by Bert Newton It’s been two years since we held the last General Assembly for Occupy Pasadena. Only three or four people attended that last assembly. For months our numbers had ranged from two to six participants. In the early days of the movement, passion and hope ran high. People came to our assemblies saying…
by Berry Friesen As human beings, do we respond with most vigor and authenticity to love, forgiveness and compassion? Or to threats, coercion and violence? I have just completed a year of intensive Bible study as part of a project to write (along with John K. Stoner) a popular biblical commentary. The Bible includes a…
Friends; October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month so for this month our feature article is by Deborah-Ruth Ferber, field associate with the Anabaptist Disabilities Network (ADNet) for their quarterly column Moving Beyond Ableism. We also have a variety of thought-provoking reflections by Cara Ediger, Berry Friesen, Bert Newton, Tom Beutel, and Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach. As always we hope…
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 and appears the second week of each month. by Tom Beutel Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill,…
Monday, October 27, 2014 for Sunday, November 2nd, 21st Sunday after Pentecost READ: Matthew 23. 1-12 “tie up” REFLECT: The first time I read through this passage, the phrase “tie up” stood out to me. At first I thought of the Bill Murray movie “What About Bob?” and the way Bob figures out that he…
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