Before I get into this, I want to congratulate Tanya Marlow. Her new book, Those Who Wait: Finding God in Disappointment, Doubt and Delay, launched today. So I bet you can guess what I’ll be reading…
Browsing Category Mennonite
The Pacifist’s Guide to Inflicting Pain
Oh, Kristy, you crazy Jezebel. Pacifists don’t inflict pain. How can you inflict pain when you’re standing still, allowing people to punch you in the face? I believe that Christians are called to pacifism….
Faith in the Eye of a Shitstorm
When I was ten, my parents took me to an Anabaptist museum called Menno-Hof. My family had visited a Mennonite church several times and Mom and Dad wanted to learn more about these Anabaptist types…
Denominational Analysis Paralysis
I wasn’t born into Christianity. At least, I wasn’t born into any particular form of Christianity. My family didn’t go to church when I was little. When I was 10, sometimes we’d pop into the…
That Time Mennonites Taught Me How to Fight Back
The other girls and I sat on the floor and watched the attack. He grabbed her from behind and pinned her arms to her sides. She extended one leg behind him and pushed backwards against…
Sometimes Heathens Hide in Bathroom Stalls
When I was 12, my family attended a Mennonite church. It was a nice church, full of nice Christian families…and then there was us. One Sunday, the sermon turned sexy and the pastor excused the…
Pacifism is Not Passive
Pacifism is not passive. The Christian refusal to participate in any warfare knows nothing of inactivity. Ours is a positive pacifism, combating the very roots of war through the display of God’s love and concern…
Resisting Hitler: Roses, Not Rifles
We aren’t presented with only two options when faced with violence — kill or be killed. There’s a third way. A Kingdom way. Non-violent resistance is powerful. This post highlights two stories of women who stood up to the Nazi regime in 1943.
No Going Back
How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart, you begin to understand, there is no going back? There are some things that time…
Hero of the Early Christian Church {hint: it ain’t Paul}
The early Christian church had a hero and his name doesn’t start with P.