Bridges to (the) Cross This year's convention theme—"Bridges to (the) Cross"—is inspired by 2 Corinthians 5:16-20 and the 446 bridges that span Pittsburgh. The theme
My transfer to another prison came unexpectedly. I had no idea where I was going. Leg shackles were cuffed to my ankles before I climbed on board the bus. They hurt and made the four-hour trip even more uncomfortable. This was not my first bus ride or my last …
At the heart of one of Paul’s best-known theological formulations describing Christian conversion is a summons to a “ministry of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:18). This passage represents perhaps the earliest New Testament articulation of the vocation of restorative justice and peacemaking …
“The Bible preaches against retirement,” Tony Campolo once said. He noted that Jesus even told a parable about a man who planned to retire on his accumulations and busied
himself by building bigger barns to protect his property …
Campolo’s gentle gibe may have been relevant in the early 1990s. But imbibing wine and other alcoholic beverages is the latest form of assimilation for many Mennonites. Some see this as a loss of faithfulness; it need not be …
Pop’s encore was set in motion as my mother, Betty Detweiler King, was dying in September 2010. Breaking his hip last February had left my dad Aaron’s mind fogged-in. Alzheimer’s? Lingering post-hospital psychosis? We were never sure …
