Even though the Old Testament patriarch Abraham lived to be 175, it is not his longevity that most impresses Robert Kreider, 94, a long-time leader in the Mennonite church. What resonates with him is Abraham’s trust on a faith journey woven with God’s call to leave certainty and embrace change …
“Mom, what’s in your belly?. I asked my pregnant mother when I was three years old. “Oh, that’s your sister. You.ll get to meet her soon” …
Bishop Tutu was making a provocative point in his keynoter speech: God needs our help. Wait. What? God needs our help? …
In the June issue, Ron Adams makes the proposal to replace the word “missional” with “bearing witness.” He argues that a new term is needed because we are befuddled by the word missional. Adams has a point but also misses the point that bearing witness is an essential aspect of being missional and helps us understand the concept of missional more clearly. And there is more to being missional than bearing witness …
Erwin Mirabel was barely 20 years old when, in the late 1980s, he attended a seminar in Salazar de las Palmas, Colombia, led by Mennonite theologian and teacher John Driver. Although the young Venezuelan understood almost nothing about Anabaptist theology at the time, he returned from the workshop to his home on Isla Margarita, off the coast of Venezuela, eager to learn more …
Recently I received a phone call from a person who had discovered Mennonites via the Mennonite Church USA website. She said she was a Christian and found our beliefs to be consistent with hers …
