It’s no small miracle to have a strong heart. Hearts stutter and fail by arrhythmic drumbeats every day. I’ve been to that hospital wing, sat

Looking for a movie to watch, I ­noticed one I had forgotten about: First Reformed, starring Ethan Hawke as a lonely and depressed pastor of

When I was pregnant with my third child, several people thought it would be helpful to remind me of the peril in which I put

Mennonite Church USA has made great progress on queer dignity, but there’s more work to be done I was ordained in MC USA in January

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but God is not mad at you. Never has been. Not for the divorce. Not for the

As a little girl, I loved cows. I was enchanted by their adorable black and white coloring and by the fact that they were the

No revolutionary movement is complete without its poetical expression.  — James Connolly I’d never sung so much in commu­nity-organizing spaces. I’d had lots of experience

Last fall, the Bethel College admin­istration invited more on-­campus ­foot patrols by the North New­ton, Kan., Police Department in response to incidents of vandalism. A

Not long after I met Kelsey Osgood, we sat at a picnic table at the country ice cream store just down the road, she with

I’m grateful for the connections we made and the affirmations we heard from AW readers at the Mennonite Church USA convention. It’s fun to hear

On a chilly, grey November morning in 1978, I found myself at a low ebb in my 18-year-old life. Tired of school, unsure of my