by Tammy Alexander, Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Washington Office Recent stories of immigrant children in cage-like structures at the border and photos of a father and his young daughter drowned in the Rio Grande River have pulled at our heartstrings and led to questions about U.S. policies toward those seeking asylum, or safety, at our borders.…
by Ron Byler We get our bread at the peril of our lives. – Lamentations 5:9 In Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine at the Mennonite Family Center, we hear Boris Letkemann share his family’s story of exile and homecoming. There was so much suffering and so much death. Boris remembers, they took his father and his father never returned.…
A sermon preached by Eve MacMaster at Emmanuel Mennonite Church, July 14, 2019 Lectionary texts: Deuteronomy 30:9-14; Psalm 25:1-10; Colossians 1;1-14; Luke 10:25-37 In the Old Testament reading, we heard part of Moses’ farewell speech. He tells the Israelites that the commandments that God has given them are neither too hard to be carried out…
Editor’s Note: Tom Beutel, a regular contributor to PeaceSigns, is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Balancing Acts is a monthly feature of PeaceSigns. by Tom Beutel The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care…
by Richard McMaster Immigration provided the wedge issue that right-wing parties in Europe and the United States had been seeking to win over older voters and poorer voters, neatly combining the desire for cultural continuity with anxieties about competition in the labor market. This coalition of affluent old people and poorer white voters contributed significantly…
by Keith M. Lyndaker “There is still one prophet through whom we can enquire of the Lord, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad.” Such is the complaint of one King Ahab to the inquiry of King Jehoshaphat. Which sounds eerily familiar to the complaints of one…
Editor’s Note: Tom Beutel, a regular contributor to PeaceSigns, is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Balancing Acts is a monthly feature of PeaceSigns. by Tom Beutel June 2019 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me…
Calling all mentor/mentee pairs and others interested in building connections, learning about peacemaking in an immersive setting, and having lots of camp fun! Join Mennonite Mission Network’s Peace & Justice Support Network (PJSN) and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) for hands-on learning about communication skills, conflict resolution and biblical approach to peace and justice. We’ll have…
(Akron, Pa.; March 26, 2019) Is now the time to create a “Church Peace Tax Fund?” That’s the subject of one of the seminars being offered at the MENNOCOM19, the July 2-6, 2019 convention in Kansas City of the Mennonite Church USA. In response to Jesus’ exhortation to “love your enemies,” (Matthew 5:44), this seminar…
Editor’s Note: Tom Beutel, a regular contributor to PeaceSigns, is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Balancing Acts is a monthly feature of PeaceSigns. by Tom Beutel May 2019 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and…
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