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Friday, May 9th, 2008MCC.org: MCC helps provide relief to Myanmar cyclone survivors
AKRON, Pa. – Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is supporting Church World Service (CWS) in providing relief to survivors of a catastrophic cyclone in the southeast Asian nation of Myanmar, also known as Burma.
MCC is providing an initial $20,000 to CWS to distribute water purification tablets, water […]
Reflections from the Mennonite Press
Thursday, December 13th, 2007This is the beginning of what will likely be a regular feature on JMBzine.com in the future, in which I’ll review some of the best articles and commentary from some of the Mennonite periodicals (mostly Mennonite Weekly Review, an inter-Mennonite weekly newspaper and The Mennonite, a semi-monthly magazine published by Mennonite Church USA)
The Mennonite: A […]
Newton, Kansas rocks!
Saturday, June 9th, 2007
I’m sitting in a coffee shop here in Newton, Kansas and I must say that this town is very, very cool.
I had to come up here today for an interview by the Mennonite Church’s Western District leadership commission (a very, very interesting experience. Overall pretty positive but it was definitely pretty intense to be questioned […]
Mennonites and other Christians go to Iraq for peace
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
Mennonite Weekly Review: MCC delegation meets Iranian president
EHRAN, Iran — In the first meeting of its kind since the 1979 Islamic revolution, a delegation of 13 American religious leaders, including representatives of Mennonite Central Committee, met with the Iranian president in Iran on Feb. 24.
The meeting took place at the presidential residence of Iranian President […]
Christmas Eve Sermon
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
A Different World — Looking through the eyes of Mary at how the world could be, sermon by James M. Branum
I normally preach from a loose outline, but this sermon from Christmas eve that I preached at Joy Mennonite ended up being closer to a manuscript/essay form when I prepared it, so anyway I decided […]
Bicycling and spirituality
Thursday, December 14th, 2006
GeezMagazine.org: De-motorize your soul
Here are some of the experiments that this website suggests for those who want to de-motorize their soul. . .
These spiritual exercises are designed to give your soul a break from motor mania and awaken the nascent spirit of the post-oil era.
* Take your soul off […]
Funerals of Amish children held today and Friday
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
LancasterOnline.com: A Solemn Farewell — First Amish girl’s funeral begins two-day process of burying five schoolhouse murder victims in same cemetery. Naomi Ebersol is recalled as a shy child who didn’t want to go to school that day.
I’m glad to see this story include this note at the end — “All of the children’s funerals […]
Fred Phelps vs. the Amish
Wednesday, October 4th, 2006
CNN: Amish grandfather: ‘We must not think evil of this man’
PARADISE, Pennsylvania (CNN) — A grieving grandfather told young relatives not to hate the gunman who killed five girls in an Amish schoolhouse massacre, a pastor said on Wednesday.
“As we were standing next to the body of this 13-year-old girl, the grandfather was tutoring […]
Horribly sad news from the Amish community
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
CNN: Latest update about the Amish school shootings
Mennonite Weekly Review (the top story includes links to some of the national media coverage, and there will probably be a MWR story up very soon.)
All of the folks at my church have really been hit hard by this story, partly because we share a common spiritual background […]
Pictures from the planting of the Peace Pole at Joy Mennonite Church
Wednesday, September 27th, 2006This is from a special Sunday at our church, where we (and many folks from the local peace and justice community) planted a Peace Pole (also see the Wikipedia article on Peace Poles). Our had the message “Let Peace Prevail on Earth” in 4 languages, English, Spanish (since it OKC’s second most spoken language), Cheyenne […]
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