We thank Janet Byler, Casandra Byler Stinson and Brenda Meyer, pastor of Benton Mennonite Church for sharing this personal and moving story with our network.
What is the best strategy if you wish to have a natural burial in a society that expects vaults, caskets and funeral home apparatus? Is it better to plan ahead–or assert the wishes of a grieving family in the moment? (more…)
Photo, left: A patchwork quilt used as a burial shroud for a funeral conducted by Benton Mennonite Church, Benton, Ind. A “natural burial,” usually means…
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by Karla Stoltzfus Detweiler The event described below is one of three climate change trainings for Christian leaders sponsored by Creation Justice Ministries this year…
Read moreby Sibonokuhle Ncube Reprinted from the Mennonite World Conference Courier, April 2023 Climate anxiety may be a new term coined in the Global North, but…
Read moreIn Deep Waters Spiritual Care for Young People in a Climate Crisis by Talitha Amadea Aho; reviewed by Jennifer Schrock I was afraid to…
Read moreFor in [Christ] all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
Colossians 1:19 - 20
