We are all impacted by the forces of consumer capitalism. These forces help us grow comfortable being selfish. These forces help us grow comfortable discarding old things in favor of new. These forces help us grow comfortable being disconnected from the relational consequences of being selfish, discarding old things and choosing new ones …
Could 2014 be the year of young leaders in Mennonite Church USA? It looks that way according to the many Mennonite-related press releases and announcements this past year …
At 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 18, 2013, five Mennonites from the Nuevo Progreso colony in Campeche, Mexico, were released from the Chetumal prison, where they had been held since Feb. 7, 2013. (Two other colleagues had been released a short while earlier) …
At a library fair where we were displaying our book, Necessary Conversations Between Adult Children and Their Aging Parents, a woman stopped by our table. She glanced at the book cover, read the table of contents and walked away. Later she returned, spent more time examining the book, and with a pained look on her face muttered under her breath, “I can’t do it,” and left …
The northern Spain sun beat down on Deb Schmidt as she guzzled water and followed her husband, Don, to a roadside café. They lunched there before walking several more hours that day on the Camino de Santiago, a six-week, 500-mile walking pilgrimage. She was grateful to rest her sore knees …
