Word and Spirit
CMC is having a good book writing year. This past Sunday Katie Mast shared that she and Ivan have co-authored a book with their daughter Krista about the family’s journey with Krista’s schizophrenia. It’s rare enough for someone with this illness to be willing and able to write openly about…
Living a Vision
This evening is the annual Commission Workshop. This is when new and returning commission members, over 30 people, get together for a meal, get oriented to leadership and logistics, and have their first meeting of the commission year. CMC commissions are Christian Ed, Community Life, Facilities, Shepherding, Worship, plus Leadership…
Mennonites and Jews discussing Mennonites and Jews
Wednesday evening I got back from a three-day symposium titled “Jews and Mennonites: Reading the Bible After the Holocaust.” Much of the credit for this gathering goes to John Kampen who some of you know as the former Academic Dean of Bluffton University and Methodist Theological School in Ohio. John’s…
Pastoral Care and Counseling
In the most recent Lamplighter, Dan Lehman submitted an article on behalf of the Shepherding Commission that talked about all the different things that commission does. Before going to print, he ran it by the commission for any edits, and I offered one small change. In the section about how…
Three thoughts after BREAD Nehemiah Action
Last evening around 60 CMCers joined 1600+ folks at the BREAD Nehemiah Action at the Celeste Center. It’s the climax of BREAD’s annual cycle of organizing around solutions to problems facing folks in Franklin County. Here are three things I’m chewing on the morning after…. + One of the opening…
