Apologies help bring inner unity and reconciliation. “I’m sorry for my part in this whole thing,” he said. It was already a good two hours
Mennonite youth at Pittsburgh 2011 heard that now is the time for them to make a mature decision and request baptism upon their return to their home congregations after convention. “Don’t wait for a perfect moment,” said speaker Brenda Matthews on July 8. “Life is not perfect” …
John Powell, who has a long history with Mennonite Mission Network and its predecessor agencies, was named to a new position, mission advocate, on Aug. 1 …
The 2011 convention in Pittsburgh generated no denominational statements or resolutions. That was by design. But perhaps the 2013 gathering should consider a resolution that establishes what the Mennonite Church USA confession of faith, denominational statements and resolutions mean—and what they don’t mean …
The fact that this is my last Real Families column made me want to zoom out to bigger-picture reflections. What kept coming to me was this: Families are where we primally and intimately experience torment and transcendence …
