Would you let this sower plant your garden? When March arrives I take a sheet of paper and sketch a map of my front yard. I outline how to squeeze as many vegetable Isaac S. Villegas March 17, 2021
Finding my place in the puzzle My two boys were excited when we received a puzzle for Christmas. When we opened the present, they could not wait to assemble it. But Hendy Matahelemual March 16, 2021
You’re in good hands EACH YEAR I TRAVEL with a specific word. Sometimes I choose it, but mostly it chooses me. As the previous year closes, the word stealthily Jenny Gehman March 16, 2021
When my family was unclean For a moment he held out his hands . . . as if to slow the world that was rushing away and seemed to care Sarah Kehrberg March 15, 2021
Who knows what could happen if we repent? Repentance is hard. As a child, when I did something wrong, my parents would make me go to the person and apologize. I would walk Jerrell Williams March 15, 2021
Rays of light and buds of growth I’m not a master gardener, but I love to learn about growing plants and trying new things. I get excited about permaculture plans and the Danielle Klotz March 5, 2021
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
