In his second letter to Timothy, Paul gives credit to a parent and grandparent of his young mentee. Paul implies that habits of faithfulness can be passed from one generation to the next. Perhaps it’s more than a coincidence that I’m noticing this since Bonnie and I now have two grandchildren of our own …
When Lois Gunden went to Vichy France at the request of the Mennonite Central Committee 72 years ago, she hoped to be able to improve the lives of child refugees. She could not have imagined that she would be in a position to save them from deportation and death at Auschwitz …
The first time I ever heard Mennonites singing in four-part harmony all the hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and I burst into tears.
