01855nas#a2200133ucc4500001000800000005001700008022001400025110006200039245005300101250001100154264001900165520151400184773002301698008242820260801081259.0  a0384-85151 aNorth American Mennonite Brethren schools and conferences  aDirectionbFire & AshesnVol. 53 No. 2 Fall 2024  a53,H.2 1aWinnipegc20241 aFrom the Editor: Fire & Ashes  Douglas B. Miller  124–125  Tribute to Vic Froese  Paul Doerksen  125–126  Why Church?  Ken Esau  127–140  Why MB?  Kristal Toews  141–153  Authority and Self-Spirituality Today  Sam Reimer  154–167  Disclosing God’s World: Calling, Discipleship, and Curation  Chris D. Clements  168–178  Caring for Creation in the Local Church: Where to Begin?  Rick Faw  179–186  Ministry Compass  A Renewed Passion for Evangelism to Revitalize the Church  Sharon Simpson  187–193  Book Reviews  Carmen Joy Imes,  Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters  Douglas Harink  194–195  Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer,  A Church Called Tov: Forming a Goodness Culture that Resists Abuses of Power and Promotes Healing  Tabitha VandenEnden  196–197  Iain Provan,  Cuckoos in Our Nest: Truth and Lies about Being Human  Layton Friesen  198–199  Christopher J. H. Wright,  The Great Story and the Great Commission: Participating in the Biblical Drama of Mission  Aaron Garza  199–201  Mark D. Baker,  Freedom from Religiosity and Judgmentalism: Studies in Paul’s Letter to the Galatians  Thomas R. Yoder Neufeld  201–203  Lynn Jost,  1 & 2 Kings  Mark Wessner  203–205  Mary Schertz,  Luke  Melanie A. Howard  205–206  Paul Dafydd Jones,  Patience: A Theological Exploration. Part One: From Creation to Christ  Paul Doerksen  207–209  James Urry,  On Stony Ground: Russländer Mennonites and the Rebuilding of Community in Grunthal  Vic Froese  210–21218w0030073tDirection