I just finished teaching Mennonite studies to some of the most motivated high school seniors you could meet. At the beginning of our course, I challenged them with what I thought was the most important and difficult question we face: What is a Mennonite, really? …
After Anders Behring Breivik killed 76 Norwegians on July 22 in Oslo, the media quickly labeled him a right-wing extremist …
Iam one of those people who leave their Christmas decorations up past December. This mainly happens because I forget. I should also say that by Christmas decorations, I mean, our crèche. That’s all I put out …
As I write, Pittsburgh 2011 is still pretty fresh in my memory. But by the time you read this, two months will have elapsed since the biennial gathering of Mennonite Church USA members. One of the things I took away from Pittsburgh is that we are still grappling with the term missional …
From today’s news: book sales in the United States are down 9 percent; Borders Books, one of the two main megastore chains in the nation, began its liquidation as part of bankruptcy; Amazon reported that sales of e-books exceeded paper copies in the previous 12 months; Apple exceeded all expectation by selling more than 9 million tablets; smart phones will soon outsell PCs; and Netflix ignited controversy by upping the price of its combination net-streaming and mail-order DVD service …
