Refugee resettlement brings diverse neighbors to Lancaster County
Why would Shia Muslims and Mennonite Christians strike up a friendship? Part of the answer might lie in their affinity as minorities within their faith traditions. Another possibility is the connection both communities draw between suffering and faith.
In 2015, when a resolution called “Seeking Peace in Israel and Palestine” was proposed at the Mennonite Church USA convention, many of my Latino and Latina brothers and sisters went to the microphone to express their support for Israel. I was not surprised.
Mary K. Oyer, a music professor who influenced many Mennonites’ relationship with the fine arts, died Jan. 11 in Goshen, Ind. The Goshen College professor emerita of music and former professor of church music at what is now Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary was 100.
