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Stephen Kriss

Finding hope at the border

There are never enough winter jackets in the stacks of sorted clothes in the salon de fiestas (fellowship hall) at Sacred Heart Church in McAllen,

Stephen Kriss

January 19, 2015

Giving that changes me

The powerful words of Advent readings from Isaiah tend to get lost in this feel-good season of tinsel and twinkling lights. Familiar music, family gatherings

Stephen Kriss

December 8, 2014

Beyond our Christendom, signs of life

I remember wincing when British Anabaptist Stuart Murray Williams suggested wryly in one of his trips to southeastern Pennsylvania that we had managed to create

Stephen Kriss

October 27, 2014

The news is biased

I’ll start with a confession: There is no such thing as objective reporting. I know this after working around journalism for 20 years. If you and

Stephen Kriss

September 15, 2014

Still a place of storm

In July I traveled with a group of four Eastern Mennonite Seminary students to bear witness to Mennonite Central Committee’s ministry of presence in New

Stephen Kriss

August 4, 2014

Who we call matters

I’ve stepped into a new area of responsibility in my role working alongside pastors in Franconia Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA. This role change,

Stephen Kriss

June 23, 2014

Back for graduation

I’m a product of church schools. Every level of my formal education since age 12 has been within the boundaries of church-related institutions — from

Stephen Kriss

May 12, 2014

Recovering catholicity

I still remember the words of my tour guide in St. John Lateran in Rome. She referred to our group’s Protestants with loving disdain. She

Stephen Kriss

March 31, 2014

Shaped locally, connected widely

I attended my first binational conference ministers gathering in December. This meeting happens annually with conference leaders from Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA. It’s

Stephen Kriss

February 17, 2014

Now called by name

On the first Sunday of November, our lead pastor was out of town and asked me to lead communion in our Indonesian language worship gathering.

Stephen Kriss

January 6, 2014

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