I have a deep appreciation for the many counseling centers that are affiliated with Mennonite Church USA because I recognize how much they contribute to our church’s vision to bring healing and hope to individuals in our communities, both inside and outside the church …
During Christmas we remember that God has come close, as close to us as a soon-to-be born child is to her mother: God in a womb, God in our flesh …
I did not grow up with Advent as part of my Christmas experience. For me as an Amish child, Christmas was nothing like today’s consumer-driven celebration …
Miscellany
Church members often reflect the wider society in their conflicts and how they identify themselves. Joshua Brockway, a Church of the Brethren minister and a doctoral student who works on the staff of that denomination, writes about this phenomenon in his blog for Missio Alliance …
We want to thank Charlie Malembe and Nancy Myers for their excellent article “1,000 Gather in Kinshasa for Ordinations.” They communicate well the excitement and the sense of kairos—God’s timing—that we were privileged to share as part of the delegation from Mennonite Church USA and its agencies …
In the summer of 2001, I. P. Asheervadam, a young historian and rising church leader in the Conference of Mennonite Brethren in India, came to Goshen (Ind.) College to do research for a history of Mennonites in the subcontinent of India …
The infant lying in the manger is God’s body. That’s what “Emmanuel” means. The Hebrew word is, literally, “God with us” …
A beautiful mess is the title I would give my attempt to make applesauce this year. The only logical explanation for why I would undertake processing two bushels of apples with the help of my infant son and toddler daughter is that I’m optimistic (or that I have caved under the pressure to have Instagram-able moments of motherhood) …
An important and gripping documentary series is playing on PBS stations. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is a six-hour series that chronicles African-American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent through more than four centuries of remarkable events up to the present …
