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Yoder-Short: Living the Story

Jane Yoder-Short

Yoder-Short: Love beyond your own tribe

Two seemingly unrelated conversations keep colliding. The first included an explanation of how Mennonites are racist, how they speak of peace but don’t practice it

Jane Yoder-Short

August 24, 2020

Yoder-Short: Mercy for all?

What if a comforting parable comes unraveled? What if the hero we usually identify with fades? What if we start seeing ourselves as an overly

Jane Yoder-Short

July 13, 2020

Yoder-Short: Jesus the joker

Have you tried any tasty camel recipes? In this time of physical distancing, people are doing more experimental cooking. I have yet to try a

Jane Yoder-Short

June 1, 2020

Yoder-Short: Life in the wilderness

We live in a fear-filled, anxiety-ridden wilderness. We sound like the rabble enumerating all they miss of the good life in Egypt. Gone are the

Jane Yoder-Short

April 20, 2020

Yoder-Short: Misreading Bathsheba

New analysis indicates that when King David saw Bathsheba, she wasn’t bathing nude but “was actually heading out the door to run some errands while

Jane Yoder-Short

January 27, 2020

Yoder-Short: What if Jonah came to us?

After hearing a series of sermons on Jonah, I’ve started seeing this reluctant prophet in unexpected places. Jonah used to be safely confined to a

Jane Yoder-Short

December 9, 2019

Yoder-Short: Creation still groans

I’ve heard creation care is a liberal agenda that puts its concerns ahead of national well-being. This got me wondering: Was Paul labeled an eco-freak

Jane Yoder-Short

October 28, 2019

Yoder-Short: Annoying persistence

Is it ever OK to nag about injustices? Do we remain too quiet when all around us vulnerable children, the marginalized and widows find no

Jane Yoder-Short

September 16, 2019

Yoder-Short: Messy situations, then and now

The timing of information entering our thoughts can create loud clashes. The same week I was rereading the story of Hagar, I heard a plea

Jane Yoder-Short

August 5, 2019

Yoder-Short: Waiting in line for water

Growing up on a farm, one of my jobs was to carry water to the chickens. I thought I was working hard. I carried water

Jane Yoder-Short

June 24, 2019

Yoder-Short: I follow Apollos!

I confess, at times I judge people by their hats. We don’t need hats to tell us our society and our churches are plagued with

Jane Yoder-Short

May 13, 2019

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