Tag: Common Read

  • Common Read continues with ‘Been in the Struggle’

    Common Read continues with ‘Been in the Struggle’

    Common Read, an initiative of Mennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Church U.S.A. and Herald Press that encourages Mennonites to engage in a shared reading experience, continues January 2022 through March 2022 with Been in the Struggle: Pursuing an Antiracist Spirituality. The book was written by Regina Shands Stoltzfus and Tobin Miller Shearer, co-founders of the Roots…

  • Second year of Common Read begins

    Second year of Common Read begins

    In September 2020, Mennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Church U.S.A. and Herald Press began encouraging Mennonites to engage in a “common read,” a shared reading experience focused on specific books written to nurture Christian faith in this cultural moment. Sara Wenger Shenk Common Read continues September 2021 through November 2021 with Tongue-Tied: Learning the Lost Art…

  • Common Read continues with ‘I Am Not Your Enemy’

    Common Read continues with ‘I Am Not Your Enemy’

    Mennonite Church Canada, Mennonite Church USA and Herald Press began partnering in September to encourage Mennonites to engage in a “common read,” a shared reading experience focused on specific books written to nurture Christian faith in this cultural moment. McRay. (Photo by Joanna Lampa) The Common Read continues this month with I Am Not Your…

  • Herald Press, MC USA, and MC Canada partner for Common Read

    Herald Press, MC USA, and MC Canada partner for Common Read

    With isolation and Zoom fatigue setting in, Mennonite Church Canada, MC U.S.A. and Herald Press are partnering to encourage Mennonites to engage in a “Common Read,” a shared reading experience focused on specific books written to nurture Christian faith in this cultural moment. Signs of Life: Resurrecting Hope Out of Ordinary Losses by Stephanie Lobdell…