What makes us a church and binds us together as Mennonite Christians? We are not church together because we have a pope …
What makes us a church and binds us together as Mennonite Christians? We are not church together because we have a pope …
God intends that the church be a hopeful place. The Apostle Paul often spoke of that hope and made great effort to help others comprehend it. Paul’s hope was inextricably linked to the person and work of Jesus Christ …
Apparently it is still possible for regular people to hit it big with a first novel. That is now happening to a friend of mine …
The Bible often mentions the poor. The word occurs more than 200 times in the NRSV. And it’s clear from these verses that God wants justice for the poor. Yet for many of us, poor people remain hidden, both to our and their detriment. We need each other …
I have degrees in Bible/theology, taken a seminary course on Mennonite faith and polity and followed it up with studying Mennonite history, but none of this education has been able to teach me what I have yet to learn about Mennonite church life …
I was first. I took off my shoes and socks and sat down on a chair. Jen was next in line. She knelt down, took my bare foot in her hand and held it over the basin. She picked up the pitcher, poured some water and washed my feet. In turn I washed Dirk’s feet …
