re did our Christmas carols come from? He was a descendent of the original Pilgrims, a graduate of Harvard Divinity School, a clergyman of some
Do you know how many automobile accidents there were on Christmas Day, how many house fires, how many car bombings, how many children succumbed to preventable diseases?
Fifty-six Americans. Apparently, this was the U.S. remnant of our formerly thriving binational family. Mennonite Church Canada’s family gathering with Mennonite Church USA at last summer’s summit, “At the Crossroads,” was clearly missing some members …
The waning hours of Nov. 4 found me at my computer, multitasking, trying not to be too nervous about the election results. A little after 11 the election was called. The United States had just elected a black man, Barack Obama, as president …
There is a story about Albert Einstein on a train. The conductor asked to see his ticket. But the conductor recognized the famous scientist and reassured him, “Dr. Einstein, don’t worry about it. We know who you are. I’m sure you bought a ticket” …
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 …
