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Friday round-up: Five things worth paying attention to this week
David and Leann Augsburger are 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. This week we are talking about: 1. Trees: Redwood trees, millennia old, vertical columns in a forest cathedral, ferns cover their feet, slanted rays of […]
You’ve got a place
Hannah Heinzekehr is Executive Director of The Mennonite, Inc. This editorial appears in the August issue of The Mennonite magazine. Every once in a while, my kids (a 2- and a 4-year-old) like to have a dance party. Days after returning from the Mennonite Church USA convention in Orlando, I walked into the room to find one […]
Wait for the wind
Byron Pellecer is Associate Conference Minister for Western District Conference. This piece originally ran in the WDC Sprouts newsletter. Wait for the wind to blow and then allow this wind to take you. While living in Florida, I often went to Biscayne Bay for a walk, meditation or to enjoy the sea breeze. I remember […]
July recipe: Turkey Feta Burgers with Yogurt Curry Sauce
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. In the hot month of July, famous for feasting and barbecues, we wanted to share one of our favorite burgers. These healthy Turkey Feta Burgers […]
What’s in a name?
Jessica Schrock-Ringenberg is an apostle serving at Zion Mennonite Church in Archbold, Ohio. We sat in the church office, confused and in tears. It was a scenario I have experienced too many times before. My friend trying to figure out what it means to be a pastor. “I know I was called for a reason.” […]
Choosing Love
Barbie Fischer finds her energy in helping people be restored to God, to themselves and their communities. She is often found goofing off with the two teens she mentors, facilitating restorative justice workshop with her organization Restorative Encounters or hanging out with her church family at Ambler (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Church. Barbie is communication manager and administration coordinator […]
What comes next?
Marathana Prothro is assistant professor of communication at Bluffton (Ohio) Univeristy. This editorial ran in the special youth convention edition of The Mennonite magazine that she helped to edit in Orlando. LET ME FILL YOU IN on a little secret. This exuberant rush, the on-top-of-the-world feeling you have right now, is not going to last. Trust […]
Special Edition: Youth Convention Magazine
For the Mennonite Church USA convention in Orlando, we created a special edition of The Mennonite magazine just for youth. If you didn’t get a copy of the actual magazine, you can peruse it below. This magazine was produced, created and printed onsite by the staff of The Mennonite, Inc., as well as four interns: Katie […]
Reflections on 75 years of ministry at Wooster Mennonite
Jacob Dodson is Pastor of Wooster (Ohio) Mennonite Church. The congregation of Wooster (Ohio) Mennonite Church is preparing to celebrate our 75th anniversary Sept. 9-10. This is a wonderful opportunity for us to reflect on our identity and calling as a community of believers, as well as God’s faithfulness throughout our history. The story of […]
An Anabaptist convention playlist: For Orlando and beyond
Isaac Villegas is Pastor of Chapel Hill (North Carolina) Mennonite Fellowship. In episode 2 of the Let’s Talk About Church podcast, Isaac Villegas mentioned that he was creating a playlist for the Mennonite Church USA convention in Orlando. He’s shared that podcast with us here. Happy listening! The playlist starts with songs for this week as you […]
Fraktur as spiritual practice
Photo: Sophie Lapp Jost presents on the ancient art form of fraktur, a German style of illustrated block letter type, at College Mennonite Church in Goshen, Indiana. Photo by Rex Hooley. A 25-year-old man with sandy hair bid $50 for a piece of fraktur, a German style of block letter type, made by Sophie Lapp Jost. […]
Casa de Paz serves a holding space for immigrants, families in Colorado
Photo: Sarah Jackson looks through photos of people who have stayed at Casa de Paz. Photo provided. Some years ago, on a service trip to Swaziland, Africa, Sarah Jackson learned a lot from people there. They introduced her to two phrases that have helped her in her ministry. One is, “Flexibility is your friend; expectations are […]
Vincent Harding, rebels and MJ Sharp
Joanna Shenk is associate pastor at First Mennonite Church of San Francisco. This article ran in the July issue of The Mennonite magazine, focused on Mennonite understandings of peacebuilding around the world in the 21st century. Read more features online. Alongside writing Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic “Beyond Vietnam” speech, Vincent Harding also wrote and […]
Interview with author Anita Hooley Yoder
Anita Hooley Yoder is author of the new book, Circles of Sisterhood, which explores the history of Mennonite women’s groups. What piqued your interest in this project? How were you approached to write this book? My aunt, who has been very involved in Mennonite women’s groups, saw Mennonite Women USA’s call for a writer and thought […]
Orlando 2017 reflection: The work starts with congregations
Jon Carlson serves as lead pastor of Forest Hills Mennonite Church in Leola, Pennsylvania, and assistant moderator of Atlantic Coast Conference. He and his wife, Lyn, have three young children. As one of the delegates who came to the microphone to express concern about the original language of the Future Church Summit resolution during the […]
Do your own work: Leadership on the front lines
Sarah Thompson is finishing up her term as Executive Director of Christian Peacemaker Teams. She is a licensed minister in Indiana-Michigan Mennonite Conference. A shorter version of this article appeared in the July issue of The Mennonite magazine. One of my favorite things about my dear friend MJ Sharp was how he did his work, especially in […]
On being led to places we did not plan to go
Ken Gingerich is moderator of Mountain States Mennonite Conference and attends Albuquerque Mennonite Church. Orlando 2017 was a real low for me. Actually, yes. It was the convention where I ran into the lowest number of relatives—two second cousins to be exact. Not that many of my relatives are interested in or part of the […]
The church in labor: A reflection on the MC USA convention
Dayna Olson-Getty is Associate Pastor at Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. “Death is something that empires worry about. It’s not something resurrection people worry about.” – Rachel Held Evans Labor with my first child was fast and fierce. Just two hours passed from the moment my water broke until my son was born. I […]
Why I abstained from voting on the FCS resolution
Darrin W. Snyder Belousek is a member of Salem Mennonite Church in Elida, Ohio. The Mennonite reported that eight delegates at the Orlando assembly abstained from voting on the resolution pertaining to the Future Church Summit (FCS). I was one of the abstainers. My abstention from the vote was not an objection to the FCS, however. […]
Remember the Egret
Ric Hudgens is co-pastor of North Suburban Mennonite in Libertyville, Illinois. Ric blogged the Convention at www.northsuburban.org. This is a condensed version of his weeklong entries. I purposefully walked over to the Orlando Convention Center every morning from my hotel about a half mile away. I welcomed the exercise and the chance to breathe unfiltered […]
