How many Mennonite or Mennonite heritage people do you know? In the Fraser Valley alone, there are at least 24 Mennonite Churches, led by over 100 pastors. Menno Simons has birthed a remarkable Mennonite movement of around 200,000 in Canada and over two million people in at least 86 countries. If you attend a church, like millions of Baptist, Pentecostal, … [Read more...] about Menno Simons, Father of the Mennonites
Rev. Dr. Ed & Janice Hird
Books by Rev. Dr. Ed & Janice Hird include God's Firestarters; Blue Sky, a novel; and For Better, For Worse: Discovering the keys to a Lasting Relationship. Dr Ed’s newest award-winning book The Elisha Code is co-authored with Rev. David Kitz. Earlier books by Dr. Ed include the award-winning Battle for the Soul of Canada, and Restoring Health: Body, Mind, & Spirit.
Adam Smith, father of compassionate economics
Many people nowadays have little idea how Adam Smith’s economic ideas have shaped their lives for good. Can a rediscovery of the real Adam Smith rescue our muddled Canadian economy? In 1776, Smith’s second book The Wealth of the Nations was so popular that he became known as the Father of Economics and the Father of Capitalism. For some people today, Capitalism has … [Read more...] about Adam Smith, father of compassionate economics
The Inescapable St. Valentine’s Day
My wife Janice and I will be celebrating our 47th Wedding Anniversary on May 21. Almost five decades later, I can say without reservation that I love her more deeply with each passing year. She daily captivates me with how amazing she is as a wife, mother, grandmother, and sibling. I struck the jackpot when I married her. Since she recovered from cancer three … [Read more...] about The Inescapable St. Valentine’s Day
Choosing Christ’s love in 2024
On a New Year’s Eve, the well-known author Michael Harper was sailing solo on Lake Taupo in New Zealand. Suddenly his boat capsized in a particularly violent squall about a mile offshore. Clinging to the side of the boat and unable to right it, Michael was rescued after an hour in the chilly glacial waters. He nearly died of hypothermia. When Michael recovered, he asked God … [Read more...] about Choosing Christ’s love in 2024
Dick & Susan Driedger and Foundations for Living
When a husband and wife like Dick and Susan Driedger are totally sold out to God, anything can happen, even at age 93. Dick, being of Mennonite heritage, was born and raised on a prairie farm with 14 other siblings. Their family was so poor that shoes were only worn on Sundays. Dick vowed that once he could afford shoes, he would never go barefoot again, even on a … [Read more...] about Dick & Susan Driedger and Foundations for Living