Selected Northern Lights articles from past issues:

• Dis/Encouragement?
  Our missionaries tell what makes a difference (from Issue #502)
  
  
• Where Have We Been? Where Are We Headed?
  200 years of Native ministry ... in 25-year snapshots (from Issue #501)
  
  
• Time to Return
  Relationships renewed through resumed visits (from Issue #500)
  
  
• Just the Beginning
  People's kindness and God's graciousness: a missionary recalls these blessings (from Issue #500)
  
  
• Tribal Trails TV Turns 25
  Envisioning and praying about a television outreach was one thing -- actually beginning one was another (from Issue #499)
  
  
• Tribal Trails Tech Talk
  "That the Lord has enabled this ministry to happen is amazing" (from Issue #499)
  
  
• Tribal Trails -- Where is the Appeal?
  So why is this First Nations TV broadcast blessing so many? (from Issue #499)
  
  
• United Intercession: God's Power Released
  The Word makes it clear that united prayer is important. By Paul Maxwell. (from Issue #498)
  
  
• Our Godsend
  "I faithfully tried to answer his questions, all the time praying for help and trying to understand what this call was really about" (from Issue #497)
  
  
• God Has Provided: And How
  With our Mission's 60-year history, a myriad of missionary stories could be retold. However, we believe this anniversary issue is the perfect occasion to do something else! (from Issue #496)
  
  
•  A Special Partnership
  Our missionaries tell about those who have become their encouragement and prayer support in life and ministry. (from Issue #496)
  
  
• Into the World of First Nations Youth
  Take in a couple excerpts from our latest Eagle Feather book, "The Nature of Things at Angel Lake" (from Issue #495)
  
  
• Behind the Eagle Feather Series
  Our youth-focused series promotes a positive alternative ... and a sense of hope for those feeling helpless in their situations (from Issue #495)
  
  
• Real Life at NCEM's Bible Camps
  Why should there be so many Christian opportunities for other young people, and so little for the northern Native people? (from Issue #495)
  
  
• Closer to the Heart
  "Is there a way to bring our Northern Lights readers a bit closer to the heart of our ministry?" (from Issue #494)
  
  
• My Vision Quest
  A First Nations Canadian searches for his identity. By Conrad Flett (from Issue #493)
  
  
• Our Volunteers: On a Mission
  It's their desire to be part of God's work that leads our volunteers to assist in many ways (from Issue #493)
  
  
• Paddling for Jesus
  For this young canoeing enthusiast, attending Higher Challenge Wilderness Adventures camps helped set the right course (from Issue #492)
  
  

• Simply Most Important
  "Miina itwe miina!" rasped the mortally-wounded hunter in his Cree language. By Arlyn van Enns (from Issue #492)
  
  

• Spirit World
  What is it that drew you to Christ? Are these the same things that draw people of other cultures? (from Issue #491)
  
  
• Tuck & a Talk
  "MKs" in Ministry (from Issue #491)
  
  
• Art Tarry: Determined Servant
  NCEM cofounder with the Lord -- only eternity will reveal how much our Mission owes to him (from Issue #490)
  
  
• Missionary Life: Take a Taste!
  "... Young people who were wanting and willing to serve God, but just didn't know how" (from Issue #490)
  
  
• NCEM: A Team Widespread
  "The work is extensive and spread out, and we are widely separated from each other..." Neh. 4:19 (from Issue #489)
  
  
• Anne Heal: Missionary to the End
  Charter NCEM missionary, Anne Heal, lived her last days on earth telling others of her Saviour (from Issue #489)
  
  
• Everybody Ought to Know
  "I pointed out to her the crowded yet stark graveyard where my husband and I had just sung..." (from Issue #488)
  
  
• "HQ" - There to Support
  An inside look at NCEM's "Headquarters" in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (from Issue #488)
  
  
• Called to Their Own
  NCEM's Native workers tell about choosing this ministry, the blessings and the challenges (from Issue #487)
  
  
• A Vision For Native Churches
  Native Evangelical Fellowship founder Tommy Francis now with the Lord (from Issue #487)
  
  
• They Wouldn't Listen to Him at First
  The fascinating story of one Native Christian man's desire to spread the Gospel (from Issue #487)
  
  
• Dogrib New Testament Dedicated
  "As the Dogrib people explore their self-determination, what better guide could they have than the Word of God?" (from Issue #486)
  
  
• Tribal Trails Update
  At NCEM's Tribal Trails, our work isn't finished after our weekly half-hour Native Gospel TV program has aired! (from Issue #486)
  
  
• NMTC: Time for Something NEW !
  New experiences for summer missionaries ... and for local Native people, too -- After all, it did mean having someone new in their community! (from Issue #485)
  
  
• Brand New Life
  To missionary Peter Salmond, leaving the ranch and beginning full-time ministry would seem like a brand new life (from Issue #485)
  
  
• No Peas, Please!
  Brian Langendoen tells about a "teachable moment" at Bible camp (from Issue #484)
  
  
• NCEM Radio: Listening Up
  A Feature Article About Increased Opportunities Through Radio (from Issue #483)
  
  
• Intelligible Words
  Dene Language Bible Translation  -- "Unless you speak with intelligible words ... you will just be speaking into the air" (from Issue #481)
  
  
• Seeds 'n Deeds
  "He told us that when he was about five years old, the young daughter of a missionary gave a Bible story to his mother" (from Issue #481)
  
  
• Getting There
  The Lord told us to "Go" -- a feature article on transportation in NCEM (from Issue #480)
  
  
• Life in His Body
  N.C.E.M. & N.E.F.C. - Making Disciples Among Canada's First Peoples (from Issue #480)
  
  
• A New Voice For "JESUS"
  The "JESUS" Movie for Native North American Viewers - an 'Extra Unique' Version! (from Issue #479)
  
  
• If I'm Not a "Preacher" ... Can I Still Be a Missionary?
  Opportunities in Missions You May Have Not Thought Possible! (from Issue #479)
  
  
• Let's Pretend
  by Debbie Matthews -- "Spiritual growing pains ... and a little step further" (from Issue #478)
  
  
• Drops From Above
  by Bill Jackson -- "[The old trapper] remained fascinated with the accuracy of the drops" (from Issue #478)
  
  
• Sit. Stay. Watch. Pray.
  "...to attempt any work for God without prayer is as futile as trying to launch a space probe with a pea-shooter!" (from Issue #477)
  
  

• A Race Worth Running
  "...a long gruelling race, covering some of the roughest terrain north of the 60th parallel" (from Issue #475)
  
  

• One Foggy Morning
  "My heart was pounding as I stopped, and got off and dragged my ski-doo around..." (from Issue #475)
  
  

• Women in Missions
  Flexible, dedicated, compassionate ... whether energetically out-going or quietly in the background, NCEM women are using their God-given gifts and abilities in reaching Canada's First Nations. (from Issue #474).
  
  

• Behind the Scenes at Tribal Trails
  Many hours of planning and technical work go into the production of NCEM's weekly half-hour TV program, but it all really begins in the hearts and lives of First Nations people (from Issue #473).
  
  

• Missions: the Long & the Short of it
  40 years ... or two weeks. Can both be effective "missions"? (from Issue #471).

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