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Praying In The Valley
We lament because we believe in God passionately
By David Funk
Psalm 88 is terrible. It is the one psalm that has no ingredient of resolution, no praise, not even a commitment to praise in the future. The poet ends his prayer by stating:
“I have been afflicted and dying from my youth on;
I have suffered your terrors; I am desperate.
Your...
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Resources On Mental Illness
ADNet offers resources on mental illness
Mennonite Brethren congregations and individuals looking for resources on mental illness can explore Anabaptist Disabilities Network (ADNet), an inter-Mennonite organization whose mission is to encourage families and equip the church to include persons with disabilities fully in the life of the congregation and community. Disabilities are defined broadly to...
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Do You Hear What I Hear?
by Tim Geddert
Take a closer look at Luke 2 and find new meaning to old traditions
Traditions become important at Christmas. We sing traditional Christmas songs. We enjoy family traditions we have inherited from our childhood or developed in our own families. And we retell the old, old Christmas story that never changes. We read the story, perhaps recite it...
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Christmas On Purpose?
Readers' suggestions on keeping Christ the focus of Christmas
Most of the time we want to avoid accidents. I don’t mean traffic accidents—although we try to steer clear of those. I’m thinking about the way things happen when we don’t plan and just leave things to chance. Too many times a lack of planning or deliberate intent has a bad...
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Hamburgers, french fries and the last silent night
A daughter’s reflections on the last Christmas with her mother
Dear Mom,
It’s been years since we spent our last Christmas together before you died. Everyone converged at my sister Jane’s to celebrate Christmas Eve 1994 in the way that had been our ritual for decades. The table was laden with hamburgers and french fries.
That tradition, as strange at...
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