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"Experience is the school of man, and he will learn at no other." -Edmund Burke We, as a society, have some hard re-learning in our future about vaccines and the pain of childhood death. Perhaps we should first learn lessons about not murdering perfectly healthy babies first. No one is mu...

A couple thoughts, so i won't quote a particular post. We attended a church years ago where one of the men was a gifted singer. He was a participant in the Shenandoah music choir. He thought our church singing was terrible and wasn't quiet about it. It came off as prideful. But was it? It was about ...

I think the Plain Anabaptist motif is... "All things are lawful, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful, but not all things edify." Which is why most Plain Anabaptists can marvel at a beautiful piece of architecture or a luxury kitchen or an orchestra, but conclude that p...

It is pretty clear to me that art has a pretty low place of value in CA culture. I have various thoughts about why that is. I'm interested in hearing your thoughts. A few of my thoughts... Most Plain Anabaptists believe in hard work and are very practical. Art doesn't seem very practical to them. M...

There is an unwritten ranking system in CA culture regarding our "vices". Painting pictures is regarded pretty low on the scale as a pointless extravance and waste of time. Now, open up a coffee shop or roll up in an acai trailer and you're in business. The Amish and Mennonites line up to ...

I am gathering the original questions were harder to answer than debating the ins and outs of our official stance of divorce and remarriage. It is because divorce and/or remarriage is such a tough topic that makes dealing with it on a personal, family level so difficult. For me, clarity comes from ...

I am gathering the original questions were harder to answer than debating the ins and outs of our official stance of divorce and remarriage.

It is because divorce and/or remarriage is such a tough topic that makes dealing with it on a personal, family level so difficult.

While I would not attend the wedding regardless, much of the following decision requires knowing if they still identify as Christians or if they rejected Christianity entirely. If you read the passage that Paul is writing about, he speaks of not having anything to do with a so-called brother, but h...

To add clarity, this is being asked because family/friends are dealing with this because Susan and Peter are outside the church at this point.

I would like perspective on how to handle divorce in family situations. For the purpose of this scenario, all the people involved were in Conservative Mennonite churches. Susan marries Henry. Peter marries Anna. They all end up leaving their Conservative churches and stop attending church. Their par...