Robin died of pneumonia in the woods behind Wal-Mart. She lived in the forest for the past decade, but it wouldn’t be exactly true to say that she was “homeless.” She called the forest her home …
Robin died of pneumonia in the woods behind Wal-Mart. She lived in the forest for the past decade, but it wouldn’t be exactly true to say that she was “homeless.” She called the forest her home …
In the parable of the laborers in the vineyard (Matthew 20:1-16), a landowner goes out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard, promising them the usual daily wage. He goes back to the marketplace to hire more workers at 9 a.m., promising to pay them “whatever is right” …
Scarcely a week goes by without someone saying, “Give people fish and you feed them for a day; teach them how to fish and you feed them for life” …
Twenty years ago, our government threatened to start the first Gulf war, then made good on those threats in August 1990. We had the first Gulf War, the Second Gulf War and now the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mennonites now seem to be at peace with these nearly continual wars …
As my friend rehearsed for me what she planned to say to her husband, I could see myself in her manner …
When some people hear “Christian family,” they think of having Christian parents and relatives, going to church together on Sunday mornings, sharing family devotions or service projects and growing up in a Christian home …
The stage is bare, and he’s standing there, emptiness all around. That’s how actor-playwright Ted Swartz has felt many times in the nearly three years after suffering a major personal, professional and financial loss …
