We want to thank Charlie Malembe and Nancy Myers for their excellent article “1,000 Gather in Kinshasa for Ordinations.” They communicate well the excitement and the sense of kairos—God’s timing—that we were privileged to share as part of the delegation from Mennonite Church USA and its agencies …
In the summer of 2001, I. P. Asheervadam, a young historian and rising church leader in the Conference of Mennonite Brethren in India, came to Goshen (Ind.) College to do research for a history of Mennonites in the subcontinent of India …
The infant lying in the manger is God’s body. That’s what “Emmanuel” means. The Hebrew word is, literally, “God with us” …
A beautiful mess is the title I would give my attempt to make applesauce this year. The only logical explanation for why I would undertake processing two bushels of apples with the help of my infant son and toddler daughter is that I’m optimistic (or that I have caved under the pressure to have Instagram-able moments of motherhood) …
An important and gripping documentary series is playing on PBS stations. The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross is a six-hour series that chronicles African-American history, from the origins of slavery on the African continent through more than four centuries of remarkable events up to the present …
Our small congregation celebrated the births of two babies this past
summer. On a Sunday morning and at other gatherings, you’ll see people taking turns holding these infants, giving the parents a break and themselves the pleasure of holding a baby. But after a while, the baby gets fussy, then cries, perhaps needing to be fed, and back he or she goes to the mother …
