Transformed | Inspired | Called

You Are the Salt of the Earth, O People

- by Annika Krause

Recently I was doing the children’s story at my church, and I was trying to explain why Jesus calls us to be the salt of the earth in Matthew 5:13. In the minds of most people salt is ordinary, basic, and boring. I mean, sure, salt makes foods taste better, and maybe in an indirect way Jesus is telling us our job is to make the world a more palatable place, but that doesn’t quite hit the mark.

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional

From Classroom to Congregation: How the Journey Program Strengthens Ministry in MCEC

When Maciel Arias Hernandez first began the Journey Program at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, she didn’t see it as a step toward personal achievement.  Instead, she understood it as an invitation to listen more closely for God’s calling.  It was an opportunity to deepen her theological understanding and strengthen her ability to help lead her congregation, Toronto Mennonite New Life Church.

“I love education,” Maciel says simply.  “When you learn something nice you want to share it with people you love.”

Eyes Open, Eyes Closed

- by Brent Musser

When I am with the gathered church, I often close my eyes during worship. I do it during prayers, but also during songs and during the sermon. I do it, I think, to help my concentration, to establish a connection with the divine, to listen carefully to a thread of thought I picked up in a song or in a message of good news.(1:21 NRSV)

Transformed. Inspired. Called: An MCEC Devotional