by Mathew Swora | Jun 3, 2019
44 Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the...
by Mathew Swora | May 15, 2019
All five of us managed to fit into my Toyota Prius for the ride from Eastern Mennonite University, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, to the Shenandoah National Park for a hike. I was driving. We were students at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, which brings in teachers...
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...
