Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and this coming Sunday (April 23) our worship service will be focused on how Christian faith informs our commitments to creating a safe and nurturing environment for children and youth. In 2006, Columbus Mennonite adopted the Keeping CMC Safe policy which helps guide…
The original Inward Outward
Back in 1968 Elizabeth O’Connor wrote a book called Journey Inward Journey Outward. That language was already an important part of her congregation, Church of the Saviour, in Washington, DC. The book helped popularize this simple but profound notion of both journeys happening simultaneously. Living in Washington, DC in 1968…
Playing in the labyrinth
Inspired by the CMC children playing in the labyrinth in the fellowship hall on Sunday. One way to walk a labyrinth is to go slow, in quiet solitude. Savor each step. Mind the turns, the twists. They, like your life, fit a greater pattern not easily perceived. Go…
Faith is…
Jim Wallis, longtime leader of the progressive evangelical organization Sojourners, is fond of saying that faith is always personal, but never private. Faith ought to deeply impact us on the personal level, but, as Wallis’ saying goes, personal doesn’t mean private. Faith, by its nature, affects the kinds of…
Telling our story
Toward the end of last year The Mennonite magazine put out an invitation to submit articles on the theme of race and faith. I wrote about our congregation’s journey last year. It has just been posted on The Mennonite website, and I’m copying the text below as well. By…