Listening for Wisdom
Last Saturday I gathered on Zoom with Mennonites from across our conference for our annual mid-year gathering. These gatherings used to happen in person across a few different weekends to accommodate the wide geography of the Central District Conference, but have moved solely online the last few years. This means…
From Apartment to Church to Apartment
As you approach our church building from the south, walking up Broadway Place between North Broadway Street and Oakland Park Avenue, you pass three apartment buildings on your left, each a quad. The third is unique. It’s attached to the church. Inside, the rooms have been converted to our downstairs…
The Backstory is the Story
On Sunday, I met with the junior high Sunday school class. We’ll celebrate our nine sixth graders at the Coming of Age service February 4. One of the ways we prepare together is through study and discussion of that morning’s Bible story. Because the junior highers requested we also declare…
Mennos in DC
On Monday and Tuesday, Ila (our 11 year old daughter), Kyle Kerley, Carolyn May, and I represented Columbus Mennonite in Washington, DC at the Mennonite Action call for a ceasefire in Gaza and Israel. There are good write-ups out there, like The Washington Post and Common Dreams. I love that…
Nonviolence Rising
A core principle of nonviolence is recognizing the humanity of your opponent. -opening line of an editorial in the January issue of Sojourners magazine From our beginnings, Mennonites have emphasized the peacefulness of Jesus – his teachings, his life, his refusal to violently resist his execution at the hands of…
