Tillie, who grew up Amish partly in Kokomo, Ind., but mostly in Holmes County, Ohio, had an abusive childhood, perhaps one of the reasons she took compassion on young children in need throughout her life and implemented programs to reach out to them …
Since my wife and I made the decision to divorce on Feb. 17, 2010, that event has been a significant force in shaping who I am. I grew up Mennonite, but I took my faith for granted and made a conscious effort to get out and explore what the world had to offer as soon as I could after high school graduation …
I wonder if the benefits of typing this article outweigh the costs, because in doing so I pollute drinking water, destroy homes and spew greenhouse gases into the atmosphere …
Friends in the mental health field assure me that “normal” is unreal and often an unhelpful construct. What is normal? …
Sacrifice is a word oddly out of place in our culture. But it appears more than 200 times in the Bible. The writer of Hebrews, in that distinctly Jewish book, describes Jesus’ death on the cross as a single sacrifice that removes sins “for all time” …