Paula Holtzinger provides insight on how to effectively handle conflict, through listening, leaning in and utilizing resources. This blog is part of the ongoing Learn, Pray, Join: Climate Justice: Conflict... read more →
By Jessica Griggs for Mennonite Church USA En español ELKHART, Ind. (Mennonite Church USA) — Mennonite Church USA’s Church Vitality Office has awarded the 2024 Thrive: Church Planting Grants to... read more →
On this one-year anniversary of the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, Oct. 7, Amy Yoder McGloughlin reflects on how the imagery of Rachel's tears applies to the current war. Amy... read more →
Jon Carlson, moderator for Mennonite Church USA, reflects on trends in church attendance and what they mean for how we do church together. Jon Carlson serves as the lead pastor... read more →
Stanley Green offers this prayer, calling us to conflict transformation and peace, while asking God for wisdom and courage to enact change in a world full of discord and despair.... read more →
Historian Troy Osborne shares several principles that he followed when he created the new survey of the Anabaptist story from Herald Press. Troy Osborne is a historian at Conrad Grebel... read more →
Mira Grieser and Kimberly Schmidt have been working to transform Hyattsville Mennonite Church's back swamp into a native species habitat. Mira shares about their progress thus far. This article was... read more →
Susan Kragt grew up in the Reformed Church of America, but found herself co-leading a small house church that had Anabaptist leanings, which lead her and her church on a... read more →
With many years of intercultural experience, Rod Hollinger-Janzen assumed his intercultural competency was more than adequate, but the IDI revealed his weak points. Rod Hollinger-Janzen is the administrative assistant for... read more →
Deb Byler shares how having a spiritual director at various points in her life has led her to share the gift and provide direction to others, across cultures, on their... read more →
Doug Luginbill participated in Mennonite Action's All God’s Children March for a Ceasefire in July. He reflects on journey. Doug Luginbill is a member of First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, Ohio,... read more →
Russell De Young established the Pam De Young Net Zero Energy Fund in memory of his wife, to help Mennonite churches install solar panels and move toward net-zero fossil fuel... read more →
en español By Jessica Griggs for Mennonite Church USA ELKHART, Ind. (Mennonite Church USA) — Mennonite Church USA presented Tina Schlabach and Abby Endashaw with the 2024 MC USA Bring... read more →
Jon Carlson, moderator for Mennonite Church USA, shares his story of how he came to call the Mennonite church home the family-like belonging that has felt since joining this church.... read more →
Spiritual director Reuben Chupp shares a poem about finding silence as a means to prepare for meetings with his spiritual directees. Ruben Chupp retired from full-time pastoral ministry in 2018,... read more →