by Mathew Swora | Oct 19, 2018
This past Sunday (October 14, 2018), we again discussed the first of MC USA’s Three Renewed Commitments, “Following Jesus,” specifically, the words, “As an Anabaptist community of the living Word, we listen for God’s call as we read Scripture together, guided by the...
by Mathew Swora | Oct 16, 2018
by Mathew Swora October 16, 2018 The title of this post is a polite Jula language phrase that a guest says to his or her host after coming to visit and giving other greetings and blessings. The host says, “Give something” (by way of news or information) to...
by Mathew Swora | Oct 11, 2018
Nearly 500 years ago, there arose many groups and branches of Anabaptism which can be boiled down to roughly three main types. One was the peasant revolutionary kind, which mixed aspects of Anabaptist faith (minus the pacifism) with violent rebellion, like the cult...
by Mathew Swora | Oct 11, 2018
This Next Sunday’s session (October 14) will again focus on discipleship, in particular, the sentence, “As an Anabaptist community of the living Word, we listen for God’s call as we read Scripture together, guided by the Spirit.” To prepare, read...
by Mathew Swora | Oct 11, 2018
In last Sunday’s class session (October 7) we began considering the first of MC USA’s Three Renewed Commitments: “Follow Jesus.” We discussed its explanation: “We commit to Follow Jesus. As an Anabaptist community of the living Word, we listen...
