Pastor Katerina Gea shares about the Community Care and Trauma Healing gatherings her church has been hosting to support Palestinian solidarity. Katerina Gea is the pastor of Pasadena Mennonite Church... read more →
Lynette McIntosh-Madrigal shares how she has experienced conflict transformation among inner-city youth in Fresno, California. This blog is part of the ongoing Learn, Pray, Join: Climate Justice: Conflict Transformation series. ... read more →
Rev. Dr. Jacob Cook challenges church communities to accept conflict as an everyday part of living in community with other imperfect people and use it as a constructive force. This... 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 →
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 →
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 →
Doug Luginbill reflects on a Mennonite Mission Network civil rights learning tour that he took with Central District Conference earlier this year. During this tour he learned the broader meaning... read more →
Rachel Ringenberg Miller explains how pastors fill their work week with various activities that congregants may or may not be aware of, answering the question, "What does my pastor do... read more →
Sarah Augustine recounts a moment early in her time on the Yakama Indian Reservation, when she realized that children have an important place among the tribal community, not segregated from... read more →
After years of avoiding pastoral ministry, Jen Shenk felt a calling that she needed to say "yes" to. Her position as campus pastor officially began on Aug. 1, 2023, after... read more →
Jenna Liechty Martin identifies what makes camp such a special place for faith formation. This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’ Follow Jesus series, which highlights how individuals, congregations, conferences and... read more →
Eric Massanari reflects on his time at the 2023 conference ministers retreat in Banff, Alberta, Canada, learning about what nurtures healthy ministry leaders. Eric Massanari serves as the executive conference minister... read more →
Meghan Larissa Good shares how, amid the changes that churches underwent during the COVID-19 pandemic, many churches began to view God in a transformational way — they began to notice... read more →
Jon Carlson reflects on how Mennonite Church USA is better together and how our collective participation in the church both shapes us and reflect who we are as a body.... read more →
Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster (Pennsylvania) worked with a local artist to create a public mural that represents their community's history and diversity. This article is reprinted, with permission, from... read more →