Monthly Archives: June 2011

Ecclesiology is Missiology

“Ecclesiology is missiology.”  David Fitch, a Northern Seminary professor, missional thinker, and blogger quotes these words of Stanley Hauerwas in his June 16 blog post. If this claim is true, we cannot forget about how we practice being church.  The way that … Continue reading

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Finding a New Anabaptist Narrative

In seminary I have spent a lot of time discussing and exploring the whole question of what Anabaptist distinctives mean for today, especially as we Mennonites relate to the broader culture and try to figure out our identity in a … Continue reading

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Strange Comfort

Psalm 62:1-2 describes God as a rock; solid, firm, stable.  A comforting image when life around seems stressful and chaotic. But it wasn’t until I lived in Southern California that I was made aware of the fact that rocks do … Continue reading

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