"Mennonite Entrepeneurs" and related topics

[justme]

Or try to teach your children how to place a trach...

where's the video that i've seen several times of the toddler mimicking cpr?
and even one w a dog mimicking cpr.

[Soloist]

Or try to teach your children how to place a trach...

where's the video that i've seen several times of the toddler mimicking cpr?
and even one w a dog mimicking cpr.

Haven’t seen it. I think cpr compared to placing trachs is apples to oranges though.

[justme]

ok

[unknown_dove]

It seems to be some hypocrisy about this in my experience.

Like on one hand, Mennonites aren't wanting to accumulate vast wealth (or show they have vast wealth) due to vanity and scripture.

But on the other hand, Mennonites who are very wealthy and take it as justification of divine providence, or their industriousness. Or perhaps some do see it as a spiritual problem to be dealt "someday" via charity or giving money away, but not "today".

Wealth is an uncomfortable topic for many and good luck getting straight answers.

[JohnH]

It seems to be some hypocrisy about this in my experience.

Like on one hand, Mennonites aren't wanting to accumulate vast wealth (or show they have vast wealth) due to vanity and scripture.

But on the other hand, Mennonites who are very wealthy and take it as justification of divine providence, or their industriousness. Or perhaps some do see it as a spiritual problem to be dealt "someday" via charity or giving money away, but not "today".

Wealth is an uncomfortable topic for many and good luck getting straight answers.

Acting like it’s some kind of sign of God’s blessing on you to be absurdly wealthy is one I particularly have a problem with. Are people who are poor, then, people who God isn’t pleased with?

[JayP]

But an equal reality is that the Mennonite world, like the worldly world, is full of unspoken truths and contradictions. I know many in Conservative Mennonite settings who would NEVER say out loud wealth is a sign of God’s approval, then proceed to effectively respond that way. I have watched a really wonderful family who are the salt of the earth, be viewed as sor5 of second class citizens, who when finally things for them turned economically are suddenly viewed differently. The irony is they were always wonderful examples of Christianity yet only “regarded well” when the economic gains materialized.

[JohnH]

But an equal reality is that the Mennonite world, like the worldly world, is full of unspoken truths and contradictions. I know many in Conservative Mennonite settings who would NEVER say out loud wealth is a sign of God’s approval, then proceed to effectively respond that way. I have watched a really wonderful family who are the salt of the earth, be viewed as sor5 of second class citizens, who when finally things for them turned economically are suddenly viewed differently. The irony is they were always wonderful examples of Christianity yet only “regarded well” when the economic gains materialized.

The Anabaptist groups with the brightest futures are the ones who have found ways to leave this behind.

The ones with a dark future are the ones who rush headlong into this: first comes evangelicalism, the Trump bumper stickers, the right wing influencer channels. Then comes the next generation that starts to lean liberal. Eventually someone gets pregnant out of wedlock. A grandchild comes out gay or trans. And soon, they are like the rest of the world.

Prosperity gospel is a false gospel.