God, Money, and Provision
Several years ago, the Bible story of John sending his disciples to ask if Jesus was the one…. caught my eye in a new way.
Luke 7:22b - Jesus tells...
“How Ableism Fuels Racism” an Excerpt
On September 12, 2001, I had an encounter with police that could have ended far worse than it did. The tension was high that day. Terrorists had attac...
Expanding Our Scope: Land as a Means for Repair through Equitable Development
Excerpt by Coté Soerens from Gone for Good? Negotiating the Coming Wave of Church Property Transition (Eerdmans Publishing, January 2024), Mark Elsdon...
In Between A Rock Is A Hard Place
I love the Psalms because the conversations shared are raw, uncensored, uplifting, and reassuring. They model the brutal honesty we can boldly and saf...
A High Churchman Feels the Spirit Moving
There was to be no clapping in church. No clapping during music. No clapping when a child was baptized. No clapping when an award was presented or whe...
A Response for Palestine and Israel
Knowing how to respond to the current crises in Gaza and Israel is a challenging task. As a Christian, my call is to overcome evil not with evil, but ...
We Theologized Hate
In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day – here is an excerpt on antisemitism entitled “We Theologized Hate” from Rethinking Life by Shane Claiborne. Rep...
Faith is a Verb
Editor's Note from the author, S.M. Reed:
"The following blog post was originally posted on the blog, “The Jaded Evangelical”. “The Jaded Evangelical...
prayer (xxvi) …for Munther Isaac and Gaza…
prayer (xxvi)
...for Munther Isaac and Gaza...
this year, the child will be found
swaddled in rubble. soft infant
flesh surrounded by rough sl...
135 Mennonites Arrested in Washington Singing for Gaza Ceasefire
135 Mennonites arrested in Washington Singing for Gaza Ceasefire
200 attend peace vigil while 135 arrested at Capitol
On January 16, 2024, hundreds ...