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
The harvest is plentiful. Will we answer the call? Woohoo! 2020 is finally over. For many of us it was a year to forget. We had the global pandemic, protests, wildfires, economic stress, presidential Jerrell Williams January 20, 2021
On the whole, a Gospel confounds I have great sympathy for Mary and Joseph. I lose Jesus all the time. — Lauren F. Winner Each day of Advent, our family read Sarah Kehrberg January 19, 2021
A beautiful day, a better future See the Bedouin fires at night See the oil fields at first light And see the bird with a leaf in her mouth After the flood, Hendy Matahelemual January 18, 2021
Five things Friday roundup: Is this who we are? This is who we are. Everyone talks at once, and everyone has something insightful to share. It was a week that demanded conversation. As insurgents rushed the capital, no one David and Leann Augsburger January 15, 2021
Five things Friday roundup: How to survive a coup 1) Attempted coup and you This week, like many of you, I watched the news as a violent mob of domestic terrorists attempted a coup Joanne Gallardo January 8, 2021
Rich North, poor South? It’s not that simple. In a remarkable little book, Sharing Gifts in the Global Family of Faith (Good Books, 2003), Pakisa Tshimika and Tim Lind reported on a two-year John D. Roth December 29, 2020
