by Mathew Swora | May 14, 2019
Luke 24: 30 When he was at table with them, he took the bread and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them. 31 And their eyes were opened and they recognized him; and he vanished out of their sight. As I was getting ready to go see my spiritual director this week,...
by Mathew Swora | May 6, 2019
Something has bothered me in recent years about the idea that society is becoming less religious, and therefore more secular. Many polls and their data agree that the fastest growing religious identities now are the “nones,” those with no religious affiliation or...
by Mathew Swora | May 6, 2019
Luke 24: 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself...
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,...
