Daily Connector | Easter Egg Activity with Junior Youth | Mim Halterman
Did you ever wonder how to make these Easter Eggs? Well now’s the perfect time to ask one of the Junior Youth or Robin Walton. Although I’ve had the pleasure of making them with Robin, I’m not going to let the secret out. It’s a Martha Stewart delight – yes…
Daily Connector | Part V: Repent. Repair. Real Estate | Brent Miller
A couple of years ago I attended a panel on civil rights and fair housing issues. One panelist (“Panelist A”) was adamant that the only way to reparation and repentance would come through one-on-one conversations. It needs to start at home. At work. With our children and with our neighbors….
Daily Connector | Part IV: Reparations Essay | Yvonne Zimmerman
Can you really be sorry for something you’ve done, if you won’t take responsibility for repairing –or at least trying to repair–the damage? Think about a person who’s done something to hurt you –something pretty significant. If you tell them what you need from them to repair the harm they’ve…
Daily Connector | Part IV: Repent. Repair. Real Estate (?!?) | Brent Miller
I often hear comments along these lines, “I bet you meet all kinds in your line of business.” Here is the story of the only time that I have ever “fired” a client. In 2016 someone called the CMC office and asked if there happened to be a Mennonite REALTOR®…
Daily Connector | In Dr. Suess’s Company | Dan Halterman
What is one story from your family lineage that impacts how you think about repair for future generations? I rummaged through my stock of family stories to find something fitting this prompt. I climbed through my dad’s family tree, testing several thin branches, then shinnied into my mom’s where some…
Daily Connector | Part III Repent. Repair. Real Estate (?!?)| Brent Miller
Imagine that you are black and living in a small, tight-knit neighborhood near an old coal mine where about 4 or 5 families have inhabited a group of 25-30 houses for the better part of the last 75 years. Imagine that the city surrounding you was growing and expanding its…
Daily Connector | Reparations Committee Part III | JoAnn Knapke
I am a watcher: a stand-at-the-side onlooker. Definitely NOT a do-er. All my life I have been more comfortable being a wallflower—someone who is out of the spotlight. Ever since our church started focusing on racial justice issues, I have felt more compelled to start doing SOMETHING. So besides being…
Daily Connector | Part II. Repent Repair. Real Estate(?!?) | Brent Miller
About a week ago an article from the National Association of REALTORS® hit my inbox and caught my attention. The title of the article was, “NAR Study Underscores Commitment to Racial Equality” and pulled heavily from a report that the National Association of REALTORS® published. The report, “Snapshot of Race…
Daily Connector | Winter Progression | Mim Halterman
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Daily Connector | Part I: Repent. Repair. | Brent Miller
Our worship theme for Lent is “Repent. Repair.” The word REPENT, as defined by Merriam-Webster is “to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one’s life.” Definition 2 (a) reads, “to feel regret or contrition.” I am a REALTOR® and I am here for the repentance. I…