Real Families: Meditations on family life Writing this column over the past five years has brought me repeatedly to themes of fragility and resilience in
As a pacifist Christian and U.S. citizen, I am troubled by my country’s military campaigns, but our preemptive strikes are particularly disturbing. If we are going to be involved in warfare, couldn’t we at least wait and respond out of self-defense rather than bringing aggression based on so-called intelligence or even assumptions? …
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” …
