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My friendship with Dale, an ‘edge worker’ among Mennonites

Photo: Tim Nafziger and Dale Suderman in Vietnam in 2008 prior to Dale’s stroke. Photo provided by the author. My friend Dale Suderman died quietly

Tim Nafziger

An overdue letter to Rachel Held Evans

Dear Rachel Held Evans, I’m writing with an overdue note of appreciation. Last week’s news of your passing shook me at a deeper level than

Ben Wideman

It’s time to start shouting

It’s been estimated that one in five people sitting in church pews on Sunday morning struggle with their mental health: darkness, despair, relentless grief, choking

The Mennonite

Remembering Susan Sommer

Susan Lehman Sommer, 68, of Tremont, Ill., passed away at 2:56 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, at her home. Susan served on the board of

The Mennonite

A tribute to Steve Cheramie Risingsun

Iris de León-Hartshorn is the director of transformative peacemaking for Mennonite Church USA. This post originally ran on Mennonite Church USA's Menno Snapshots blog. A

Mennonite Church USA

Remembering Hal Shrader

By Eric Vincent. This piece originally ran in the Pacific Southwest Mennonite Conference E-update. Hal Shrader served as lead pastor at Trinity Mennonite Church in

The Mennonite

The cloud of witnesses after Joel’s death

Nancy Kauffmann is a denominational minister for Mennonite Church USA. This originally ran as a post on the Mennonite Church USA website. Recently a violent storm hit

wearemenno

Finding mentors in unusual places

Erica Littlewolf is from the Northern Cheyenne tribe of southeastern Montana and currently lives in Albuquerque, N.M. She works for Mennonite Central Committee Central States

Erica Littlewolf

Letter to my Grandma

posted by Tim Nafziger on 11/23/08 at 09:12 PM This morning at 6 am my grandmother, Mary W Hess passed away at the age of

Tim Nafziger

Taking Dale home

11/02/08 at 11:46 PM I've written twice here before about my journey with my friend Dale through his stroke and recovery. This weekend I, along

Tim Nafziger