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Stephen Kriss

Kriss: On the way still . . .

I’ve relied on my training and experience as a journalist/ writer to guide my work as a pastor. Listening to people’s stories, noticing details, paying

Stephen Kriss

August 10, 2020

Kriss: White starting point

White Christians need to have conversations about race. Our silence and stammering in the face of white supremacy and its outcomes clouds our witness. Naming

Stephen Kriss

June 29, 2020

Kriss: Belonging to the truth

I was struck by the words of Pontius Pilate during Holy Week as I walked the Stations of the Cross sponsored by Renew Community in

Stephen Kriss

May 18, 2020

Kriss: Passion week, Pentecost, pandemic

“Because of the virus.” I mulled the phrase, letting it sink in. I was taking a walk in my neighborhood, where it’s strangely quiet while

Stephen Kriss

April 6, 2020

Kriss: Claiming a truer evangelical faith

True evangelical faith does not lie dormant. It has become all things to all people. — Menno Simons Sometime in the 1980s I came to

Stephen Kriss

February 24, 2020

Kriss: Saturday night at Chick-Fil-A

I turned around to see a young woman with a blue hijab trying to stop a girl squealing loudly and running. It’s a Saturday night

Stephen Kriss

January 13, 2020

Kriss: The Spirit in the details

Over the last few months of the reconciliation process of Eastern District Conference and Franconia Mennonite Conference, I have grown to better understand the idea

Stephen Kriss

November 25, 2019

Kriss: Appreciate your pastor

October is Pastor Appreciation Month. While one month is not enough to show appreciation to pastors, it’s an opportunity to focus on the work, ministry

Stephen Kriss

October 14, 2019

Kriss: I’m learning to yield

When teaching classes on Mennonite polity, I say “Gelassenheit is all we have.” In our hyper-individualized world, it’s both risky and countercultural. This gelassenheit —

Stephen Kriss

September 2, 2019

Breathing shared air

Mennonite Church USA’s MennoCon19 at Kansas City, Mo., was a reminder of who is still in the room after about a third of the denomination

Stephen Kriss

July 22, 2019

Kriss: What does it mean to be Anabaptist?

Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society’s recent research expanded the pool of groups included under the Anabaptist umbrella. The Community of Christ has moved toward declaring itself

Stephen Kriss

June 10, 2019

Kriss: Peace in the midst of turbulence

Recently I was in Sarasota, Fla., due to the forces of what church historian Phyllis Tickle describes as the church’s every-500-year rummage sale. Tickle’s words in

Stephen Kriss

May 13, 2019

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