For the last year, I’ve been writing about First Things First in this column, a practice fueled by my desire to live by God’s priorities as expressed in Scripture. Although I ostensibly finished that series in the December 2010 column, my theme for the months ahead invites one more look at “firsts” in Scripture …
Retired educator and quilter Ozella McDaniel Williams from Charleston, S.C., shared the secret codes embedded in quilts to assist runaway slaves on their escape north …
One of the last battles between Native tribes on the Plains and the new inhabitants of those Plains occurred at Adobe Walls in Texas in 1874, the same year that the railroad
delivered Mennonites in droves to Kansas to settle on the Plains …
A recent audit of women in leadership in Mennonite Church USA provided considerable data on the number of women in leadership roles. As we shared this data across the church, we heard a common question: “Why are women always saying no when asked to take on a leadership role within Mennonite Church USA?” …
