Elaine Moyer has led in both public and private school classrooms, on the athletic field, as department chair and associate athletic director at Bluffton (Ohio)
Even though the Old Testament patriarch Abraham lived to be 175, it is not his longevity that most impresses Robert Kreider, 94, a long-time leader in the Mennonite church. What resonates with him is Abraham’s trust on a faith journey woven with God’s call to leave certainty and embrace change …
When I proposed a plan for investing the hypothetical $1 million he would receive, Antonio (name in the story changed for anonymity) said without hesitation, “Oh, no, I couldn’t do that” …
The Advent and Christmas season in our culture is the strangest thing. On the one hand, we are celebrating, partying and doing happy things: television specials and Christmas card images—fun parties at work, at home and at school—wonderful carols of the season that play 24/7 on our favorite radio stations …
Can the kingdom that is not yet already be? Can you give someone a gift that they already have? Can you juggle if you’re clumsy? These three questions speak to 12 signs of the kingdom I have witnessed in this congregation, Chestnut Street Mennonite Church in Lancaster, Pa. …
