by Mathew Swora | Apr 23, 2019
“I have seen the Lord!” It was nearly thirty years ago, in my office at First Mennonite Church of McPherson, Kansas, that I opened a piece of hand-written mail that had no return address, no name, no signature anywhere. Now, I don’t usually give the time...
by Mathew Swora | Apr 19, 2019
“Ours is not a creedal church,” I often hear. By that we mean that we don’t officially hold churches and their members to any of the historic statements of faith from the first few centuries of church history, such as The Apostles’ Creed (late 4th C. AD), the Nicene...
by Mathew Swora | Apr 16, 2019
“I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” Luke 19: 40 I hope you’ll indulge me in one of my favorite activities, while I preach: playing with clay. I’ve got two pieces here, one of which I played with a few days ago and left on my desk,...
by Mathew Swora | Apr 10, 2019
“Where are the fathers?” I kept wondering, as the movie progressed. “Their ‘loser boyfriends’ sometimes ditched them at the clinic while they were having their procedure,” the main character of the movie, Abby Johnson, said. The movie I am here reviewing is Unplanned,...
by Mathew Swora | Apr 8, 2019
Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 Mary therefore took a pound[a] of...
