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Review: The New Jim Crow

Posted: May 12, 2014

In her book The New Jim Crow: Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness, Michelle Alexander asserts that in an age of color blindness the racialization and oppression of African-Americans continues.

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Refugee Education in the Worship Service

Posted: May 9, 2014

Did your congregation miss Refugee Sunday this April? World Refugee Day is coming up on June 20. Why not focus on refugees then? 

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Review: The Middle of Everywhere

Posted: May 5, 2014

Are you interested in the plight of refugees? Would you like to sponsor refugees as a group or church? The book The Middle of Everywhere by Mary Pipher is a great resource to help you.

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Restoring the Water of the Walleye

Posted: May 2, 2014

What happens in the Plaster Creek watershed has far reaching effects. 

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Rebuke Your Neighbor

Posted: April 28, 2014

Last year, the Rana Plaza garment factory suddenly collapsed, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring around 2,500.

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A Muddy Reflection

Posted: April 25, 2014

Last summer our high school youth group set out on a service trip. Nothing new, right? Hordes of students head out every summer to change another little piece of the world.

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Belle's Story

Posted: April 18, 2014

About a year ago, I met a woman named Belle, who was trying to leave prostitution. As we began to form a friendship she began to tell me her story. Though the details differ, her story echoes those of other women who have survived prostitution.

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It All Started When My Car Blew Up

Posted: April 14, 2014

It was an early morning during the second week of August, a typical day like most others. I said goodbye to my family, then drove away. My destination, a conference in Wyoming, MI. Driving along US 131-South, and making good time, I heard a loud n

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A Lot of Hope, and a Dash of Crazy

Posted: April 11, 2014

My heart was racing. The chairs, which had been placed in a large circle, were moved to the side of the town hall we were meeting in. Once they were cleared away, we took our places in two lines facing each other.

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Days of Prayer and Action for Colombia

Posted: April 7, 2014

Every day at five am in the small rural community of Basurú, on Colombia’s Pacific Coast, a group from the local Mennonite church gathers to broadcast the events of the day.

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