On March 19, the newly elected Pope Francis celebrated his inaugural Mass at St. Peter’s Square with some 150,000 people in attendance. Among those gathered for the occasion were two Mennonites—Henk Stenvers of the Netherlands and Rainer Burkart of Germany—who were present on behalf of Mennonite World Conference …
I have only a few fond memories of my mother during my childhood. Circumstances of life simply made it hard to celebrate the good memories because they were clouded by so many bad memories. But I cling to the memory of my mother caring for us when we were sick. I recall the vast love, compassion and sacrifice she displayed anytime we were under the weather …
In their article “Post Christendom or Neo-Christendom?” (February), Ron Adams and Isaac Villegas take issue with the way we use “post-Christendom” in The Naked Anabaptist and other writings …
When Rachel Halder began the Our Stories Untold website, she never expected to reunite two women who had not spoken for 30 years, following an incident of sexual violence …
Before I clicked the enter button of my public Facebook status, questions plagued my mind: Was I really ready to talk about sex in a public space? Was I prepared to delve into the dirty, murky waters of sexualized violence and abuse against women and men, claiming that these things actually exist in the Mennonite church? Could I handle potential negative vitriol? Did I really want my personal story to be so exposed? …
Connections affect outlook. How people network varies during life’s decades. For Rachel Weaver Kreider, both ancestry and current experience prompt stories to retell …
