Recession Revolution
This is part of a discussion on the PNMC Peace And Justice Forum: I think it is time for the church to reconsider its politics.. I’m not advocating that we all try to get elected or take over the...
View ArticleLove and Smoke
So I am really in love for the first time in a while. He’s a radical activist. He’s Mennonite. He’s brilliant. He would probably read and write on this blog if he was from the USA. But there is a big...
View ArticleJesus Radicals! Anarchism and Christianity
New Heaven, New Earth: Anarchism and Christianity Beyond Empire August 14 & 15, 2009 Location Caritas Village 2509 Harvard Avenue, Memphis, TN 38112 This year’s anarchism and Christianity...
View ArticleNew Wine New Wineskins
The “final” meetings of the New Wine/New Wineskins Inquiry Task Force (ITF) committee were last weekend in Winnipeg. I thought some of you may want to know about it. MCC is trying to deepen existing...
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James Brenneman, J. Lawrence Burkholder and a new Mennonite theology of...
crossposted from As of Yet Untitled Blest with vict’ry and peace, may the heav’n-rescued land Praise the Pow’r that hath made and preserv’d us a nation! Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,...
View ArticleAnawim Theology and Avatar
Anawim theology is the biblical theology of God’s salvation of the poor and outcast. It is strongly linked to anabaptist theology. “Anawim” is a Hebrew term that means “the poor seeking the Lord for...
View ArticleHow would you translate Menno’s TEF?
As part of the conversation that often occurred in response to Mennonites in Northern Ghana, who were asking me “what does it mean to be Mennonite?” I would quote a snippet from Menno’s document. (I...
View ArticleMennonite Takeover?
Just read this article. I feel misunderstood; but in a way they do call us out on some stuff. It’s called “Mennonite Takeover?.” What do you think? An excerpt: All these neo-Anabaptists denounce...
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Mennonites on the Bowery
There’s a building boom on the Bowery these days. It’s been happening for a while, but the last couple years have witnessed an escalation in development, turning the neighborhood into a hip...
View ArticleManifesto of the Marginal Mennonite Society
We are Marginal Mennonites, and we are not ashamed. We are marginal because no self-respecting Mennonite organization would have us. (Not that we care about no stinkin’ respect anyway.) We reject all...
View ArticleJesus sayings from the Sermon on the Mount (the Marginal Mennonite version)
(Revised November 2011) The Sermon on the Mount is defined as the 40+ sayings of Jesus found in Matthew 5, 6 and 7. About half of those sayings are considered by scholars to be non-authentic (meaning...
View ArticleBruderville 2020: An urban anabaptist odyssey
… Picture this: As the new millennium dawns, anabaptists do a new thing in the city: Build a communal neighborhood populated by tens of thousands of simple-living sectarians. The project is initiated...
View ArticleSave Buddhism from Christian Missionaries: A Manifesto
Love, compassion, joy, and equanimity are some of the hallmarks of the teachings of Jesus. But those concepts didn’t originate with Jesus. He found them tucked away in the nooks and crannies of the...
View ArticleDid He Mean It?
As I am sure we all know, there was a tragic shooting in an elementary school up in Connecticut. This is not the first shooting in this country either — not at all. It seems like every week or so that...
View ArticleGelassenheit: Radical Self-surrender
As Anabaptism emerged in 1525, opponents of this new movement described those who became a part of this movement as “radicals.” They even described it as “the Radical Reformation.” Why did they...
View ArticleMore with Much Less: An Anorexic’s Guide to Mennonite Cooking
Since becoming Mennonite, I have thought more about the ethics of consumption than I had previously as a generically evangelical Christian. I have been challenged to analyze the impact of how I spend...
View Articlethe UNkingdom of GOD: Embracing The Subversive Power of Repentance by Mark...
(This post was originally posted at http://drewgihart.com/2013/08/28/unkingdombookreview/) Mark Van Steenwyk has written a thoughtful reflection on the significance of Jesus and his in-breaking Kingdom...
View ArticlePitfalls and Proposals for the Post Christendom Reformation
There is a growing movement of pastors, church planters, and churches around the globe who have become convinced that the center of the Gospel is a Jesus-looking God who calls his people to partner...
View ArticleThe Christian’s Constitution
There was one text in the Bible that has been the most influential on my life. It was this text that really helped convince me to become a Christian, and it was this text that brought me into radical...
View ArticleMC USA Statement on LGBTQ Communities
MENNONITE CHURCH USA CHURCHWIDE STATEMENT ON LGBTQ COMMUNITIES, DIVERSITY, POWER, OPPRESSION &Â PRIVILEGE* Introduction Mennonite Church USA has roots in seventeenth-century churches planted by...
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