Twenty years ago, our government threatened to start the first Gulf war, then made good on those threats in August 1990. We had the first Gulf War, the Second Gulf War and now the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mennonites now seem to be at peace with these nearly continual wars …
As my friend rehearsed for me what she planned to say to her husband, I could see myself in her manner …
When some people hear “Christian family,” they think of having Christian parents and relatives, going to church together on Sunday mornings, sharing family devotions or service projects and growing up in a Christian home …
The stage is bare, and he’s standing there, emptiness all around. That’s how actor-playwright Ted Swartz has felt many times in the nearly three years after suffering a major personal, professional and financial loss …
