I am a black belt in Aikido, a Japanese defensive art. It’s a more recent martial art, created by its founder in response to the violence he witnessed as a child and the devastation of his country as a result of World War II …
I am a black belt in Aikido, a Japanese defensive art. It’s a more recent martial art, created by its founder in response to the violence he witnessed as a child and the devastation of his country as a result of World War II …
Since June I have been part of a support group for people living with depression or bipolar disorder that meets at our church roughly every other week. Meeting with this group has been helpful to me …
In 1984, Erma and Wilfred Martens were part of a small group that asked how the church could demonstrate that their daughter Linda was part of the church body. Their other daughter had been baptized, but Linda had developmental disabilities, and her ability to express her walk with Jesus was limited …
In Robert Frost’s famous poem “Mending Wall,” the narrator’s neighbor finds remarkably clever his assertion that “good fences make good neighbors” …
I have now completed my 10th year of pastoral ministry at East Chestnut Street Mennonite Church. It’s hard to believe. I can still recall candidating, the anxiety of discerning a call, the wonder of hearing that yes both from within myself and from the congregation. It seemed my predecessor had been at East Chestnut Street forever. I have now been here longer than he was …
As books pile up in the bookstores, on our shelves and on our wish lists, you may want to consider these recent releases …
Change is coming to post-election America this Thanksgiving season. Change is also coming to The Mennonite. Some of the changes were initiated by us. Some were initiated by others and some by the current economic environment …
