By Lana Shoaf published in First Mennonite’s “Update” in June 2019 “I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably...
Month: August 2019
Quarters and Zoo Passes
By Lana Shoaf published in First Mennonite’s “Update” in May 2019 “Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do...
God Grows the Seed
By Lana Shoaf printed in First Mennonite Church's "Update," April 2019 “He also said, ‘This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.”...