Forged in the Fiery Furnace: African American Spirituality by Diana L. Hayes (Orbis Books, 2012, $22) is an accessible introduction to African American spirituality. It
At the Mennonite Church USA gathering in Pittsburgh last July, delegates were instructed to spend time discussing what it means to be missional. The moderator of that session began by telling us what missional means and what it does not mean …
A few days before he died on Jan. 1 in Hesston, Kan., the late H. Eugene (Gene) Herr said to his daughter, Ellen Awe, “I don’t understand why I am not going anywhere” …
The still-unresolved case of George Zimmerman shooting Trayvon Martin has laid bare some harsh realities for us all. As Mennonite Church USA continues to work at dismantling racism within our circles, we need to talk about how those realities also exist in our minds and hearts …
There are few things that draw a church community together like a common sense of mission or purpose. Some churches have a written mission statement, others just carry their calling in their bones. You can feel it in every aspect of the congregation …
