Charles Conklin
@charlesconklin.com
Mennonite Computer Scientist who God took on a long journey to become a Nonprofit Administrator. Interested in peacebuilding, holistic development, just economics, the global church, and technologies that uplift people - not commoditize them.
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Once I fixed my gaze upon the brave and innocent. Now I was drawn to the thief-catcher.
My virtue, their villainy? | Anabaptist World
I converted to Christianity and received baptism in the Mennonite church in Japan on May 14, 1989. Arriving at Goshen College three months later, I felt euphoric. I was suddenly surrounded by all thin...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Once I fixed my gaze upon the brave and innocent. Now I was drawn to the thief-catcher.
MCC Cambodia is #recruiting for a Climate Solutions Partner Advisor. This position supports local partners in introducing, strengthening, & expanding climate solutions.
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Please share with anyone in your networks who may be interested/qualified.
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Please share with anyone in your networks who may be interested/qualified.
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
MCC Cambodia is #recruiting for a Climate Solutions Partner Advisor. This position supports local partners in introducing, strengthening, & expanding climate solutions.
mccglobal.my.salesforce-sites.com/recruit/fRec...
Please share with anyone in your networks who may be interested/qualified.
mccglobal.my.salesforce-sites.com/recruit/fRec...
Please share with anyone in your networks who may be interested/qualified.
In August we hosted an explorative trip from MCC India and MCC Bangladesh to our Peaceful Education program. This learning tour promoted the mutual exchange of knowledge and shared our approach to localizing MCC's Peace Club curriculum to the Asian context.
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Peace Club Explorative Visit Learning Tour
In August 2025, MCC India and MCC Bangladesh made an explorative visit to MCC Cambodia’s Peaceful Education in Rural Primary Schools program in Prey Veng province. This learning tour was inte…
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October 4, 2025 at 2:20 AM
In August we hosted an explorative trip from MCC India and MCC Bangladesh to our Peaceful Education program. This learning tour promoted the mutual exchange of knowledge and shared our approach to localizing MCC's Peace Club curriculum to the Asian context.
www.charlesconklin.com/4cambodia/20...
www.charlesconklin.com/4cambodia/20...
Oscar Suárez, MCC Cambodia, and Sin Putheary, Cooperation Committee for Cambodia, at Day 2 of #IVCO2025 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. So many great connections and learnings.
September 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Oscar Suárez, MCC Cambodia, and Sin Putheary, Cooperation Committee for Cambodia, at Day 2 of #IVCO2025 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. So many great connections and learnings.
ECPAT presenting on the distinction between volunteering and voluntourism at #IVCO2025, outlining the Child Protection and Safeguarding dangers. The session acknowledges that voluntourism isn't going to stop and offers practical guidelines on how voluntourism could be made better through regulation.
September 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
ECPAT presenting on the distinction between volunteering and voluntourism at #IVCO2025, outlining the Child Protection and Safeguarding dangers. The session acknowledges that voluntourism isn't going to stop and offers practical guidelines on how voluntourism could be made better through regulation.
So good to hear Sujin Cha from KOICA talk about the structural barriers to international volunteering faced by people with disabilities at #IVCO2025.
September 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
So good to hear Sujin Cha from KOICA talk about the structural barriers to international volunteering faced by people with disabilities at #IVCO2025.
The session on "Supporting Volunteers to Access Their Work - Responding to limits on Visas and Work Permits, and other Barriers" is about to begin at #IVCO2025. One of the timely and pressing challenges facing international volunteerism - important to come together to share and collaborate.
September 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The session on "Supporting Volunteers to Access Their Work - Responding to limits on Visas and Work Permits, and other Barriers" is about to begin at #IVCO2025. One of the timely and pressing challenges facing international volunteerism - important to come together to share and collaborate.
Singing "In Jesus Christ We Are One Family" during the 2025-2026 SALT/YAMEN Host Family gathering at Phnom Penh Mennonite Church.
September 16, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Singing "In Jesus Christ We Are One Family" during the 2025-2026 SALT/YAMEN Host Family gathering at Phnom Penh Mennonite Church.
The "Volunteering in challenging environments - Lived experiences from the field" session at #IVCO2025. Fantastic to hear directly from current and recent international volunteers.
September 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The "Volunteering in challenging environments - Lived experiences from the field" session at #IVCO2025. Fantastic to hear directly from current and recent international volunteers.
MCC Cambodia International Seek Facilitator, Oscar Suarez, shares about MCC's exchange programs as part of a panel discussion on the International Exchange of Volunteers between Civil Society Organisations at #IVCO2025.
September 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
MCC Cambodia International Seek Facilitator, Oscar Suarez, shares about MCC's exchange programs as part of a panel discussion on the International Exchange of Volunteers between Civil Society Organisations at #IVCO2025.
Registration yesterday at the 2025 Conference of International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (#IVCO2025) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
September 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Registration yesterday at the 2025 Conference of International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (#IVCO2025) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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#IVCO2025 has officially commenced with Dr Bianca Fadel from @northumbriauni.bsky.social setting the scene - Respect, Kindness, Hope. Welcome to our speakers, delegates & new Bluesky community.
#ForumStandards #VolunteeringInDevelopment #Volunteering
#ForumStandards #VolunteeringInDevelopment #Volunteering
September 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
#IVCO2025 has officially commenced with Dr Bianca Fadel from @northumbriauni.bsky.social setting the scene - Respect, Kindness, Hope. Welcome to our speakers, delegates & new Bluesky community.
#ForumStandards #VolunteeringInDevelopment #Volunteering
#ForumStandards #VolunteeringInDevelopment #Volunteering
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🌿 Do we claim nonviolence, nonresistance, active resistance or something else?
Register by Aug. 20 to save $50. https://loom.ly/i4m3Ki4
#peace #justice #nonviolence #theology #seminary #shortcourse
Register by Aug. 20 to save $50. https://loom.ly/i4m3Ki4
#peace #justice #nonviolence #theology #seminary #shortcourse
August 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🌿 Do we claim nonviolence, nonresistance, active resistance or something else?
Register by Aug. 20 to save $50. https://loom.ly/i4m3Ki4
#peace #justice #nonviolence #theology #seminary #shortcourse
Register by Aug. 20 to save $50. https://loom.ly/i4m3Ki4
#peace #justice #nonviolence #theology #seminary #shortcourse
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Reposted by Charles Conklin
About 300 Plain Mennonite youth and young adults gathered June 29 at Lime Rock Meetinghouse in Lancaster County, Pa., to hear teachings on Christian nonresistance.
Old Order youth told nonresistance is more than avoiding military service | Anabaptist World
About 300 Plain Mennonite youth and young adults gathered June 29 at Lime Rock Meetinghouse in Lancaster County, Pa., to hear teachings on Christian nonresistance.
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August 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
About 300 Plain Mennonite youth and young adults gathered June 29 at Lime Rock Meetinghouse in Lancaster County, Pa., to hear teachings on Christian nonresistance.
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In an era of division and splits impacting churches and conferences around the world, unification is coming to two congregations in southwest Germany.
Two congregations cross Mennonite conference lines to unite in Germany | Anabaptist World
In an era of division and splits impacting churches and conferences around the world, unification is coming to two congregations in southwest Germany.
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August 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
In an era of division and splits impacting churches and conferences around the world, unification is coming to two congregations in southwest Germany.
Attending the 13th Asian Peace Practitioners Research Conference in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Glad to meet peacebuilders - some familiar, some new - from across the region at this complex moment.
August 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Attending the 13th Asian Peace Practitioners Research Conference in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Glad to meet peacebuilders - some familiar, some new - from across the region at this complex moment.
Cluster munitions are deployed in Cambodia again. Lord have mercy.
www.thaienquirer.com/55612/thai-a...
There's been a generation of work to remove unexploded ordinance in Cambodia. Despite all of the good effort still the stories come every year of farmers & children being killed or crippled.
www.thaienquirer.com/55612/thai-a...
There's been a generation of work to remove unexploded ordinance in Cambodia. Despite all of the good effort still the stories come every year of farmers & children being killed or crippled.
Thai Army Admits Use of Cluster Munitions, Citing Military Targets Despite Global Ban - Thai Enquirer Current Affairs
Latest Thailand English Online News Thai Army Admits Use of Cluster Munitions, Citing Military Targets Despite Global Ban Current Affairs - Thai Enquirer %
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July 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Cluster munitions are deployed in Cambodia again. Lord have mercy.
www.thaienquirer.com/55612/thai-a...
There's been a generation of work to remove unexploded ordinance in Cambodia. Despite all of the good effort still the stories come every year of farmers & children being killed or crippled.
www.thaienquirer.com/55612/thai-a...
There's been a generation of work to remove unexploded ordinance in Cambodia. Despite all of the good effort still the stories come every year of farmers & children being killed or crippled.
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The Sermon on the Mount is a collection of Jesus’ teachings that amount to theological comfort food for many Anabaptists. Yet how do the teachings hit differently when, like Jesus, you’re sharing them with the marginalized?
Five things Friday roundup: The Kingdom, inverted | Anabaptist World
What does it mean to share the gospel of an inverted Kingdom with a captive audience of urban preteens, many of whom have been discarded and further marginalized by the “kingdom” they live in?
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July 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The Sermon on the Mount is a collection of Jesus’ teachings that amount to theological comfort food for many Anabaptists. Yet how do the teachings hit differently when, like Jesus, you’re sharing them with the marginalized?
Great to see Hello Cambodia 🇰🇭 in the kids section of the sanctuary at North Star Mennonite in Drake, Saskatchewan. Love this outreach from MCC.
July 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Great to see Hello Cambodia 🇰🇭 in the kids section of the sanctuary at North Star Mennonite in Drake, Saskatchewan. Love this outreach from MCC.
Reading The Cat & the Toaster: Living System Ministry in a Technological Age by Douglas A. Hall with Judy Hall & Steve Daman. The call for a holistic approach to ministry brings to mind the full meaning of שׁלום.
July 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reading The Cat & the Toaster: Living System Ministry in a Technological Age by Douglas A. Hall with Judy Hall & Steve Daman. The call for a holistic approach to ministry brings to mind the full meaning of שׁלום.
I recently read The Upswing by Robert D. Putnam. It’s a fascinating, dense, and data grounded book - there's around a hundred pages of citations. I wrote some about what it has to say about isolation, solidarity, and religious groups.
www.charlesconklin.com/4cambodia/20...
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What The Upswing says about Society, Isolation, Solidarity, and the Church
Last year I joined a biweekly book club – organized by MCC alumni Mike Roberts – where each member leads a meeting by sharing on a book that they’ve found interesting or insightfu…
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July 8, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I recently read The Upswing by Robert D. Putnam. It’s a fascinating, dense, and data grounded book - there's around a hundred pages of citations. I wrote some about what it has to say about isolation, solidarity, and religious groups.
www.charlesconklin.com/4cambodia/20...
www.charlesconklin.com/4cambodia/20...
While we were in Hualien last month we visited the Taiwanese Mennonite New Dawn organization's chicken therapy program for adults with intellectual disabilities and autism.
It was wonderful - I'll link the website but no English, it's all Traditional Chinese. www.newdawn.org.tw/List.aspx?mi...
It was wonderful - I'll link the website but no English, it's all Traditional Chinese. www.newdawn.org.tw/List.aspx?mi...
July 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
While we were in Hualien last month we visited the Taiwanese Mennonite New Dawn organization's chicken therapy program for adults with intellectual disabilities and autism.
It was wonderful - I'll link the website but no English, it's all Traditional Chinese. www.newdawn.org.tw/List.aspx?mi...
It was wonderful - I'll link the website but no English, it's all Traditional Chinese. www.newdawn.org.tw/List.aspx?mi...
Crystal sharing the sermon last Sunday at North Star Mennonite Church in Drake, Saskatchewan. It's good to be here again after three years.
I had a good informal discussion with several Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporting farmers this morning.
I had a good informal discussion with several Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporting farmers this morning.
July 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Crystal sharing the sermon last Sunday at North Star Mennonite Church in Drake, Saskatchewan. It's good to be here again after three years.
I had a good informal discussion with several Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporting farmers this morning.
I had a good informal discussion with several Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporting farmers this morning.
In June we visited Hualien to thank the Taiwan Mennonite church for supporting MCC's earthquake response in Myanmar, share an update about the response, and learn about their work.
Here's a report on the three Mennonite ministries we visited there. www.charlesconklin.com/4cambodia/20...
Here's a report on the three Mennonite ministries we visited there. www.charlesconklin.com/4cambodia/20...
Our visit to Mennonite Ministries in Taiwan
In May, we received word that the Fellowship of Mennonite Churches in Taiwan had made a generous donation to MCC’s earthquake response in Myanmar. The church in Taiwan is no stranger to earthquakes…
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July 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
In June we visited Hualien to thank the Taiwan Mennonite church for supporting MCC's earthquake response in Myanmar, share an update about the response, and learn about their work.
Here's a report on the three Mennonite ministries we visited there. www.charlesconklin.com/4cambodia/20...
Here's a report on the three Mennonite ministries we visited there. www.charlesconklin.com/4cambodia/20...