by Mathew Swora | Aug 11, 2015
WHY DID I SIGN UP FOR THIS? Not the Mennonite World Conference! I mean the half-day tour during the Conference to Gettysburg, the battlefield where the turning point of the American Civil War occurred? Did I sign up for that only to indulge my curiosity in all things...
by Mathew Swora | Aug 11, 2015
Here is the Bible passage that Mennonite World Conference suggested we look at in those churches which hosted MWC participants, the last day of the Assembly: Acts 18: 1)After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of...
by Mathew Swora | Jul 24, 2015
Walking out of the Convention Center in Kansas City, during the recent biennial delegate conference for Mennonite Church USA, I was struck by the sight of the big grey stone block building across the street, with the words, “Music Hall,” chiseled in the wall. Wasn’t...
by Mathew Swora | Jul 23, 2015
Luke 24: 25 “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! 26 Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer these things and enter into his glory?” This is part of the Bible story on which our convention theme was based, “On the...
by Mathew Swora | Jun 16, 2015
Mark 4: 26 He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. 28 All by itself the soil produces grain—first the...
