Jason Kauffman is director of Archives and Records Management for Mennonite Church USA. This post originally appeared on Mennonite Church USA’s Menno Snapshots blog.  “P.S. Change is not always a sign of growth but could also be a sign of shriveling, death, and decay.” This is how one chorister from Ohio ended his six-page letter […]

Gordon Houser is editor of The Mennonite magazine.  1. Elena Ferrante: Ferrante is an author who has risen in prominence in the past few years in literary circles. She is an Italian novelist and author of a tetralogy, The Neapolitan Novels. The author, however, is largely unknown. Elena Ferrante is likely not her name, though it […]

Byron Pellecer is associate conference minister for Western District Conference.  It is in the midst of the turbulent times that we live in, filled with violence, darkness and sentiments of racism and racial profiling, just to name a few, that I found the cross to be not just a symbol of Christian faith. Rather I […]

Terry Shue is director of Leadership Development for Mennonite Church USA. This post originally ran on Mennonite Church USA’s Menno Snapshots blog.  This summer I was given the gift of a six-week sabbatical through Mennonite Church USA. The older we get (I turned 59 this summer), the more we realize how precious the gift of […]

Every Friday, we’ll have an author that highlights five things to read, watch or check out online. This week’s post comes from David and Leann Augsburger, two semi-retired people who co-lead a home base church (Peace Mennonite Church, Claremont, California) and volunteer to welcome, care, and connect people in the San Gabriel valley.  1. All Under […]

Katie Gillmore is a Kansas native currently serving with Mennonite Voluntary Service’s unit near Aibonito, Puerto Rico. She works for Academia Menonita Betania, a bilingual school founded in 1947 by two Mennonite missionary teachers. Katie spends her time at Academia Menonita Betania helping communicate the school’s unique value and aspirations. She enjoys glimpsing God’s goodness […]

Glen Guyton is Chief Operating Office for Mennonite Church USA. This post originally ran on the Menno Snapshots blog.  The church has been a poor steward of the resources we have been given. The bulk of our time is devoted to worship services and insider “fellowship” events that only seek to indoctrinate the individual to […]

Ben Wideman is the Campus Pastor for 3rd Way Collective, a ministry of University Mennonite Church at Penn State. He blogs regularly for The Mennonite online.  Why is it so hard to work together? During my candidating process with University Mennonite Church, I was shown a venn diagram that had three circles. The three were labeled with […]

Name: Caitlin Tice Occupation: Director of administrative and volunteer services at New Creation Virginia Congregation: Eastside Church Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia 1. What are the things that have kept you connected to the church? I would definitely say the people. There have been a few people throughout my life that have encouraged and challenged and uplifted me. […]

Sarah Jacoby is currently a Master of Divinity student at Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina, where she recently finished a summer chaplaincy program at Duke Hospital. Originally from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, she hails most recently from western New York, where her experience attending Sojourners Mennonite Fellowship in Belfast, New York brought her into the Mennonite […]

Rose Mtoka works with Mennonite Mission Network in the Human Resources department. Mtoka is originally from Musoma, Tanzania. This post originally appeared on Mennonite Mission Network’s Beyond blog.  1. My adoration of an early, glorious morning sunrise. My words cannot capture a full picture of the effect of “good morning sunshine” on me. The stealth, exquisiteness […]

Photo: The attendees at a Wednesday Kids Club event at Ridgeway Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. On this day, members of the Eastern Mennonite High School varsity soccer team volunteered at the church instead of their usual practice. Photo by Andrew Gascho.  This is my second career and Ridgeway is my first pastorate. I’ve been here […]

Longtime Executive Board staff member Ken Gingerich of Albuquerque, New Mexico, retired at the end of June from his role as creative director for Mennonite Church USA. This post originally appeared on Mennonite Church USA’s Menno Snapshots blog.  Which roles and responsibilities have you held over the years? My first job out of college was to […]

Drew G.I. Hart is Professor of Theology at Messiah College, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Drew is the author of  Trouble I’ve Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism. He blogs for The Mennonite.  While humanity frequently experiences God’s goodness, including good creation, we also experience waves of devastating violence and brutal oppression. And when we consider the complicated […]

The Hungry Hounds is the food blog of Paul and Rebecca Shetler Fast, Country Representatives for Mennonite Central Committee in Haiti.  Learn more about MCC Haiti at their new blog: www.haitimcc.org. This French vegetable soup, Ratatouille, is as rustic and delicious as it is healthy and easy to make. Ratatouille is a traditional country stew, which […]

Jennie is a native Kansan who works four part-time jobs, including serving as director of the Western District Conference Resource Library. She loves reading, scrapbooking, and trying to figure out what it means to live out her faith every day. She also tries to remember to blog at Prairie Rose Ramblings. 1. Books by Julie […]

Lizette Hernandez is the Mennonite Hispanic Initiatives Intern for Virginia Mennonite Missions.  Every Monday night, a group of over 20 students gather together to engage in a biblical-theological class in one of the classrooms at Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) in Harrisonburg, Virginia. This might sound like a regular seminary class at EMS, except that the class […]