As I sat in the chair by his bed the patient that I was caring for repeated over and over again, “I’m just a loser. That’s all there is to it, no matter what I try or what I do, I always make a mess of things.”
What is Jesus doing here? Well you might say that He is training and preparing His disciples for their future ministry.
During my years as a student at the Burwalde School, located between Winkler, Morden and Carman, the Burwalde School District was my primary community.
Did you know that probiotics outnumber our human cells 10:1? The term “probiotic” refers to living microorganisms (i.e. beneficial bacteria) that reside along our digestive tract and provide a health benefit when taken at sufficient doses.
The Manitoba Legislature will end its session on Tuesday March 15th and sometime between then and March 22nd a provincial election will begin with Election Day being April 19th.
This is the first in a series of articles prepared by Gary Martens focusing on the individual lifestyle of people who have chosen not to live conventionally and are seeking to make a difference.
It is common in our modern context to equate judgment with condemnation. It is deeply engrained in our sense of justice that sin must be punished; that the divine ledger must in the end be balanced.
Seven years at Mennonite Heritage Village have helped me understand what a significant “community centre” this museum is.
Women today lead busy lives and seldom have time to take care of themselves. They always seem to put others needs before their own.
It’s only a matter of days now until the provincial election kicks off and yet the NDP’s dysfunction as a government is on full display in the Manitoba Legislature.
