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 …
In this column last month, I reflected on insights growing out of biblical passages using the word “first” …
While graduation day 2009 seemed like any other—the sense of accomplishment and bands of proud friends and family—it wasn’t. The world of today is strikingly different from that of even a year earlier …
