“Where are the fathers?” I kept wondering, as the movie progressed. “Their ‘loser boyfriends’ sometimes ditched them at the clinic while they were having their procedure,” the main character of the movie, Abby Johnson, said. The movie I am here reviewing is Unplanned,...

 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those reclining with him at table. 3 Mary therefore took a pound[a] of...

What might dear old Dad have said after his younger, prodigal son, requested his share of the inheritance, while dear old Dad was yet alive? The original drama below, by Pr. Mathew Swora, based on the parable which Jesus told, recorded in Luke 15: 11-32, is an attempt...

"O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you;  my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you,  as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,  beholding your power and glory. 3 Because your steadfast love is better...

17 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. 18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their end is destruction, their god...

 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you...

John 14: 1“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will...

Below is my translation of the "State of the Church" report which Pr. Siaka Traore gave in French during the Fortieth Anniversary celebration of Mennonite mission and ministry. Pr. Traore has served as pastor in Orodara and Bobo-Dioulasso, was President of the EEMBF,...

Unfortunately, the comments section of The Mennonite online is currently closed. So I will post below my thoughts in response to a recent essay there by Don Blosser, retired pastor and professor of New Testament at Goshen College, entitled, "Let's Let Jesus Speak for...

From the official report issued in Orodara, Burkina Faso, in November, 2019, for the 40th anniversary celebration of the Mennonite Church and of Mennonite mission work.  Translated from the French by Pastor Mathew Swora The General Context The Evangelical Mennonite...