Ruth Harder is the pastor at Rainbow Mennonite Church in Kansas City, Kansas. Ruth grew up in Hillsboro, Kansas, and is a graduate of Bethel College (’01) and Anabaptist Mennonite... read more →
Tina Schlabach lives with her husband, Jay, in Tucson, Arizona. She serves as co-pastor of Shalom Mennonite Fellowship, offers spiritual companioning and visits with women from Central America and Mexico... read more →
Mary Kratz is a retired nurse practitioner. Since retirement she is engaged in offering spiritual direction and also volunteers in the Chaplain's Department at a local hospital. She attends Park... read more →
Ervin Stutzman is executive director of Mennonite Church USA. Over the next days and weeks, many of us will celebrate the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Perhaps we’ll sit at the... read more →
Leonard M. Dow began his role as stewardship and development specialist with Everence in April 2017. He helps Christian individuals and communities in urban areas to strengthen, sustain and build... read more →
Kelly Shenk Koontz lives in Boston, Massachusetts with her husband Peter, where she is an associate with Isaacson, Miller, an executive search firm that works with nonprofit organizations. She currently attends... read more →
Jason Kauffman is director of Archives and Records Management for Mennonite Church USA. Since reopening in May, I’ve had many chances to greet visitors and give them a tour of... read more →
Terry Shue is director of Leadership Development for Mennonite Church USA. “Being a pastor is a tough, demanding job, one that is not always very well understood or appreciated. Pastoral... read more →
Jenny Castro is a communications associate and coordinator of the Women in Leadership Project for Mennonite Church USA. It was recently my birthday. Every year for the last 20 years,... read more →
Jonathan Brenneman is Partners in Peacemaking coordinator for Mennonite Church USA "We support Esther Koontz, a member of a Mennonite Church USA congregation, as she lives out her peace witness... read more →
Horace McMillon serves as the tent making pastor of Open Door Mennonite Church of Jackson, Mississippi. He and Monique, his bride of 21 years have two teenage children. Prior to their... read more →
Chris Hoover Seidel is a spiritual director and Reiki practitioner and is on staff at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. She is a graduate of... read more →
Jason Boone is coordinating minster for the Peace and Justice Support Network, a ministry of Mennonite Mission Network. I’m not exceedingly handy around the house, but I do have an... read more →
Beryl Jantzi is director of Stewardship Education at Everence. Pastors and lay leaders often wonder, “How can we motivate our congregation to invest their time and resources in the life of... read more →
We are a plugged-in society, and that’s not changing. Increasingly, our interaction is happening primarily through social media. In so many ways this is fantastic — our networks are bigger, we... read more →