tough issues.
In most evangelical circles, the writings of Paul comprise the core of the Gospel. It is thought that in his theological reflections Paul brought us the true theological and practical meaning and implications of how the death of Christ saves us from damnation.
