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Category: Stories about Hope and Peace

CS Lewis on Writing: A personal letter to a child asking for writing advice.

This was originally posted here My boys and I just finished reading the Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis’s writing is so clear even though his english is from a different era. My wife and I laugh about how the english in the books have effected our boys over the last 4…

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The Reasons Mennonite World Conference 2016 Excited Me

This was a vlog I made from the trip: Sixty-six nations gathering in the same place to celebrate their unity and diversity excites me! (66 is how many were there in 2003.) Does that excited you? Between July 19th – 26th the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) will gather in Pennsylvania…

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My Favorite Soldier Turned his Back on War

After Canadian Remembrance Day on Nov 11th I remember the words of the soldier I respect the most: Christina‘s Opa. He fought for the germans as a patriot and later turned his back on violence and became a powerful advocate for peace through Mennonite Central Committee. He always quoted Amerian General…

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