John Howard Yoder and sexual violence
In the last couple months there have been some significant and substantive conversations going on regarding the most prominent Mennonite theologian of the last half century – John Howard Yoder. There are strong calls being made for the church and its institutions to more publicly come to terms with the…
Safely dead?
Today – today! – is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech symbolizes the sentiment and power of that historic event. Hopefully you’ve had opportunity to tune in to any of the number of commemorations going on today and this…
More on conversations
To follow up from last week… What does the church need to talk about? What is the church afraid to talk about? What has the church talked about too much? These were the key questions that guided the discussion last Friday and Saturday at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS). The…
Five most important conversations
This Friday I’ll be heading up to Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS) in Elkhart, Indiana to meet with a small group of folks to discuss a compelling question: What are the five most important conversations the church needs to have in the next decade? This conversation about these conversations was…
The Vacation
This fall-ish weather has been great – is Columbus like this all the time?! It’s also somewhat of a reminder that summer is vanishing and the school year is pretty near. Many of you have had the chance to take vacations out of town, are currently on vacation, or are…
