John 8:1-11 poses a question about stoning, but there aren’t any real stones in the story. It is easy to imagine that the scribes and Pharisees are clenching stones in their hands when they bring this unnamed woman to Jesus, but the text doesn’t tell us that. Neither does it tell us that, after Jesus’ response, they dropped their stones as they walked away …
In his second letter to Timothy, Paul gives credit to a parent and grandparent of his young mentee. Paul implies that habits of faithfulness can be passed from one generation to the next. Perhaps it’s more than a coincidence that I’m noticing this since Bonnie and I now have two grandchildren of our own …
When Lois Gunden went to Vichy France at the request of the Mennonite Central Committee 72 years ago, she hoped to be able to improve the lives of child refugees. She could not have imagined that she would be in a position to save them from deportation and death at Auschwitz …
The first time I ever heard Mennonites singing in four-part harmony all the hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and I burst into tears.
