A history of Mennonite Youth Fellowship, 1948-1968 Growing up in a Mennonite church, I was active in my congregation’s Mennonite Youth Fellowship group. While we
Do you find yourself agreeing or disagreeing with these statements: “The youth today are just so different from previous generations” and, “Doing youth ministry in a postmodern era calls for radically different approaches”? …
The depiction of vengeance (“punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense,” according to Webster’s) permeates our media—movies, TV, books, video games, music—and challenges our Christian faith …
When we have fights about various matters in the church, the expectation is that we will self-mediate our way to resolution through dialogue. But the problem is that we do not agree on the meaning of dialogue …
I am blessed to be a pastor. I say that after several months of intense reflection on my own pastoral vocation in preparation for bidding farewell to First Mennonite Church, Newton, Kan., after 15 years …
There is a time in our lives when the future holds so much promise and mystery that the thought of an end to life is merely something to consider on a rainy day. I refer to the beautiful season of life that bridges childhood and adulthood …
