It is easy to get caught up in feelings of nostalgia. As a pastor, I’ve been part of many funerals that have been a blessing to me. Burying and celebrating the lives of people that have lived 70, 80, 90 or even 100-plus years of faithfulness to Christ is a privilege …

Congregations can be supportive communities for people with disabilities and their families …

My life this year is full of surprises. I have followed my spouse to a new location, adjusting to new circumstances and seeking to discern the ministry opportunities that unfold here …

The recent decision by the Executive Board of Mennonite Church USA concerning the 2013 Delegate Assembly meeting in Phoenix, Ariz., was an incredibly complex one …

Since we live in a country committed to the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, it seems upside down to imagine that suffering could in any way produce hope. It runs against the grain of our imagined universe …

We have a cat named Kirby. I’ve written about him before—and of my penchant for assuming that a fat old cat exhibits human feelings and longings. Well, I’ve been doing it again …

The revolution in Egypt and social turmoil across the Arab world may have provided unexpected help for African Christians in a poor country to the south: Sudan. On Jan. 25, the world learned that the citizens of southern Sudan voted overwhelmingly to secede from the north and create their own country …

A new kind of censorship is becoming vogue. Rather than removing documents from the public, some are editing history to make some documents nicer, less offensive to an increasingly ignorant nation of readers …