Here's why and how. A pastor’s wife said: “What can be done to help widowed people? We don’t know what their needs are.” This raised
There is a time in our lives when the future holds so much promise and mystery that the thought of an end to life is merely something to consider on a rainy day. I refer to the beautiful season of life that bridges childhood and adulthood …
What do young adults expect from their pastors? For some it’s a personal relationship, support and advice, or share meals …
Fifty years ago, we were hard at work at Hesston (Kan.) College. Our first child was about 5 when it seemed advisable to take into our home my wife’s folks. Our daughter grew up with four German adults over her—no screaming or hollering allowed. Thirty years later, we learned a lesson too late …
One of the joys of my aging years is the Sunday school class I teach at Faith Mennonite Church in Newton, Kan. We sit around a long table in a classroom that doubles as the health and wellness room. As one who has difficulty hearing, I like it that at the table we lean in toward each other as we speak, our quarterlies and Bibles on the table before us …
