While serving in South Africa with Mennonite Mission Network, theologian Joe Sawatzky often learned as much about God from his cross-cultural engagements as he did from textbooks.
The U.S. political system fosters siding with a party and the party’s candidate in a way that views everything associated with that candidate or party as right and good and other parties and candidates as wrong and bad.
In 2008 i was a first-time voter and watched the election unfold from Brazil. As a newcomer to this political action and fresh off of reading Shane Claiborne’s Jesus for President, I had a lot of questions.
Thank you for Hendy Stevan Matahelemual’s beautiful column, “What is your flag?” (Oct. 16). I feel heartened and encouraged; it makes me feel hopeful.
Ancient cave drawings illustrate that artistic expression is endemic to humanity. And throughout history, artists have pushed boundaries and come into conflict with their communities.