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Real Families: Meditations on family life Ihad a dream in which I was responsible for setting up a grand party. I don’t normally do this

The Mennonite

December 1, 2011

Investing in Hope: Speaking of sin

Many of us find it difficult to talk about sin these days, even in church services. It’s just not in vogue in modern America. Even at our recent churchwide convention at Pittsburgh, when the theme passage was 2 Corinthians 5:11–20, I didn’t hear much conversation about sin …

The Mennonite

December 1, 2011

A Christmas compromise

In the past I wrote about the importance of not singing about Christmas during the Advent season. But I am changing my mind. Singing Christmas hymns and carols need not diminish the meaning of Advent …

The Mennonite

December 1, 2011

Jossimar’s journey of faith

Jossimar Diaz-Castro was 16 when he first went to church. Growing up in Mexico City, he and his family held a nominal Catholic faith, most often experienced through Quinceañeras (coming-of-age ceremony for girls) …

The Mennonite

December 1, 2011

Uneasy inheritance: the Trail of Death

Our great-great-great- grandparents Joseph and Barbara (Yoder) Bontrager were among the first Amish to settle in Elkhart and LaGrange counties in northern Indiana, now a thriving Amish and Mennonite region. We Bontragers have always celebrated the hard work and pioneering spirit of these ancestors; a stone marker three miles from Marty’s house commemorates the original homestead of Joseph (Sep) Bontrager …

The Mennonite

December 1, 2011

Mary: Rejoice with the lowly

What happens when you are filled with Jesus, when Jesus grows inside your life? When you are full of Jesus, what do you say? These questions take us into the heart of Advent. These questions take us into the womb of Mary, where we find Jesus, filling her body. And we listen to what Mary says when Jesus grows into her life …

The Mennonite | Isaac S. Villegas

December 1, 2011

Building peaceful conversations

Mediaculture: Reflections on the effect of media and culture on our faith How often do you hear someone lament the polarizing, even hateful rhetoric in

The Mennonite

December 1, 2011

Nurseries and pulpits

I grew up in a church with rigid gender hierarchies, so it wasn’t until college that I attended a church where women regularly preached or held other leadership positions. My decision to pursue theological studies at Duke Divinity School was a step away from the Christianity of my youth, and as a member of Chapel Hill (N.C.) Mennonite Fellowship it is a tremendous blessing to be part of a community where women’s preaching gifts are affirmed …

The Mennonite

December 1, 2011

Cultivating transcendence

Art, worship, music and the church Mennonites have long debated what constitutes appropriate worship music. Many people like singing hymns because of their sentimental value.

The Mennonite

December 1, 2011

The words we sing

Showing care for the words of our conversation with God in worship Let me write the songs of a nation; I don't care who writes

The Mennonite

December 1, 2011
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