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“How are we going to pay for all of this?” Naasir* asked himself about his bills. Naasir, his wife Rabeea*, and their two daughters are from Syria. They lived in a refugee camp before moving to a house in a village in Germany. They faced many challenges during these transitions,…

The First Nations Community Church in Winnipeg is small, our membership is approximately 30 people, and on a Sunday service we average about 60 attendees. I have been the pastor since 2006. When COVID-19 restrictions impacted our church, we turned to Facebook. Our first livestream service in March 2020 went…

In 1986 my wife and I left with another Canadian couple to the newly opened field of Guinea, West Africa. A particular focus of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) was placed on Guinea from 1985-1995. The country had been closed to new missionaries from 1967-1985 and had just re-opened…

What does it mean to take responsibility for something someone else did wrong? When John the Baptist “appeared” in the wilderness with a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, Judeans from the city and the country went out to participate (Mark 1:9). Jesus was among them. Have you…

A Prophetic Word (December 1983) From my perch in the little café on the town square, Piata Unirii, I watch people shuffle past clutching cheap burlap carry-bags, probably hoping to find bread in the shops. I was there as instructed on the itinerary I had memorized and then flushed down…

I went for a run on a nice spring day. An hour later I found myself in a place and situation I really did not want to be in. While on my run, I suddenly had a severe allergic reaction and within minutes I was on the ground in distress.…

In 1974 when we were living in Pleiku in the central highlands of Viet Nam, there were many attacks on the villages in the area, particularly between Pleiku and the Cambodian border. As a result, the South Vietnamese government began evacuating people from the villages under threat and moving them…

Envision began with the vision and purpose to identify, equip, and launch a new generation of Alliance leaders. Throughout COVID-19, our team was faced with the reality that a major shift was needed. We were no longer able to facilitate missional engagements or gather for our annual Summit in the…

The Berlin Wall was torn down, and the Soviet Union was opening up. Doug and I, married and both students at Canadian Theological Seminary, felt strongly that The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) should respond (we were both members and Doug’s dad had been an Alliance pastor). Dr. Arnold Cook,…

A few times every year, Prairie Alliance Church (PAC) takes a week, or month, and prays 24/7 for Jesus to open specific doors. One of those prayers was for reconciliation. The door hadn’t opened yet, but we were persistent with our knocking—praying together for over ten years. This persistence is…