The road map of faith is a thing of our own making; it is our response to the gift of the leading of the Holy Spirit. This map can guide us past the next horizon and around the next corner of challenge to a new discovery of God’s presence and purpose …
During the 2007 discussion of a plan to provide basic health care for all Mennonite Church USA pastors, executive director Jim Schrag compared the efforts that would follow to a four-lap race …
They say we’re in uncharted waters with this financial crisis, and in some ways that seems to be the case. But families for countless generations have weathered hard times, often growing stronger in the face of external threats …
Pastor J.P. Masih’s has come to the Asian Mennonite Community Church in Aurora, Ill. “Our congregation is very small,” J.P. says—so small they can’t afford to pay for pastoral health insurance …
Scattered throughout the letters of Paul are references to a collection he initiated for distressed believers in Jerusalem. In 2 Corinthians 8–9 Paul appeals to the Corinthians and other Gentile churches to respond to the material needs of their fellow believers in Jerusalem …
The article “Wounds of War” by Carolyn Holderread Heggen called on Mennonite congregations to “welcome combat veterans … suffering terrors of the soul.” We received little response to this call, and I have been curious whether any congregations are focusing in new ways on this national shame …
Do you imagine God with a clenched hand or an open hand? Is the God you worship a giver or a taker? …
