Native Cinema Showcase 2022
During National Native American Heritage Month, we celebrate the heritage, culture and experience of Indigenous peoples both historically and in American life today. The National Museum of the American Indian Native Cinema Showcase provides a unique forum for engagement with filmmakers from Indigenous communities throughout the Western Hemisphere and Arctic from Friday, November 18 through Friday, November 25, 2022. All films are free and available on demand, […]
No se desanimen
1 Jesús les contó a sus discípulos una parábola para mostrarles que debían orar siempre, sin desanimarse. 2 Les dijo: «Había en cierto pueblo un juez que no tenía temor de Dios ni consideración de nadie. 3 En el mismo pueblo había una viuda que insistía en pedirle: "Hágame usted justicia contra mi adversario". 4 Durante algún tiempo él se negó, pero […]
Don’t lose heart
1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2 He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’ 4 For a while […]
Video series teaches ways to “Stir Up Peace“
In observance of International Day of Nonviolence, Oct. 2, Mission Network is sharing a nine-episode educational video mini-series, "Stir Up Peace," which details how to apply nonviolent direct to action to create change. The series, a collaboration between Mennonite Mission Network and husband-and-wife team Jonathan and Sarah Nahar, aims to empower congregations and individuals to learn creative tactics to reject physical […]
Mission and Health
The gospels portray physical healing as a central component of Jesus’s ministry, and the Acts of the Apostles and the epistles suggest that healing was important in the early church. Caring for and restoring the integrity of the body is, in these New Testament examples, a sign of creation’s renewal and the arrival of God’s […]
Stories of Repair—A Reparative Justice Resource
This booklet is a compilation of stories from across the Mennonite church in the US and Canada that offer "next steps" of reparative justice in response to the Doctrine of Discovery, from returning land to Indigenous communities, to including restitution funds in church budgets, to supporting Indigenous struggles to protect lands and waters. "Stories of Repair" also includes theological […]
MVS Minute #02: San Francisco unit sneak peek!
Each Mennonite Voluntary Service placement connects you with local non-profits that help with real needs in communities across the U.S. To learn more about MVS, go to the Mennonite Voluntary Service web page.
The upside down way
7 When he noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. 8 "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not sit down at the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited by your host, 9 and the host who invited both of you may […]
Paths that lead to God
All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his decrees. Photo by Thimo van Leeuwen on Unsplash. Graphic design by Cynthia Friesen Coyle.
Stir Up Peace webinar with Sarah and Jonathan Nahar on the nonviolent direct action video series
Webinar recording Monday, June 6 Following Jesus means seeking God’s kingdom and righteousness, but we can’t use violence to do it. With nonviolent direct action, we can create the change that God is calling us to make. Join peacemakers Jonathan and Sarah Nahar for the Stir Up Peace webinar and learn more about this exciting curriculum that’s […]
A joining of Pentecost and creation care
This year, two holidays share the date of June 5. One is secular, the other spiritual, but both should hold great importance to followers of Christ: Pentecost, the celebration of the Holy Spirit coming upon the disciples, and the whole world; and World Environment Day, a day when activists and the United Nations Environment Programme […]
A joining of Pentecost and creation care
Creation care is a calling of the church A message from Mike Sherrill Pentecost: the day when the tongues of fire descended upon the believers gathered in the upper room, enabling them to speak in languages they’d never spoken, so all could understand. The Holy Spirit was empowering the church for the mission of […]