Part 2: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Last month I talked about my own struggle with Impostor Syndrome – the roots of which I can trace back to my childhood. To recap: The Impostor Syndrome is a collection of feelings of inadequacy and fraudulence that keep us from internalizing our successes; it is chronic self-doubt despite evidence to the contrary. It is […]
Experiencing God in the jungle
Karina, Shannon, and I, along with a group from Goshen were led by the Ross Richer family as they introduced us to their life in Tena and Zábalo. Our trip was an incredible experience in the jungle getting to know the indigenous community, the Cofán, and some of the richest biodiversity in the world. The nearly two-week […]
The cost of discipleship in the Donetsk People’s Republic
Elkhart, INDIANA (Mennonite Mission Network) – Ivan* knows what war and chaos are and what it means to live in total uncertainty. However, despite circumstances that do not favor Christian education, he made the decision to study at a Ukrainian Christian educational institution. He lives in the territory now under control of the Donetsk People’s […]
“God’s mission lost a good friend”
GOSHEN, Indiana (Mennonite Mission Network) – Barbara Eichorn Bergey served God with compassion, professional excellence, and a commitment to prayer, whether she worked at a church camp in Pennsylvania, in an office in Indiana, or on another continent. Eichorn, 70, died May 16. Stanley W. Green, executive director of Mennonite Mission Network, who benefited from […]
Lamb with a lion’s strength: Anabaptist vision informs response to crisis in Venezuela
Erwin Mirabal, president of the Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de Oriente (Evangelical Mennonite Church of the East), reflects on how reading the Bible from an Anabaptist perspective guides the church’s response to an economy that leaves more than half of the population under-nourished. Today in Venezuela, food can’t be purchased. Commerce is paralyzed, and medicine is […]
Service Adventure volunteers help rebuild after Texas hurricane
For the first time in the history of the program, all Service Adventure participants met together to serve and worship in South Texas with Mennonite Disaster Service from March 26-30, 2018.
God’s promise to sustain in South Texas
God’s Promise to Sustain (GPS) as seen from my perspective last week in Coastal Bend at the MDS [Mennonite Disaster Service] work site was a grateful blessing. Grateful to have Ike and Priscilla lead the site as project managers, Helmut and Karin to organize and cook all meals for all diverse nutritional needs, and grateful […]
SENT 2018: Peace churches for the 21st century
SENT conference taps into the Anabaptist historic peace position. ELKHART, Indiana (Mennonite Mission Network) – There’s a movement building in Mennonite Church USA. It’s diverse, multicultural, and energized to take the church to new places. Nearly 100 leaders from across Mennonite Church USA gathered at Living Water Community Church in Chicago for the third annual […]
Making a difference together
Upon driving the last few minutes to reach Bloomington, Texas, nobody really knew what to expect of our calling to help out with Mennonite Disaster Service [MDS]; none of us had been to Bloomington before and weren’t too aware of the damage there. As we entered the town, however, we noticed debris and several abandoned […]
Coming together to serve
From Mar. 25-30, our Service Adventure unit, along with all other units, traveled to Texas to help in restoring homes for those who lost theirs due to major hurricanes that hit nearly a year ago. Serving with MDS [Mennonite Disaster Service] was a new experience for most of us, and not knowing fully what to […]
The assets of the legacy church
Heidi Regier Kreider is conference minister for Western District Conference (Mennonite Church USA). She gave a talk titled, "The assets of the legacy church" at a plenary session at the Sent 2018 Conference.
How the legacy church opens up to the missional church
Madeline and David Maldonado are both ordained, and have been active in Southeast Mennonite Conference leadership. They also have held leadership positions in Mennonite Church USA. Each has preached at a Mennonite Church USA convention. They each served on the Mennonite Church USA Iglesia Menonita Hispana board of directors, but at different times. Madeline is […]