Robert Martin, one of my fellow MennoNerds, and I had a conversation recently on a topic that has divided conferences and congregations across our denomination (Mennonite Church USA). We come from different...
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“That the arc of creation does not match the arc of redemption is a big problem in Christianity.” (Larry Rasmussen – Festival of Faiths, Louisville, Kentucky 2010) The fact that you are reading this paragraph...
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As is my custom, a few years ago I found myself in a heated exchange with someone over the nature of belief, God, the Bible, human origins, and whether or not the Office was going to make it post-Michael...
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Tikhon was born in the city of Amathus on the island of Cyprus. He was born into a Christian family and was brought up in the faith of his parents.They taught him to read at a young age and they did so by...
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In the Fall of 2004, I was taking a seminary course on Thomas Merton. It was being taught by Merton friend and scholar E. Glenn Hinson. Dr. Hinson knew of my near-obsession with all things Will Campbell,...
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A few years ago, I regularly attended a yoga class that was usually filled with people. On one unusual Saturday, there were only a handful of us gathered, and we awaited the teacher’s arrival. When she...
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Tricky questions shouldn’t have a place in a trial that is meant to be an exercise of justice but, then, Joan of Arc’s trial wasn’t designed to be fair. It was designed to reach the...
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To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief...
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