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sexuality

Tenderly inviting all to God’s banquet

For long decades now I’ve dreamed of a setting in which we could learn how — offering each other the tenderness for which every human

Michael A. King

July 22, 2015

New policies put colleges ‘at variance’ with MC USA

Two Mennonite Church USA colleges expanded their nondiscrimination policies July 20 to include employees in same-sex marriages, putting them at variance with the denomination’s education

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 20, 2015

Heartbreaking moment

I am a 76-year-old lesbian, in a committed relationship for close to 30 years and a delegate to the Mennonite Church USA convention in Kan­sas

Letters

July 20, 2015

Oppressive or permissive?

Is this how the dream of a big-tent church dies? We hope not. But it seemed to some that Mennonite Church USA’s vision of unity

Paul Schrag

July 20, 2015

Stubborn love

With all the talk of the transformational power of walking the Emmaus road and breaking bread together, it felt jarring to come home from the

Tim Huber

July 20, 2015

LGBT advocates pursue acceptance at Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Organizations advocating for inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people within Mennonite Church USA were allowed a presence within the denomination’s convention for the first time.

Pink Menno, a group committed to being a visible and vocal presence at Mennonite gatherings, operated out of a room around the corner from the delegate hall.

Tim Huber | Mennonite World Review

July 8, 2015

Sharing pain, seeing Jesus

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Pick a category of person at the Mennonite Church USA convention, and you could identify their pain.

It might have been the pain of exclusion due to sexual orientation. Or of feeling the church has agreed to tolerate sin. It might have been the pain of sexual abuse. Or of concern for the future of a church sharply divided on how to relate to sexual minorities.

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

July 7, 2015

Love should never feel like a lost cause

I dared to hope that the decisions in Thursday’s delegate sessions at #MennoCon15 would surprise me. They did not. Yet last night I felt as

Meghan Florian

July 6, 2015

Palestine, racial justice statements pass; relatives of LGBT people lament exclusion

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Words of lament by relatives of LGBT people and resolutions supporting Middle East peacemakers and condemning the fatal shooting of nine

Paul Schrag | Mennonite World Review

July 6, 2015

God is love, or nothing

In the wake of Mennonite Church USA’s fierce conflict over the acceptance — or not — of LGBT brothers and sisters, it is ironic that

Letters

July 6, 2015
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