Last year I was invited to serve as a spiritual formation mentor for a student entering a Doctor of Ministry program. What?? My husband had been a mentor as part of our congregation’s mentoring program that paired youth with adults. Business and other organizations sometimes have formal mentoring programs to support and nurture new employees. But the expression spiritual … [Read more...] about Are you ready to be a spiritual formation mentor?
Leadership
Good leadership encourages us to reach higher to achieve greater things.
Carson Pue: Characteristics of a good leader
Dr. Carson Pue has been investing in Greater Vancouver leaders and many others for 33 years now. He was inspired by Billy Graham’s brother-in-law, Leighton Ford, to commit his life to making a difference in the lives of leaders. The result has been seen through Arrow Leadership, and how it has refined the mission and ministry of over 1,200 leaders. Pue notes: “Leadership … [Read more...] about Carson Pue: Characteristics of a good leader
Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, shaper of the Anglican Way
If you have ever been to a wedding service, you can thank Archbishop Thomas Cranmer for his contribution of the words: ‘to love and to cherish.’ Cranmer beautifully translated from the Latin Sarum rite these now familiar vows: “to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness, and in health, to love and to cherish, till … [Read more...] about Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, shaper of the Anglican Way
Martin Luther: Here I stand
In 1934, Hitler tragically became the German Fuhrer. That same year, Mr. King, a black preacher from the United States, visited the places of the Reformation in Germany. He was so impressed that he changed his name and that of his eldest son Michael, to Martin Luther. His son Martin Luther King Jr. is famous for having an anti-racist dream of civil rights for all. In … [Read more...] about Martin Luther: Here I stand
Menno Simons, Father of the Mennonites
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