Midweek Blog: MennoCon21 Listening
Greetings “from” the Mennonite Church USA Convention. This week, I’m participating in seminars and worship alongside people from around the country (and a few around the world), but I’m doing so from my home. The sound quality might be better for the in-person convention, but I find the lodging accommodations…
Mid week blog – a time-honored tradition | Robin Walton
Friends, Here’s my first crack at a time-honored tradition. First, let me thank you for trusting me to cover some of Joel’s duties this summer while he is on sabbatical. I will take this opportunity to reiterate my responsibilities: I will help with worship coordination, assist any of the worship…
Sabbatical cometh
Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am. A reluctant enthusiast and a part-time crusader. A half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the West. It is even more important to enjoy it, while you can, while…
Fifth generation
During our CDC Pastor Peer meeting last week our Conference Minister Doug Luginbill led a meditation on Exodus 34 which includes the words “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious…keeping steadfast love for the thousandth generation…but visiting the iniquity of the parents upon the children and the children’s…
Midweek Blog: A Lifetime of Theological Doubt
The Anabaptist World magazine runs a regular comic called Loaves and Fishsticks, by Steve Edwards. In the most recent issue, the comic strip featured a person leading a children’s Sunday School class with a guitar in hand. The leader invites the class to join in singing “Peace Like a River.” …
