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

Its that time again: The Mennonite Church USA convention is July 8-12 in Greensboro, N.C. I’m excited for several things. A few days prior, theAnabaptist

Earlier this year, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Anabaptism, MennoMedia published the Anabap­tist Community Bible.

“For such a time as this,” he said. It rolled off his tongue with a tone of spiritual authority that met the urgency of the moment. 

I sat with members of my church as we planned how we might love our neighbors in our little section of West Philadelphia.  My church

I began taking a class at Pitts­burgh Theological Seminary, where I received my master of divinity degree.