In 1984, Erma and Wilfred Martens were part of a small group that asked how the church could demonstrate that their daughter Linda was part of the church body. Their other daughter had been baptized, but Linda had developmental disabilities, and her ability to express her walk with Jesus was limited …
I have heard it said time and time again that Mennonite young people are leaving the Mennonite church for other activities …
Many worry Mennonite Church USA members are becoming older, and membership is becoming fewer. Here are seven young adults who are committed to their congregations.
This September, a record first-year class of 208 students enrolled at LCC International University in Klaipeda, Lithuania. This brings the current enrollment to 640 students representing 20 different countries …
Christ’s love is the comprehensive answer to human problems, but that all-encompassing compassion must be incarnated through small acts of faith …
Ted Eash remembers the event well. As a pastor, he often received news about accidents; this one was no different. Several weeks earlier, a member of his congregation, a farmer, was forced to swerve his truck. The truck flipped, injuring him and damaging the truck beyond repair …
With this quote from environmentalist Aldo Leopold inscribed on their T-shirts, 29 students and five faculty members from Eastern Mennonite High School in Harrisonburg, Va., headed westward on July 9, 2007, in our quest to create a land ethic. After traveling 22 days and nearly 8,000 miles through 22 states and nine National Parks and Monuments, we returned, tired but transformed …
In Oregon we vote by mail. A couple of weeks before the election, we receive our ballots and a big, thick “Election Guide” to help us make rational, informed decisions …
I learned from Jeff Smith, the Frugal Gourmet of TV fame, that “frugal” doesn’t mean cutting back or using only lower-cost ingredients …
I dread the anticonsumption rhetoric that becomes especially shrill at Christmas. Here is my argument for consumption mixed with a measure of thought and intelligence …
