For the past four years, every Thursday morning of Holy Week, a few of us from our Mennonite community have gathered with Roman Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Baptists and Quakers, among other Christians, for a foot-washing worship service …
The decision to hold Mennonite Church USA’s biennial convention in Phoenix in 2013 generated calls over the past two years for it to be held elsewhere. Arizona’s draconian immigration laws were the reason many people did not want the convention there and the reason some stayed away …
Falling from the bleachers at a high school baseball game is embarrassing. Falling from the bleachers on top of your toddler daughter while trying to protect your pregnant belly (apparently) leads to pain (sprained ankle) and inconvenience (bed rest) …
Should U.S. media publish graphic images of war, abortion or car accidents? Or do such images do more harm than good? Conor Friedersdorf raises such questions in “The Gutless Press” …
A few weeks ago, I watched the Holy Spirit draw a dinner guest to God as a new follower of Jesus. (Because our guest hailed from a country that suppresses Christian witness and this story could keep others from obtaining visas to the United States, I have altered some names and left out some details in this account) …
The road was thick with fog in the Nicaraguan mountains high above Managua on Sunday morning as we made our way to church in the tiny village of El Crucero. In fact, we heard the enthusiastic singing of the Ebenezer Mennonite congregation before we actually saw the church …
