On participating in being God’s agent for change through prayer As the plane descended that Saturday evening in 2003, I watched the forest fires raging
Mention 606 to anyone nurtured in Mennonite congregations since the publication of the red 1969 Mennonite Hymnal, and the rich harmony and lively tempo of “Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow” will come to mind …
The sassy lass of the silver bells and cockle shells was my first Marian acquaintance. I thought it rather bold to have “contrary” and “pretty” in the same nursery rhyme. She was someone spunky I might like to know, who’d join me in my own cantankerous ways …
During the past four years, I have felt a special calling to help the Mennonite Church USA Executive Board and staff focus on our vision and our purpose of becoming a missional church at all levels. However, when I first agreed to accept the moderator-elect position, I did not understand the words “missional church” …
