April 15 is tax day in the United States. But while most people pay their taxes by that date, a group of us at Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va., take a different route. Concerned with the high percentage of our federal tax money that goes to the military while we pray for peace, we witness to our Christian faith through how we deal with this dilemma …
“I feel that the African Mennonites are more Mennonite than people in Mennonite churches in the U.S.,” said Louis Jean, pastor of Church of . . .
Hybels is the senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill.
His recommendation sparked renewed interest in Lederach’s 1999 Herald Press book, said Russ Eanes, director of MennoMedia.
Memorial Day was established to remember those who served and died in the armed forces. For many people, it’s a time for picnics and cookouts or just a nice day off from work. But for some, Memorial Day is anything but a nice day. If you have a loved one who died in war because of their military service, it may be a time of sadness and grief. It’s not just a day to honor veterans of long-ago wars. People today are mourning loved ones who died in the more recent wars of Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
In classical Greek tragedy, the driving force of the story often hinges on a conflict between two incompatible moral obligations …
An eighth-grade education, Amish faith, and farm chores don’t usually lead to urban ministry, a Ph.D. in spirituality and expertise as a church conflict mediator, but Marcus Smucker is far from what one expects. In fact, even he is surprised at where his life has led …
Looking confused, students pulled water bottles from their backpacks and put them on the table.
School administrators, Fry said, had decided water bottles were too disruptive. From now on students could use the water fountain in the gym between classes and drink at lunch.
