by Mathew Swora | May 2, 2017
” If you invoke as Father the one who judges all people impartially according to their deeds, live in reverent fear during the time of your exile. You know that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like...
by Mathew Swora | May 2, 2017
This is the first reflection I’ll post on my recent time in Douglas, AZ, and Agua Prieta, Sonora State, Mexico, as part of a Borderlands Tour sponsored by Mennonite Central Committee. I used it as a children’s story this past Sunday, April 30, and began...
by Pastor Jana Gingerich | Apr 26, 2017
Jesus called a child, whom he put among them, and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 18:2-3, 4:1 We recently enjoyed a Community night at Zion, with people of...
by Mathew Swora | Apr 4, 2017
Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. 6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is...
by Mathew Swora | Mar 28, 2017
…”THE UNHEARD VOICE,” THAT OF MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANS. Rev. Awad, a native of Israel/Palestine, is a former Methodist missionary, Professor Emeritus and former President of Bethlehem Bible College in the West Bank. There he often partnered with Mennonite mission and...
by Mathew Swora | Mar 28, 2017
A Meditation on John 9 As they say, “Ask a silly question, and you’ll get a silly answer.” I count about eight to ten silly questions in today’s Gospel story, like “Are you really the man born blind?” and “How did Jesus heal your eyes?” They make sense the first time...
