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Friday roundup: Five things worth paying attention to this week
Here are five things worth paying attention to this week. These are designed to expose you to a perspective you may not normally come across in your daily lives. 1. Disability and the Way of Jesus, by Bethany McKinney Fox (IVP, 2019) is often quoted in our house. She is the founding pastor of Beloved […]
MennoCon19 reflection: What do we really believe in?
Editor’s note: Following MennoCon19, several bloggers for The Mennonite are sharing reflections. Today my almost 5-year-old came into the house, smiling proudly while brandishing my old but still functioning smartphone. He had just finished smashing it until the screen shattered. I was livid. My first question was, “Why?” “Why would it even cross your mind […]
MennoCon19 reflection: Why I go to convention
Editor’s note: Following MennoCon19, several bloggers for The Mennonite are sharing reflections. Conventions are where we in Mennonite Church USA go to wrestle with who we are. Traditionally that happens in the delegate assembly, where resolutions are passed and changes are made to church documents. However, over the last 12 years I’ve seen how it […]
MennoCon19 reflection: I’m now confident I can be myself and be Mennonite
Editor’s note: Following MennoCon19, several bloggers for The Mennonite are sharing reflections. The church is a mess, thanks be to God. This was a refrain that was repeated time and again in the delegate session by Bible study leader Tom Yoder Neufeld. It was a call and response reminder of the tension and hope that […]
MennoCon19 reflection: This is my family
Editor’s note: Following MennoCon19, several bloggers for The Mennonite are sharing reflections. I’ve been part of the Mennonite church for 19 years. During that time, I’ve been trying to find places where I “fit” or, at the very least, feel comfortable. While the church has welcomed me with open arms, there are times where my […]
July recipe: Watermelon limeade
The summer months in Haiti are hot. July is a great time to get out of the hustle of Port-au-Prince, to leave the city through congested streets and drive up Route National 1, up the Cote des Arcadins in search of two things: salty ocean breezes and beautiful watermelons. Watermelons, by virtue of their size […]
Snapshots from Day 4 of MennoCon19
All photos by Vada Snider
Snapshots from Day 3 of MennoCon19
All photos by Vada Snider
Snapshots from Day 2 of MennoCon19
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Snapshots from Day 1 of MennoCon19
All photos by Vada Snider
God in the mirror: Because the Holy Spirit is too good
Photo: A scene from a hiking trip in the Black Hills in South Dakota. Photo provided by author. This article comes from the July issue of The Mennonite, which focuses on “The Breath of God restores us.” Read more reflections here or subscribe here to receive more original features in your inbox each month. I’ve shaken my fist at God […]
Churches raise money for a bond for a woman held in detention
Photo: Imelda. Photo by Erik Rosales. This article comes from the June issue of The Mennonite, which focuses on “Congregations share peace.” Read more reflections here or subscribe here to receive more original features in your inbox each month. When authorities at a for-profit immigration detention center near Tucson, Ariz., permitted detainees to go outside once each day, Imelda and […]
Listening to the empty chairs
This is a web-exclusive article on the theme “God so loved the whole world.” For more stories on this theme, see the May issue of The Mennonite. Job seemingly isn’t a book of the Bible people would turn to when they are looking for spiritual guidance on creation care. Job was a man contending with the […]
Tilling soil on stolen land
Photo: Luke Gascho in his garden. Photo provided by the author. This article comes from the May issue of The Mennonite, which focuses on “God so loved the world.” Read more reflections online or subscribe to receive more original features in your inbox each month. I love getting my hands in the soil. To me this is part of what it […]
Right relationship means giving up power
Photo: Sarah Augustine and her son Micah feed a calf. Photo provided by the author. This article comes from the April issue of The Mennonite, which focuses on “Just Relationships.” Read more reflections online or subscribe to receive more original features in your inbox each month. Dan, my husband, and I moved to the Yakama reservation in 2006, where we continue to […]
Let’s play games during Lent
This is a web-exclusive article on the theme “Lent: repentance and transcendence.” For more stories on this theme, see the March issue of The Mennonite. A few years ago, I hosted a series on my blog Godspace entitled “Stop Playing Games During Lent.” Lent is a serious season of reflection, repentance and liberation from habits that […]
From table to termites: A conversation with Mennonite peacebuilder John Paul Lederach
Photo: John Paul Lederach receives the Niwano Peace Prize. Photo (c) Niwano Peace Foundation. Mennonite peacebuilder John Paul Lederach received the Niwano Peace Prize on May 8 in Tokyo, Japan. The Niwano Peace Foundation gives out the award annually to those who devote themselves to interreligious cooperation in the cause of peace. Niwano’s selection committee […]
Human mobility: Everywhere and in all directions
The four Mennonite World Conference commissions serve the global community of Anabaptist-related churches in the areas of deacons, faith and life, peace, mission. Commissions prepare materials for consideration by the MWC General Council, give guidance and propose resources to member churches, and facilitate MWC-related networks or fellowships working together on matters of common interest and […]
Mennonite values in a warming world
This is a web-exclusive article on the theme “God so loved the whole world.” For more stories on this theme, see the May issue of The Mennonite. Climate warming is the biggest, most fundamentally threatening environmental issue to come along in the history of humanity. As a scientist, I am naturally very interested in climate warming’s […]
Essay #7, Susan Schultz Huxman: We’re better together
Photo: Susan Schultz Huxman. Photo provided by Eastern Mennonite University. Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in a seven-part series by the presidents of Mennonite Church USA higher education institutions. From March to May an article by each president will be posted every two weeks. The entire series is available at themennonite.org/mhea. Sign up for […]
Mennonite voices respond to climate reports
For more stories on the theme “God so loved the whole world,” see the May issue of The Mennonite. Read more reflections online or subscribe to receive more original features in your inbox each month. Much of the climate discussion in recent months has been stimulated by the release of several key reports on the state of climate change: […]
An apology for Alcatraz
Photo: Stairs leading down to the basement known as “the hole” in the cell house at Alcatraz. Photo by Duane Stoltzfus. The most powerful nation in the world rarely summons the will to say sorry. An apology from the United States, if it happens at all, can be decades, even centuries, in the making. In […]
