среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Called and sent . . . and other stories

Adapted from a sermon preached at Altona Bergthaler Mennonite, Man., in 2006. She is currently on assignment with Mennonite Church Canada Witness in Israel/Palestine and is one of Canadian Mennonite's five bloggers.

My stories mainly corne from Africa, as I spent 13 years of my childhood in Kenya and Tanzania, and then worked in relief and development in Mozambique for six months before coming to work for Mennonite Church Canada.

In southwestern Mozambique, visitors to a congregation will open by introducing themselves with a hymn or other Christian song. Such a practice has an interesting effect. It places the focus of the introduction on what is held in common: the glory …

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