Happy fall, dear reader! I hope wherever you are you can take advantage of cooler weather and all the yummy treats that come with it.

Heat waves, droughts, floods, wild-fires, powerful hurricanes and melting ice caps indicate we face a climate crisis. Is there hope for halting the slide toward

Honor your partner, bow to begin. My husband was a square dancer back in the day. I’ve heard it was one of the ways a

My Sunday school class spent several weeks studying Exodus. From the first story of Moses in the -bulrushes, I was swept into the drama of

As our team considered possible themes for Anabaptist World, simplicity stood out for us. In some circles of Anabaptism, living simply is a way of

As a kid, no melody made my stomach churn more than “Just as I Am.” We sang it mostly at tent revivals during the summer.

When I was a child, one of my favorite word games involved sliding a card into a sleeve that had a red cellophane window. At

Growing up conservative Mennonite, I’ve heard many discussions on separation and nonconformity. Though I’ve embraced a separated lifestyle, that decision doesn’t come without questions.  What

As a Pennsylvania native, I first visited my current home in Fresno, Calif., in the middle of winter. While I knew enough of the West