Five things Friday roundup: Panthers and silhouettes Here are five things worth paying attention to this week. Mix things up this week and start with #5. We have to stop devaluing sensuality Ben Tapper February 26, 2021
Five things Friday roundup: A secret lent, a hidden spirituality, a private practice of devotion Last week conversations were dominated by the second impeachment trial of the president no longer in office, this week we return to daily issues of David and Leann Augsburger February 19, 2021
Running on empty, yet with something to give I was reading the story the other day, in a children’s Bible of all things, when suddenly a question stopped me dead in my tracks: Meghan Good February 17, 2021
Patterns of snow, and of life My mom remembers walking home from her country school in Wisconsin between drifts of cleared snow on both sides of the road pushed almost to Lucinda J. Kinsinger February 17, 2021
The fortunate and the struggling A couple of months ago, I was asked to reflect on how I am experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic. Here is some of what I said. Anthonia Onye February 16, 2021
The dispossessed still live among us I am thankful to be part of a Mennonite community. Although I live on the other side of the Cascade Mountains from my home congregation, Sarah Augustine February 16, 2021
What the world can’t take away Recently a newsletter I subscribe to passed along a video by the Resistance Revival Chorus. They sing “This Joy.” As a group, the Resistance Revival Danielle Klotz February 15, 2021
Have we forgotten how to argue? Burning the innocent paper is easy. But to identify aberrance and refute it with Scripture, this is art. — Balthasar Hubmaier, 1524 This quote by Astrid von Schlachta February 15, 2021
Five things Friday roundup: Imagining a better way forward Here are five things worth paying attention to this week. Mix things up this week and start with #5. Autism in the Black Community is Ben Tapper January 29, 2021
Wayward son makes peace with past Christian Wagler shot himself in 1891. He is buried in Daviess County, Ind. A young Amishman, 36 years old. “They knew, the Daviess people, that Philipp Gollner January 26, 2021
Alongside the streetwise Jesus We took our small-town youth group to serve in a city homeless shelter one winter morning. I had grand plans for exposing the youth to Brad Roth January 22, 2021
Be like rain (but not a thunderstorm) My son’s 12th birthday arrived on a sweltering July day. A group of us had gathered for an outdoor celebration when the thick humidity gave Jenny Gehman January 21, 2021
