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
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.
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
The Janz Team: Canadian missionaries to Germany
Who would have imagined that God would use pacifist Canadian Mennonites to bring revival in Germany? The Janz Brothers, who lived on a Saskatchewan farm, began as Country & Western singers. Hildor, together with his brothers Leo and Adolph, and Adolph’s brother-in-law Cornelius Enns, formed the Janz Quartet in 1946. They had a passion to serve God through singing, and to … [Read more...] about The Janz Team: Canadian missionaries to Germany
Hans Bruns, Revival and Evangelism leader
Most of us know about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. But who has heard about Hans Bruns who also impacted Germany with the good news of Jesus’ forgiveness and transformation? Hans Bruns’ father and mother were Pastor Bernhard Johannes Bruns and Bernhardine, née Müntinga. His mother died in 1895 when he was just a baby. After graduating from high school in Stade in 1914, … [Read more...] about Hans Bruns, Revival and Evangelism leader