Too much 'missions tourism' is based on what will benefit us rather than what will help them. "They’re turning my people into beggars." It was

“My whole life is a lie,” she sobbed in Spanish on her hospital bed. “I came here for a better life and have found nothing but disappointments.” María’s latest setback was an unexpected bout with appendicitis; I was visiting her as a volunteer chaplain …

Poetry This is mercy: to have a friend who remembers you not for the ways you have failed but for the beauty in your hands.

The Epistle to the Hebrews offers a different way of dreaming about Jesus. Hebrews is a book for dreamers. As we all know, there are

A village of people help a mother raise her children in a new land. It’s five o’clock in the morning, dark, mostly quiet except for

When I knew “Ellen,” she was smart, attractive and couldn’t keep a paying job. She found meaning by volunteering for nonprofits, including a classical music organization where I worked. She accepted concert tickets as pay for ushering on “good” days, when she wasn’t hiding in her apartment arguing with her “visitors” …

Adult sessions Tuesday evening, June 30 “Gathered in God’s Spirit” (Acts 2:1-11; John 20:19b-21a) Juana F. Nuñez (Juanita) works as a certified part-time chaplain with

Wednesday, July 1 All delegates are encouraged to be present for the opening session. Leaders will be introduced and delegates will get acquainted with each

Three women will lead their final song and tell their final story to the children and preschoolers gathered at Convention 2009 in Columbus, Ohio …

Finally, Mennonites get to meet in Columbus, Ohio. Jorge Vallejos, director of convention planning, says his office hoped to hold conventions in Columbus previous years, and now that wish has come true …

Pastor Susan Ortman Goering witnesses Columbus (Ohio) Mennonite Church’s influence on people all over the country …

There are growing signs that fear and misinformation concerning the H1N1 (swine flu) virus are leading to discrimination against immigrants in the United States …