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Archive for October 2009

Hoping for Inclusivity, Riding for Equality

Posted by: Drew on: 14 October 2009

This past weekend was one that gave me great hope, great courage, great knowledge, and great people.  Where was I that this happened?  At Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster for the Institute for Welcoming Resources‘ training “Building an Inclusive Church.”  Led by Anita Bradshaw of IWR and by Carol Wise of the Brethren Mennonite Council, [...]

Esther, Vashti, and Feminist Mennonites

Posted by: Drew on: 4 October 2009

This morning in our service and education hour, the story of Esther was discussed in relation to how we relate to Empire. But in our discussions got a little into how Queen Vashti is depicted in the book as a villain, but how her actions are actually pretty virtuous to us as modern feminist [...]