“Christians on the extreme religious right want to get you saved, but after that, they don’t care if you starve. Mennonites want to feed you, but they don’t care if you’re saved.”
This was the conclusion a banker friend of mine shared when we met for a cup of coffee last month …

For most of the 20th century we Mennonites have described our posture vis-à-vis the culture as “nonconformity.” Sometimes this was expressed in terms of total obedience to the teachings and example of Jesus Christ …

Among Christians, Mennonites are doers, if anyone is—so much so that I wish I could count the times I have heard versions of an admonition attributed to St. Francis, who counseled that in our witness we should let our deeds speak for us; we are to use words only if necessary …

Our family occasionally celebrates a Passover Seder complete with roast lamb, the ceremonial Seder plate, friends and, yes, an empty chair and empty cup for Elijah. The cup is typically filled toward the end of the meal in hopes that the prophet Elijah may appear, announcing the coming of the Messiah. We learned this tradition from Jewish friends, followers of Jesus at Reba Place Church in Evanston, Ill. …