Community voices
The March/April issue continues our Vision 2020 focus on Matthew 22:37-40 in which Jesus commands us to love God and love our neighbors as...
Five minutes with Terron Nolan
In front of The Ellen Show’s national television audience, school teacher Terron Nolan of North Fresno (California) Church confronted some of his deepest fears—clowns...
Sailing boldly ahead
As I write this, the entire world is in the middle of a pandemic. COVID-19 has required a response never previously experienced. We all...
I thought I was ready for anything
Graduation day. This significant marker in a person’s life does not go unnoticed. Family and friends are eager to watch as their loved one...
Seeing beyond COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic caught me by surprise. One day I was laughing with a table of ladies at a mom’s group and the next...
Saved from suicide
I awoke to pounding at my front door: “Mario Azar, open the door. This is the FBI.” Instinctively, I ran to the bathroom and...
We’re going to Kansas City
USMB has canceled Gathering 2020 due to the restrictions and realities of COVID-19.
It’s time to once again come together as a U.S. Mennonite Brethren...
Hitting the reset button
As I took one final look at this issue of Christian Leader before it went to the printer, I was struck by the ways...