Daily Connector | Moments of beauty | Verdene Thompson
When I consider what has sustained me during this difficult time, what comes to mind are moments of beauty in nature. When Gary and I decided several years ago to spend the wintertime near my family in Arizona, one of the things that excited us was exploring the west. As…
Daily Connector | My pandemic life | Becky Waybill
I’ve really appreciated everyone’s sharing and all the work that has gone into the Daily Connector and weekly worship services. Although I’ve never responded to someone’s Daily Connector, I’ve really enjoyed reading about your lives and am so thankful that you shared. It takes a village, people! And it’s one…
Daily Connector | In the dark groping for light | Linda Mercadante
At first I thought I would “use” the quarantine to clean out some cupboards and do a lot of writing, but that’s not what happened. Instead, we adopted a kitty, I taught him how to meow (he was voiceless when we first got him) and I mastered the art of…
Colonizer Mennonite Church
Lots of Mennonite churches are named after the city in which they’re located. Our city happens to have chosen the name Columbus. The headline of the Metro section of Sunday’s Dispatch read, “Columbus statues still stand in city.” It noted: “Statues of (Christopher) Columbus have been beheaded, toppled or plunged…
Daily Connector | Window into our world | Diane Mueller
Every day the world Is teaching me what I need to know to be in the world… …in the stir of too much motion: Hold still. Be quiet. Listen.” From the essay “Still” in the book Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl April 12, 2020 (Easter Sunday), I started a new…
