I saw Palm Sunday in a different light this year. As I do each year, I imagined Jesus’ journey toward Jerusalem. But as I pictured the scene on Palm Sunday, I didn’t see the same happy throng waving palm branches and laying colorful cloaks in the path of a young donkey ridden by the Messiah. Instead, I imagined the riveting video footage of the masses gathered in Tahrir Square in the midst of the Egyptian uprising …
The verse from Revelation has led some of us in Mennonite Church USA to embrace a “Revelation 7:9 vision.” That is, we long for a church that includes the many peoples who will be represented in heaven …
For Baby Boomers such as myself (born in 1954), World War II was in the background during our formative years. It was the most destructive event, by far, in all of human history …
On the Sunday related to July 4, we can rethink what it means to be a Christian patriot. We can give thanks for the privileges we have. We can see what characterizes a Christian patriot. And we can ask, What guidance does the early church give us? …
When Nelson Okanya grew up in Kenya, he played with the children of the first mission workers from Eastern Mennonite Missions to plant a Mennonite church among his people …
This morning I rode bike to school with my new foster child. She has lived with me for a week as I write this, and she has been awaiting adoption for over a year …
