When Scripture shapes our thoughts, we are more likely to act on it. I used to feel impatient when I stood in line at the
Heather, the successful pastor at Plum Ridge Church, had for a long time experienced an intimate relationship with God. But halfway through her sixth year at Plum Ridge, she was plunged into a cavernous dark night …
It is common for older people to talk condescendingly about young adults …
In a church pummeled by recession, unsettled by transition and immersed in controversy, grace can get lost. During my year’s separation from family, friends and congregation, the Spirit strove to remind me that grace, like a twig floating on a river, will pass by unnoticed if I do not pay attention …
Historians of immigration often identify “push” and “pull” factors when trying to explain an individual or group’s decision to pick up and go as well as their choice of destination. This helps explain what led me to knock on Mennonite doors …
One morning I reflected on where my faith and ethnicity have intersected. I chose to be a Mennonite after having left a more fundamentalist-leaning church. Before that, I left the Roman Catholic Church …
Evidence of divisions and polarization is all around us. You can read it in the papers, watch it on the news, hear it from friends—and sometimes even experience it in the church. Historians and politicians talk about the loss of civility in our culture and society …
