The Amish have never become involved in politics nor voted, and it’s not likely they will now (“Ads Introduce Trump to the Amish,” Aug. 1).
Huntington Mennonite Church in Newport News, Va., is home to four electric car-charging stations, thanks to a member with a passion for creation care who wants to see other congregations take on similar projects. Russell DeYoung is a senior research scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, where he studies the effects of climate change on the Virginia coast.
When he was 15, Juan Marrero, now an Anabaptist pastor in Philadelphia, used a pair of boxing gloves to settle a dispute with a young man who attacked his aunt and broke her ribs. Hand-to-hand fighting isn’t how many Anabaptists interpret what it means to turn the other cheek. And yet, choosing to box — rather than wield guns or knives — created peace in Fairhill, one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods.
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Joining other Christian denominations that support the antiracism goals of the Black Lives Matter movement, Mennonite Mission Network will give $10,000 to partner with The Voices Project to offer nonviolent action training and organizing strategies.
