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“For the Beauty of the Earth,” a mural

Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster (Pennsylvania) worked with a local artist to create a public mural that represents their community's history and diversity. This article is reprinted, with permission, from... read more →
  • September 26, 2023
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Art in The Peace Table

Chrissie Muecke describes how art depicted in The Peace Table was created with intention, with special consideration for diversity and creating ways for children to relate to the stories and... read more →
  • September 15, 2023
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Belonging in peace

This blog post is in honor of 70th anniversary of the Korean Armistice Agreement. It has been reprinted with permission from Yujin Kim and Mennonite Central Committee. Yujin Kim is... read more →
  • July 27, 2023
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Yes, please judge this book by its cover!

This article is part of our series on The Peace Table , the new storybook Bible from Shine, a children’s Sunday school curriculum, jointly published by MennoMedia and Brethren Press... read more →
  • July 19, 2023
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Art for change: Exploring your creativity

This post is part of the MennoCon23 #BeTransformed series. MennoCon23 will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, July 3-6. Lisa Longacher loves building relationships as a development officer for Hesston... read more →
  • June 21, 2023
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Can I really use the blue sequins? — Psalm 139 for children and for us all

This article is part of our series on The Peace Table , the new storybook Bible from Shine, a children’s Sunday school curriculum, jointly published by MennoMedia and Brethren Press... read more →
  • June 16, 2023
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Lean in with love

This blog is part of Mennonite Church USA’s Advent 2022 series. Michelle Burkholder is the associate pastor at Hyattsville (Maryland) Mennonite Church.  A graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, Michelle went... read more →
  • December 19, 2022
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Guns to garden tools

This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series.  Participate in the RAWtools art auction to support the MC USA Justice Fund. Mike Martin is the executive director of... read more →
  • June 17, 2022
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Ferocious love

Mary Lou Weaver Houser, as an artist and spiritual director, claims gardening as a metaphor for how she intends to nurture community on many levels, whether with personal/family relationships, neighborhood... read more →
  • March 22, 2022
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In the place just right

Leslie James is a retired medical librarian and worship planner. She is also co-author, with Karmen Krahn, of “Proclamation by Design: The visual arts in worship” (Faith and Life Resources,... read more →
  • December 22, 2021
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Mennonite Church USA Faith Formation ministry releases devotional card deck

By Jessica Griggs for Mennonite Church USA ELKHART, Ind. (Mennonite Church USA) — The Faith Formation ministry of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) has released a new interactive, devotional card... read more →
  • July 30, 2021
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An interview with Dona Park, Bring the Peace award recipient

Dona Park is a graphic designer and digital illustrator based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. She is a graduate of Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, and a former intern at ReconciliAsian.... read more →
  • July 7, 2021
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Creating mandalas as spiritual practice

Jane Thorley Roeschley recently retired from 19+ years in pastoral ministry at Mennonite Church of Normal where she gave leadership to worship and lay ministries. She is now re-focusing her... read more →
  • January 22, 2020
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Soul Friends

Michelle Hofer is a commission artist who also enjoys writing and speaking about the intersection of art and faith. She lives in Freeman, South Dakota, with her husband Colin and... read more →
  • April 11, 2017
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Art … a place of mystery and marvel

For more than a year, the Mennonite Spiritual Directors Network has been posting brief articles about spiritual direction – testimonies that witness to the potential of spiritual direction for encouraging... read more →
  • May 1, 2015
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