Two books offer timely views of Mennonite engagement in China
When actor Wasim No’mani was cast as Moses in the new YouTube comedy show The Promised Land, it was, for him, a very Moses-like moment.
Polls and surveys note the largest trend in American Christianity today is the rise of nondenominational churches. Why? And why now?
In this article, I will share with you a story of a follower of Jesus, who was persecuted by his community and took a step of faith, perhaps too risky, which eventually led to the transformation of the community.
John L. Ruth wrote ’Twas Seeding Time: A Mennonite View of the American Revolution because he couldn’t find stories about his eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite community and the American Revolution in history books.
Amos was not a professional prophet, but an uneducated shepherd who preached social justice and denounced exploitation of the poor by the rich. He was especially harsh on the rulers, priests and upper classes.
Sometimes during the harried first years of raising toddler, then preschooler twins, one with Down syndrome, I escaped through our woods to the creek, Briery Branch, and stacked rocks.
A predominantly white church that sought to learn about its racial history has now dedicated a memorial to the enslaved people who once worked on the building’s land in downtown Washington, D.C.
