Have you ever given thanks for your shortcomings? Maybe you said, “Thank goodness for my high blood pressure.” Or, “Thank God I’m overweight.” Or, “I’m glad I struggle with depression” …
Have you ever given thanks for your shortcomings? Maybe you said, “Thank goodness for my high blood pressure.” Or, “Thank God I’m overweight.” Or, “I’m glad I struggle with depression” …
Our Membership Guidelines for the Formation of Mennonite Church USA say it is a teaching position of our church that homosexual sexual activity is sin.
The framers of the guidelines were wise in using the term “teaching position” …
We live in confusing times. Perhaps that has always been the case, for in every era the powers and principalities of the world mutate into different forms, inventing new temptations that lead followers of Jesus away from the gospel …
Mark Van Steenwyk, originally from Becker County, Minn., lives in Minneapolis with The Mennonite Worker community. The Mennonite Worker (formerly Missio Dei) has been affiliated with Central Plains Mennonite Conference since 2007 …
