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Transforming the back swamp

Mira Grieser and Kimberly Schmidt have been working to transform Hyattsville Mennonite Church's back swamp into a native species habitat. Mira shares about their progress thus far. This article was... read more →
  • September 10, 2024
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  • climate justice, Menno Snapshots

Camp can be life-changing

Jenna Liechty Martin identifies what makes camp such a special place for faith formation. This post is part of Mennonite Church USA’ Follow Jesus series, which highlights how individuals, congregations, conferences and... read more →
  • May 2, 2024
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  • Menno Snapshots

Living faithfully on a changing planet

Sarah Werner, author of "Rooted Faith: Practices for Living Well on a Fragile Planet," gives hope and tangible ideas for how to Christians can live a life that is faithful... read more →
  • September 19, 2023
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Heal Ourselves, Heal Our Planet

Ingrid Friesen Moser, wellbeing coordinator for The Corinthian Plan, shares how spending time outdoors can help heal us and, when we come together for climate justice, can also help our... read more →
  • August 23, 2023
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  • climate justice, Menno Snapshots

MennoCon23 seminar features Wild Church experience

By Jessica Griggs for Mennonite Church USA KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Mennonite Church USA) — Janeen Bertsche Johnson, director of campus ministries and alumni director of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, presented... read more →
  • July 6, 2023
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Creation Is a Song/Ho’ė enemeohe

We celebrate Native American Heritage Month, and Thanksgiving in particular, by sharing this song, which was inspired by the writings of the late Chief Lawrence Hart and Psalm 19. It... read more →
  • November 23, 2022
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The power of nature

This blog is in celebration of National Camping Month. Cheryl Mast has been the coordinator of outdoor/environmental education at Amigo Centre in Sturgis, Michigan since 2001. In the fall of... read more →
  • June 29, 2022
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Order Order!

This blog is in celebration of Earth Day, April 22, and has been reprinted from the Mennonite Creation Care Network website with permission. The produce in... read more →
  • April 22, 2022
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When there are no blinds

  Jane Hoober Peifer moved to Harrisonburg, Virginia after retiring from pastoral ministry at Blossom Hill Mennonite Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in September of 2013. She continues ministry as a... read more →
  • January 11, 2021
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  • Menno Snapshots, Spiritual Directors Network

The inexorable darkness: A reflection for this season of longest nights

Eric Massanari is chaplain of Kidron Bethel Village in North Newton, Kansas and a trained spiritual director. He is a member of the Mennonite Spiritual Directors Network steering committee and... read more →
  • December 3, 2020
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  • Menno Snapshots, Spiritual Directors Network

Encircling prayer for a pandemic

Wendy Janzen is a spiritual director who provides pastoral leadership for Burning Bush Forest Church in Kitchener, Ontario, and also serves with Mennonite Central Committee Ontario in the Indigenous Neighbors... read more →
  • October 20, 2020
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  • Menno Snapshots, Spiritual Directors Network

Green spiritual direction

Ruben Chupp retired from full-time pastoral ministry after 28 years and now serves as an on-call chaplain at Goshen Health. He offers spiritual direction and works at two local funeral... read more →
  • July 7, 2020
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  • Menno Snapshots, Mennonite Spiritual Directors Network

Caring for the soul of the congregation

Mary Etta King (far right) is pastor, with her spouse Linford, at Covenant Mennonite Fellowship in Sarasota, Florida. She is a trained spiritual director and former director of the Kairos... read more →
  • November 15, 2019
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Prayer of thanks for October 4, Feast Day of Saint Francis

Wendy Janzen is a pastor at St. Jacobs Mennonite Church in Ontario, Canada, a spiritual director and the founding pastor of Burning Bush Forest Church, an outdoor worshipping community that... read more →
  • October 3, 2019
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Awake to abundance

Susie Huser holds an MFA from Naropa University and is completing an MS in Environmental Studies through Green Mountain College. She lives in southern Michigan, where she is serving as... read more →
  • December 12, 2017
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