Doing Our Own Work
Here at Columbus Mennonite, we will be talking about and working on issues of race through the next year. This is a commitment we have made in an effort to be the Church in this particular moment in history. It is also worth considering, however, the ways in which we…
And a Child Shall Lead Them
On February 7th, there will be a Children and Youth led Sunday service. When the idea first got proposed, I was extremely curious as to how something like this would turn out. Truth be told, it has been awesome to work with the kids on this! When I brought the…
Bible study time
What does Jesus’ lament over the city of Jerusalem in Luke 13:31-35 have to do with racial relations in the US? What does Jesus’ wilderness temptations in Luke 4 have to do with white privilege? How does the prophet Isaiah’s proclamation that God is “about to do a new…
Constructing a New Masculinity
Last Monday I had the opportunity to attend the gathering of Central Ohioans for Peace where the topic for the evening was a documentary called The Mask You Live In. This documentary explores how young men and boys struggle to navigate a very narrow definition of masculinity that is forced…
2015 Review
2015 is gone, but it’s worth remembering where we’ve been and what we’ve done in the past year. With fear and trembling that I may be leaving out something crucial, here are some of the highlights from the year, roughly in chronological order. Many of these events happen every year…
