Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz responds with a prayer of lament to the Aug. 27, 2025, mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, in which two children were killed, and 17... read more →
VMC Interim Conference Leadership Team (left to right): June Miller, Caleb Schrock-Hurst, Maren Tyedmers Hange, Craig Maven and Duane Beck. (Missing: Bishop Leslie Francisco, III.) Photo... read more →
As the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to rage on, Chris Hoover Seidel reflects on how she has learned to handle her own grief, while also holding space for... read more →
We lament. We deeply grieve the pain and fear caused by the loss of lives in Palestine and Israel since October 7, 2023. We cry from the depths of... read more →
Michael George, a Palestinian-American, laments the recent attacks from Hamas and ongoing war in Israel/Palestine. This blog post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s ongoing Learn, Pray, Join: Cost of... read more →
This blog is in commemoration of the 1992 L.A. Riots/Uprising, which occurred 30 years ago today. To view pictures taken during the events described below, view Praise, pilgrimage, potluck, plant... read more →
This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s #BeTransformed series. Rob Muthiah is a professor of practical theology at Azusa Pacific Seminary and a member of Pasadena (California) Mennonite Church.... read more →
Rick Yoder spent half his professional life mixing teaching and research at Eastern Mennonite University, where he is Professor Emeritus of business and economics, and the other half working internationally... read more →
This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’s MennoCon21 #BringThePeace series. Drew Strait teaches New Testament at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. His writing focuses on peace/peacemaking in early Christianity, along with early... read more →
By MC USA staff (Mennonite Church USA) — Mennonite Church USA (MC USA) released a statement on racial injustice today in response to events surrounding the killing of George Floyd... read more →
By Mennonite Church USA staff As we have witnessed the recent and persistent violence upon black bodies, we are offering this space of collective lament and grief that comes from... read more →
By Mennonite Church USA staff This year marks 400 years since 1619, the year when a ship carried enslaved people from West Africa to the British colony of Virginia... read more →
Jane Hoober Peifer resides in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with her husband Daryl. Following 24 years in pastoral ministry, Jane received Spiritual Direction training from KAIROS: School for Spiritual Formation (Lancaster, Pennsylvania).... read more →