Forest Hills Mennonite Church

Where does the Anabaptist stand within the great story of Christian orthodoxy? Perhaps the richest expressions of Anabaptism are the ones that cling most tightly to historic Christian faith. 

The concept of "empathy" has been at the center of quite a bit of cultural discourse recently, with some people describing it as the "greatest weakness of Western civilization" and others calling it a "sin." The forth poem in Lamentations describes a community utterly bereft of empathy—and challenges us to consider what went wrong. 

The Book of Lamentations emerges from nearly incomprehensible suffering, while challenging us to move beyond simplistic explanations for why suffering exists.

What do you do when your world falls apart? Is there space in the life of faith for the sad, sad songs? The Book of Lamentations offers a roadmap for responding to unspeakable tragedy.

Do you think the world is getting better or getting worse? Does your faith shape how you respond to that question? If the promise of Christian faith is neither the destruction of the world nor its natural improvement, what does our hope look like? 

Understanding God's nature and character is one of the most important aspect of our formation as followers of Jesus.

If all the paths of God's wisdom are peace, what happens when we stray off that path? Drawing from the wisdom of Cyprian (who served as Bishop of Carthage about two hundred years after Jesus' resurrection), we reflect on the wilderness of war. 

The Book of Proverbs personifies wisdom as a thoughtful, warm woman: "All her paths are peace." Angelina Atyam, a midwife in Northern Uganda, offers presents a powerful example of what a life looks like when we follow wisdom—and follow Jesus—in these paths of peace.