Monthly Archives: October 2011

A journey with biblical proportions

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Brian R. Gumm

My journey with Scripture began as a child growing up in my home congregation, the Prairie City Church of the Brethren. While my family was all happily Christian, as well as my father being a pastor’s kid, we did not … Continue reading →

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Both/And: Faith in Action among Postmodern Young Adults

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Sherah-Leigh Gerber

Since the very inception of AMP, we’ve been trying to figure out how to define who we are and what we’re about. We are a group of young(ish) adults, but what it means to be a young adult is in … Continue reading →

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Whose Story Is This Anyway?

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Aaron Kauffman

The Bible has been part of my life for as long as I can remember. I can picture the blue, hardcover illustrated Bible my parents read to my brother and me at bedtime, with its vivid depictions of Noah’s ark, … Continue reading →

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My Bible Autobiography: Storybooks, Comic Books and Real Scripture, Part 2

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Nicholas Detweiler-Stoddard

(Continued from previous post) New Life and Death By the time I entered college, I had gone about as far as the prescribed morning devotional reading and topical Bible studies (all on the New Testament) would take me on their … Continue reading →

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My Bible Autobiography: Storybooks, Comic Strips and Real Scripture, Part 1

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Nicholas Detweiler-Stoddard

[This is Part 1 of the first in a series of posts on autobiographies with scripture.] Mom, Read Me a Story Children’s Bible storybooks in their paraphrased and abridged liberties, while certainly not scripture themselves, provided the bulk of my … Continue reading →

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Living Holiness: From Excarnational to Incarnational Faith, Part 3

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Nelson Okanya

Our Christian faith involves knowing God “in the biblical sense” as one of my former professors in seminary once said. We must once gain reclaim our embodied faith through formative practices such as worship, communal scripture reading, footwashing, regular communion, … Continue reading →

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Living Holiness: From Excarnational to Incarnational Faith, Part 2

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Nelson Okanya

One Sunday a few months ago our congregation collected clothes, shoes and food and made them available to our church community and the community at large. We also made available about 500 lbs. of food for those who needed food. … Continue reading →

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Living Holiness: From Excarnational to Incarnational Faith

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Nelson Okanya

[This is the first of a three-part series on embodied faith by the new president of Eastern Mennonite Missions, Nelson Okanya.] Part 1 “Christian ethics would be unintelligible if it did not presuppose the existence and recognizability of communities and … Continue reading →

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