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Love and faithfulness

The congregation’s call to worship during Advent concludes: “Love and faithfulness are embracing. Justice and peace are blending. God’s presence is among us today” …

The Mennonite

January 6, 2009

A perfect storm for Mennonite colleges

The financial meltdown is landing devastating blows to college campuses nationwide. The current higher education climate mirrors corporate America as colleges cut programs, mandate hiring freezes and hold tightly to their endowments. Unfortunately, the grip on their endowments is anything but firm …

The Mennonite

January 6, 2009

A falling tide

President John F. Kennedy gets credit for the aphorism usually applied to economics, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” As a sailor, Kennedy would also have known that an ebb (falling) tide also lowers all boats. If the tide drops enough, a multimillion-dollar yacht is just as stuck as a rowboat …

The Mennonite

January 6, 2009

Creating space, with cosmic dimensions

As the dark days of winter close in around us, the festive lights spring up on window sills, along porch rails and eaves. Candles festoon our tables and spaces of worship. Fires glow in our fireplaces and woodstoves …

The Mennonite

January 6, 2009

What I would like to know

Poety I have a friend who is learning about presidents. My friend is fifty-seven and dying. I care nothing of presidents and would as soon

The Mennonite

January 6, 2009

These are the footings

A widow foresees a new world in the children. A remarkable widow on the western edges of our city has turned her modest home and

The Mennonite

January 6, 2009

Praising God with our diversity

How do we connect unity and diversity? Unity and diversity: How do you connect these two words? Unity in diversity? Unity despite diversity? Unity without

The Mennonite

January 6, 2009

Of Mennonites and Hobbits

Does love of gardening make one a Mennonite? My family joined a Mennonite church when I was 7. I was baptized at 14, but I

The Mennonite

January 6, 2009

I finally read Menno

I had never read any of Menno Simons’ writings, though I grew up in a Mennonite home and have been an active member of a Mennonite church for 40 years. And when I asked Mennonite friends and colleagues if they had ever read anything written by Menno Simons, few had …

The Mennonite

January 6, 2009
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